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Betancourt stared into ‘abyss’ during ordeal
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PARIS: Freed Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt said she had
stared into the “abyss” during her six-year hostage ordeal as
she headed to Paris for a meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy on
Friday.
Newly reunited with her son and daughter a day
after her jungle rescue by the Colombian army, Betancourt, who has
dual French-Colombian nationality, left Bogota late Thursday for
France, where she was set for a hero’s welcome.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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China, Taiwan resume regular direct flights
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TAOYUAN, Taiwan: China and Taiwan resumed regular direct flights
Friday for the first time in six decades, ushering in what Beijing
called a “new start” in their tense and testy relations.
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Indonesian police question
terror suspects, seize bombs
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JAKARTA: They were also sifting through volumes of material gathered
from an alleged safe house in the South Sumatra provincial capital
of Palembang earlier this week, including the bombs and 18 computer
hard drives.
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Indonesian police question
terror suspects, seize bombs
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JAKARTA: They were also sifting through volumes of material gathered
from an alleged safe house in the South Sumatra provincial capital
of Palembang earlier this week, including the bombs and 18 computer
hard drives.
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FEATURE
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Jail for giving to beggars,
Indonesian city officials say
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JAKARTA: Residents in one Indonesian city who give in to the tug of
guilt could face three months in jail under a law criminalizing
giving money to beggars and street children, the city’s mayor said
Friday.
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