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• Freed Betancourt makes radio broadcast to jungle hostages

  - 2008-07-06

  PARIS AFP — Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt sent a radio message Sunday to all hostages still in the grips of FARC rebels, as she recovered in Paris from her six-year ordeal, her sister said. Freed from Marxist rebels in Colombia's jungle Wednesday, Betancourt went on Colombian radio to tell...

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• "Old lady" Serena out to beat the kids at French Open

  - 2008-05-24

  PARIS AFP — All the talk is of the new generation - Maria Sharapova or Ana Ivanovic - to win the French Open and replace the freshly-retired Justine Henin as world No.1. But the "veteran" Serena Williams believes this could be the year she adds a second Roland Garros...

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• Williams sisters out of Rome tennis tournament, set sights on Paris

  - 2008-05-16

  ROME AFP — World number six Serena Williams has pulled out of the WTA Rome International after hurting her back while training, but thinks she will recover in time for the French Open less than two weeks away. Her sister Venus soon followed her off the red clay at...

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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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• Smarting Serena packing a punch for Henin

  - 2007-06-23

  LONDON AFP — Justine Henin will launch her bid to complete a full set of Grand Slam titles at this year's Wimbledon on a tsunami-strength wave of confidence after following up her French Open triumph with victory on the grass at Eastbourne last week. But the world number one...

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• Syrian driver of two French hostages expected in Paris: family

  - 2004-11-19

  PARIS AFP — The Syrian driver of two French journalists who are starting their fourth month as hostages in Iraq, could return to Paris on Saturday after being recently found by US marines in the restive city of Fallujah, his sister Rana said. "I hope that he (Mohammad al-Jundi)...

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• Queen praises Diana at opening of memorial fountain

  - 2004-07-06

  LONDON AFP ? Queen Elizabeth II opened a long-awaited memorial to the late Princess Diana and tried to heal a bitter rift with the family of the much-loved "people's princess". Under a bright clear sky on Tuesday, the monarch inaugurated an elegant oval granite fountain next to the Serpentine...

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• Myskina stuns Venus to reach French Open semi-finals

  - 2004-06-01

  PARIS AFP ? Russian sixth seed Anastasia Myskina beat fourth-seeded American Venus Williams 6-3, 6-4 to reach the French Open semi-finals to keep alive her country's hopes of putting an end to their long wait for a champion in Paris. Myskina will now face 2001 champion Jennifer Capriati, the...

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• We'll bounce back at Wimbledon, vow Williams sisters

  - 2004-06-01

  PARIS AFP ? Serena and Venus Williams were knocked out of the French Open quarter-finals in the space of half an hour but both girls warned their rivals they will back firing on all cylinders at Wimbledon. Second seed Serena, the 2002 champion here, went down 6-3, 2-6, 6-3...

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• Williams sisters exit as Capriati advances to meet Myskina

  - 2004-06-01

  PARIS AFP ? Jennifer Capriati knocked Serena Williams out of the French Open in the quarter-finals, as Venus Williams followed her sister out the exit door of Roland Garros after a straight sets defeat to Russian Anastasia Myskina. In a battle of former champions Capriati, the seventh seed and...

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