In Colombia, a mother presses for her hostage daughter's release
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Yolanda Pulecio's relentless campaign to release her daughter and others kidnapped by rebels in Colombia has made her an international goodwill ambassador
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The wife of the U.S. hostage  threatened with execution in Iraq made another impassioned  appeal on Tuesday for her husband's life and urged his captors  to open up the lines of communication.
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 4 -- Millions of protesters fanned out across Colombia on Monday, expressing fury over guerrilla atrocities in a long civil conflict and demanding the liberation of hundreds of hostages held in clandestine jungle camps.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Contacts began on Friday to try to win the release of a British toddler seized by kidnappers who have threatened to kill her unless they are paid ransom.
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Efforts are continuing to secure the release of a County Armagh woman kidnapped in Afghanistan.
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Five years after she was kidnapped by leftist rebels while campaigning for the presidency, anti-corruption crusader Ingrid Betancourt remains Colombia's best-known hostage.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian Marxist rebels keptup pressure on the government to release imprisoned guerrillas,releasing a videotape of 12 former congressmen they kidnapped30 months ago and want to swap for their comrades.
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Colombian left-wing rebels holding former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt hostage said she was still being held in Colombia and they were open to talks on her release.
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HUNDREDS of disabled Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad yesterday to demand the release of Margaret Hassan, calling her abductors âneanderthalsâ and insisting that their collapsed health system needs the British aid worker, kidnapped by insurgents last
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THE elderly mother and the wife of the British hostage in Iraq begged for his life yesterday in emotional and distressing appeals days after his captors beheaded two Americans.
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Thousands of Colombians took to the streets across the country and overseas on Monday in a huge protest against FARC guerrillas and their kidnapping of scores of hostages held captive for years in hidden jungle camps.
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Seven hostages held by Colombian rebels for as long as nine years appealed in a video released on Tuesday for the government to reach a deal with their guerrilla captors to win their release.
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LONDON Sept. 23, 2004 - The 86-year-old mother of a Briton held hostage in Iraq pleaded with his captors to free him Thursday, days after they beheaded two Americans kidnapped along with him.
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The mother of a kidnapped Colombian ex-presidential candidate renews her appeal for government intervention.
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An 11-year-old Iraqi girl who lost a leg  and 17 members of her family during last year's war urged  kidnappers Saturday to release a British hostage they have been  holding for nine days under threat of death.
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The wife of the US hostage threatened with execution in Iraq made another impassioned appeal on Tuesday for her husband&#39;s life and urged his captors to open up the lines of communication.
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Released Colombian hostage Clara Rojas returns to Bogota and visits the son she has not seen for three years.