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Colombian Boy Dies, Brother Injured After Stepping on Rebel Landmine

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One indigenous person was killed and another three were injured when they stepped on landmines planted by leftist FARC rebels in the mountains of the southwestern Colombian province of Valle del Cauca, community leaders said. The incident occurred Sunday as the victims were returning from visiting sacred sites of their community, Nilson Quitumbo, treasurer of the Orivac indigenous organization, told Efe on the telephone from Cali, the provincial capital. Quitumbo said the landmines killed...Read Full Story

Two FARC Rebels Killed by Colombian Army

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Two guerrillas were killed and one was wounded in counterinsurgency operations launched over the weekend by the army after the FARC rebel group staged ambushes in northwestern Colombia, killing two civilians and a police officer, military spokesmen said. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC , guerrillas staged the ambushes Friday night outside Ituango, a town in Antioquia province. The dead and wounded rebels were found Saturday by army troops deployed to fight the guerrillas...Read Full Story

Colombian Guerillas Use Dead Body Laced with Explosives to Deter Local Police

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Four police officers were slightly wounded on Wednesday when they approached a man’s body that FARC rebels left surrounded with explosives on the outskirts of Florencia, a city in the southwestern Colombian province of Caqueta, officials said. The officers, all members of the criminal investigations division, went to the site where the body had been dumped after receiving a tip. The officers became suspicious when they spotted the body, which had gunshot wounds, and called for the bomb...Read Full Story

Rebel Landmines Kill Colombian Soldiers

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Two Colombian soldiers were killed and four others were injured by landmines planted by leftist FARC guerrillas in the northeastern province of Norte de Santander, the military said Friday. The incident occurred Thursday in a mountainous area outside the town of Teorama while members of the army’s 30th Brigade were patrolling the zone. A spokesperson at brigade headquarters in Cucuta, the provincial capital, told reporters the mines killed two soldiers and injured four others. The...Read Full Story

Three French hostages in Yemen freed

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PARIS ( Reuters ) - Three French aid workers held hostage in Yemen since May 28 have been freed, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said. The three hostages, two women and a man, worked for French charity Triangle Generation Humanitaire and had been kidnapped at a restaurant in the southeastern province of Hadramout. The Arabian Peninsula country has been in the grip of civil unrest for months and Hadramout is among provinces where al Qaeda 's Yemen-based wing has been active. "The president...Read Full Story
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Caterina Murino to play Ingrid Betancourt in kidnap film
Caterina Murino to play Ingrid Betancourt in kidnap filmColombia ReportsItalian Bond girl Caterina Murino is to play the lead in a film depicting the kidnap of Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt by the FARC. Caterina Murino, a 34-year-old Italian actress, was made famous as a Bond girl in "Casino Royale," ...  
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Former Bond Girl to Star in Ingrid Betancourt Biopic
Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said it was "up to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to show they were serious about releasing former Colombian presidential candidate Íngrid Betancourt and other detainees." In an interview with ...  
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Ingrid Betancourt and others rescued, says Colombia
John McCain said he had been briefed on the operation by Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and defense minister Juan Manuel Santos. "This was a Colombian conceived and led operation; we supported the operation," said Deputy Press Secretary Gordon Johndroe.  
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Ingrid Betancourt’s FARC Kidnapping Headed to the Big Screen
THR says the film will be directed by Betty Kaplan, a Venezuelan filmmaker who also wrote the screenplay for the movie. Shooting for "In Search of Ingrid" is set to begin in a few months. Colombia and Puerto Rico are two of the possible ...  
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Ingrid Betancourt's ex-husband, Juan Carlos Lecompte, sells film rights
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The former husband of Ingrid Betancourt is selling the film rights to his two books about the French-Colombian former hostage. Juan Carlos Lecompte says U.S. producer Betty Kaplan plans to make a film called "In Search of Ingrid ...  
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