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Freed hostage Betancourt hugs her children

Freed hostage Betancourt hugs her children

Ingrid Betancourt clung to the children she had not seen for six years today after they arrived in Colombia to celebrate her rescue from jungle rebels. Betancourt said her daughter, Melanie, and son, Lorenzo, looked "beautiful." Betancourt, three American contractors and 11 other hostages were freed in a daring mission Wednesday. full story
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