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4/14/2008 : Colombian government says Betancourt ill, but not close to death
Colombia's top peace negotiator said that rebel-held hostage Ingrid Betancourt is sick, but not close to death.
4/13/2008 : Chavez urges Colombia's FARC rebels to release all civilian hostages
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged Colombia's leftist rebels Saturday to free all civilians hostages, including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt
4/9/2008 : Hostage rescue mission to quit Colombia
A French aid mission standing by for the possible release of Colombian former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt is to leave Colombia after being rejected by her captors, the French foreign ministry said Tuesday.
4/8/2008 : FARC refuses French mission access to Betancourt The Age, Australia
Leaders of Colombia's main rebel group said Tuesday they will not accept a French medical mission that flew to Bogota to aid hostage Ingrid Betancourt
4/8/2008 : Ex-Hostage: Betancourt Not Near Death
A former hostage of Colombian rebels on Monday said that captive Ingrid Betancourt was sick but denied assertions that he had said she was near death.
4/7/2008 : France says Betancourt maybe less ill than thought
Ingrid Betancourt, the best-known hostage of Colombia's Marxist FARC guerrillas, may not be as ill as previously thought but Paris still wants a doctor to visit her, France's foreign minister said on Monday.
4/6/2008 : First lady, ministers march in Paris for Betancourt
The president of Argentina, the first lady of France and several senior French ministers joined thousands of protesters in Paris on Sunday to call on Colombian guerrillas to release their ailing hostage, Ingrid Betancourt.
4/5/2008 : Colombians take to streets to urge hostage release
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Colombia on Friday, waving banners and chanting slogans in an attempt to pressure leftist rebels to free hundreds of hostages they are holding.
4/4/2008 : Colombian Rebel: No Unilateral Release
A senior Colombian rebel official has ruled out the unilateral release of any hostages, dimming the prospects Ingrid Betancourt might soon be freed.
4/3/2008 : French hostage mission set to leave for Colombia
A three-nation humanitarian mission has been launched to help French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt, who is believed to be gravely ill, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said Wednesday.
4/2/2008 : International day of action against kidnapping
In Colombia and in Europe several humanitarian organisations are asking people to support demands to free those kidnapped by FARC, especially those whose health gives cause for anxiety, such as former presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt.
4/1/2008 : Sarkozy Asks FARC to Free Betancourt
French President Nicolas Sarkozy implored Colombia's rebels to free ailing hostage Ingrid Betancourt, saying Tuesday that she is in danger of dying.
4/1/2008 : FARC hostage Betancourt won't take medications
The Colombian radio station Caracol, says the French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt, who has been held captive by left-wing FARC rebels for six years, is in a serious condition and urgently needs a blood transfusion.
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