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Betancourt Welcomed Back To France

from National Public Radio
July 4, 2008

Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt is back in her native France Friday, six years after being taken hostage by the Colombian rebel group FARC. She received a hero's welcome from French President Nicolas Sarkozy and told her supporters she "cries with joy." Robert Siegel talks with reporter Eleanor Beardsley in Paris.

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  • All Things Considered, July 4, 2008
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