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Colombia hostage rescue sidelines Chavez

AP - Saturday, July 5

Ask AP: Alaskan oil, the Latin American drug trade
AP - Saturday, July 5
What happens to all the oil that flows hundreds of miles through the trans-Alaska pipeline? Is it true that it all gets sold to Japan? More »
Freed hostage gets hero's welcome in France
AP - 39 minutes ago
PARIS - Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt says she is crying with joy about her arrival in France after six years held captive in the Colombian jungle. More »
Colombia rescue hinged on rebel disarray, payback
AP - Friday, July 4
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After tearful family reunion, Betancourt heads to France
AFP - Friday, July 4
BOGOTA (AFP) - - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt left Bogota bound for France and a meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy one day after her jungle rescue from six years in rebel captivity. More »
At least 16 Cuban dissidents briefly arrested: opposition
AFP - Friday, July 4
HAVANA (AFP) - - At least 16 Cuban dissidents were released Thursday after police arrested them earlier in sweep targeting government opponents across the communist island, opposition sources said here. More »
Puerto Rico police rescue 181 animals
AP - Friday, July 4
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Police say they rescued 181 dogs, cats and birds from a farm in southern Puerto Rico where they were found sick and undernourished in dirty cages. More »
A look at past rescue missions
AP - Friday, July 4
Some rescue missions around the world, both failed and successful, before Wednesday's operation that freed 15 hostages in Colombia: More »
Freed Colombian hostage reunited with children
AFP - Friday, July 4
BOGOTA (AFP) - - Colombian-French politician Ingrid Betancourt was Thursday tearfully reunited with her children for the first time in six years, a day after her dramatic jungle rescue from Marxist rebels. More »
French president kept in dark on hostage rescue
AP - Friday, July 4
PARIS - As it meticulously planned and executed its daring rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages, Colombia kept a very important person out of the loop. More »