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World Briefing | Americas: Colombia: Uribe Offers To Release Rebels For Hostage’s FreedomThe government offered cash and reduced jail terms to leftist guerrillas in exchange for releasing the politician Ingrid Betancourt after years of captivity in jungle camps. Ms. Betancourt, left, 46, was kidnapped during her 2002 presidential campaign by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and is suffering from malnutrition and hepatitis B, according to Colombia’s human rights ombudsman. President Álvaro Uribe said his government would maintain a $100 million fund to pay rewards to guerrillas who free any of the hundreds of kidnapping victims held by the FARC. On Thursday he signed a decree allowing for a mass release of guerrillas from jail if Ms. Betancourt was freed. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationTravel presenter Richard Quest in a bind over drugs scandal...Argentine President’s wife becomes first elected woman leader... Elastic and fantastic: the self-healing rubber band... Birth Control Measures Prompt Riots in China... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - World Briefing | Americas: Colombia: Uribe Offers To Release Rebels For Hostage’s Freedom |
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