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• Betancourt's sister says FARC must be compensated to secure release

  - 2008-04-05

  PARIS AFP — The sister of hostage Ingrid Betancourt, held by Colombian rebels, said Saturday efforts to secure her release would not succeed unless Paris guaranteed the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia FARC "positive compensation" in return. "Given the way the humanitarian mission stands, it is unlikely that...

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• Al Fayed was spying on Diana, sister tells inquest

  - 2008-01-28

  LONDON AFP — Princess Diana believed Mohamed Al Fayed was spying on her as she cruised the Mediterranean with his son Dodi, her sister said Monday at the inquest into her death. "Yes, she thought the boat was being bugged by Mr Al Fayed senior," Lady Sarah McCorquodale replied...

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• Simple dreams for Mogadishu teen

  - 2007-03-26

  MOGADISHU AFP — Like most teenagers of his age, 17-year-old Ahmed has great hopes for the future, even though his past is filled with the nightmares of Somalia's bloody inter-clan power struggle. The fighting -- some 16 years of civil war that has defied more than 14 attempts to...

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• AIDS transforms Malawi youngsters into breadwinners

  - 2006-10-11

  MWANZA, Malawi AFP — If Madonna wants advice on adopting an AIDS orphan, she could do worse than turn to 13-year-old Caroline Chileka. The US pop diva is currently on a private visit to Malawi on what the government has called a quest to find a child to adopt. But...

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• Poor South African family of "Lion Sleeps Tonight" composer takes on Disney

  - 2004-08-02

  SOWETO, South Africa AFP ? Sitting in her tiny ramshackle house in Johannesburg's township of Soweto, Elizabeth Gugu hates the Disney film "The Lion King," which uses a version of her father's hit song "Lion" without paying the family a cent in royalties. Gugu and her two sisters --...

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• US State Department warns employee, Kerry's sister, over political activity

  - 2004-07-29

  WASHINGTON AFP ? The State Department has warned its employee Margaret "Peggy" Kerry, sister of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, about her public activities in support of her brother's campaign after she reportedly disparaged elements of President George W. Bush's foreign policy in a speech this week, officials said. ...

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• Brother of beheaded US engineer visits Zarqawi hometown in Jordan

  - 2004-07-08

  AMMAN AFP ? The ailing brother of an American beheaded last month in Saudi Arabia and a US-based peace activist travelled to the family home in Jordan of suspected Al-Qaeda operative Abu Mussab Zarqawi. Indian-born evangelist Dr. KA Paul and Wayne Johnson told a press conference they went to...

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• American hostage's family makes impassioned plea for his life

  - 2004-06-16

  NEW YORK AFP ? The family of an American hostage held by al-Qaeda extremists in Saudi Arabia pleaded tearfully for his life, after his captors issued an execution ultimatum. Paul Marshall Johnson, a 49-year-old aviation engineer, went missing in Riyadh Saturday and his captors have threatened to kill him...

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• Family of British would-be suicide bomber on trial

  - 2004-04-14

  LONDON AFP ? Three relatives of a British would-be suicide bomber involved in an attack in Israel last year went on trial in London charged with failing to disclose information about terrorism. The brother, sister and wife of Omar Sharif appeared at the Old Bailey central criminal court. ...

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• Family of slain GI plead for sisters to be excused Iraq duty

  - 2004-04-12

  CHICAGO AFP ? With three daughters serving in Iraq, the past year has been a difficult one for John and Lori Witmer, and then came the knock on the door that every military family dreads. At 7:30 pm (0130 GMT) late Friday, military officials informed them that their 20-year-old...

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