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4th anniversary of Betancourt being held hostage by FARC
1. Wide shot Paris bridge over Seine river
2. Pan from River to crowd on bridge
3. Poster of Ingrid Betancourt
4. People filling up paper baskets with petals of roses
5. Pan from paper baskets and photo of Betancourt to Close up petals...
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Rebel group confirms it is holding high-ranking Colombian general
Leftist guerrillas have called on the Colombian government to initiate a ceasefire while peace talks continue in Cuba, to "avoid more incidents" like their capture of a Colombian Army general over the weekend.
The Revolutionary Armed...
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COLOMBIA: PASTRANA EXTENDS GUERRILLA SAFE HAVEN
Spanish/Nat
Colombian President Andres Pastrana on Wednesday extended a guerrilla safe haven in southern Colombia for five more days, and requested a meeting with the country's top guerrilla chief to salvage peace talks.
Pastrana said...
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Colombian president comments after White House visit
1. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, accompanied by his country's Vice-President and Foreign Minister walk out of the White House
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alvaro Uribe, President of Colombia:
"This was a very constructive meeting with...
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Military destroys FARC drug laboratory
VNR (Colombian Army) - Non AP Television News material
Narino - 12 June 2006
1. Aerials from helicopter with soldier pointing to the ground and smoke coming from burning laboratories
2. Mid shot of helicopter landing while soldiers get...
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Colombian def spox on FARC; daughter of hostages on negotiations
Bogota, Colombia - 3 January 2008
1. Reporters asking questions to General Mario Montoya before news conference
2. General Montoya talking to media and pointing to map of Colombia
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Mario Montoya, Chief of...
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WRAP Preparations for release of hostages ADDS ombudsman
Villavicencio, Colombia
1. Pan from journalists arriving at Vanguardia airport to wide of airport
2. Wide of police outside airport checking underneath of car with weapons detector
3. Various of Colombian troops on tarmac with helicopter...
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COLOMBIA: SPANISH COUPLE HELD HOSTAGE FREED
Spanish/Nat
Leftist rebels in Colombia have freed a Spanish couple they abducted two weeks ago.
Members of the country's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, released the two Friday evening in Fusagasuga, a town 60 miles...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: HOPES OF ENDING 3 DECADES OF CIVIL CONFLICT
Spanish/Nat
Fresh from an historic meeting with rebel negotiators, Colombia's attorney-general says he's hopeful about the chances for an end to more than three decades of civil conflict.
Bernal was one of several mediators to meet with...
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WRAP Reax to death of FARC No. 2, funeral of soldier, Venezuelan consulate
AP Television
1 March 2008
1. Mid of Venezuelan embassy in Colombia
2. Close up of the seal of the Venezuelan embassy in Colombia
3. Mid of the flag and seal on Venezuelan embassy in Colombia
4. Wide of Venezuelan embassy in Colombia...
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Authorities probe Colombians, foreigners, links to FARC
Bogota, Colombia - 22 May 2008
1. Colombia's Chief Prosecutor Mario Iguaran arriving at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Mario Iguaran, Colombia's Chief Prosecutor:
"Based on reports from the judicial police that are related to...
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COLOMBIA: PRESIDENT ELECT PASTRANA MEETS WITH MILITARY LEADERS
Spanish/Nat
Colombia's newly elected conservative president Andres Pastrana met for more than five hours of talks with military leaders on Wednesday.
Afterwards he said that peace negotiations between the government and leftist rebels...
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Rally calling for released of kidnapped Ingrid Betancourt
1. Pan from Notre Dame Cathedral to demonstrators
2. Close-up of poster showing hostage and former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt
3. Mid of Melanie and Lorenzo Betancourt, Ingrid Betancourt's children leading march...
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Thousands of people gather in main square to support leftist mayor
Thousands of people filled Bogota's main square on Friday evening to support the former leftist mayor, whose dismissal is considered by some Colombians to be a potential blow against attempts to make peace with the country's main rebel...
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COLOMBIA: BOY ABDUCTED BY GUERRILLAS RESCUED BY POLICE
Spanish/Eng/Nat
An American man made an impassioned plea for peace in Colombia on Wednesday, hours after police rescued his 5-year-old son who had been abducted by leftist guerrillas nearly four months ago.
Commandos raided a jungle...
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President visits former demilitarised zone for first time
1. Aerial of La Macarena
2. Helicopter landing to La Macarena township and some children waiting
3. Snipers securing President Uribe``s visit and people waiting
4. Policemen and people waiting for the president
5. President Uribe and...
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WRAP Colombia releases seized video of hostages; reax from Betancourt's son
Bogota, Colombia - 30 November, 2007
1. Wide of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Luis Carlos Restrepo, High Commissioner for Peace:
"Everything seems to indicate that the proofs of survival (of Ingrid Betancourt) correspond to the...
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Fmr hostages on radio show sending messages to those still held
1. Wide of radio studio
2. Former FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) hostages walk into studio
3. Close up of clock and sign reading:(Spanish) "ON AIR"
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Herbin Hoyos Medina, radio presenter
"Today I...
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COLOMBIA: MOTHERS OF KIDNAPPED MILITARY OFFICERS STAGE PROTEST
Spanish/Nat
The mothers of 50 Colombian military officers kidnapped by guerrillas over a month ago have staged a protest march in the capital Bogota to demand their release.
They also represent more than 200 soldiers and policemen that...
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Government and FARC negotiators comment after latest round of peace talks
1. Wide of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) delegation at podium
2. Mid of FARC delegation
3. Cutaway assembled media
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ivan Marquez, Lead FARC Negotiator:
"I think that sort of comment from the mouth...
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Marchers demand the FARC release all hostages
1. Marchers carrying a large Colombian flag
2. Marchers carrying banners asking for the release of the remaining FARC hostages
3. Marchers carrying banners criticising former Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba who many in the country see...
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Relatives gather to demand liberation of hostages held by FARC
AP Television News
Bogota, Colombia - 8 September 2009
1. Tilt up from pictures of FARC hostages to sign reading: (Spanish) "Humanitarian Agreement Now"
2. Various of relatives of hostages holding pictures of their loved ones at...
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Vigil and reax as families hope for release of hostages, newspapers, vps
1. Wide of relatives and friends of FARC hostages holding vigil
2. Mid of girl holding candle
3. Wide of people gathered holding candles
4. Wide of stage where relatives were speaking
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Esteban, Father of FARC...
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IMF chief Lagarde on how peace efforts will affect Colombian economy
1. Various of Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), arriving at news conference
2. Mid of Lagarde seated
3. Wide of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christine Lagarde, Managing Director,...