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...final indignity came when the strange visitors insisted on securing the wrists of the hostages with plastic tie-wraps. It was a calculated effort to convince Cesar and Gafas that they wouldn't be attacked by the hostages once on board the helicopter. But the outraged hostages refused to cooperate. The army agents were taken aback. In their rush to placate the guerrillas, the agents had provoked a full-blown mutiny among the very people they were trying to save...
...Colombian Army were able to launch a daring, Mission: Impossible-style sting operation in a bid to save the hostages. Colombian planners of the July 2008 operation were probably keen to avoid the fate of the earliest rescue attempt. The misadventures of that fiasco, along with the final rescue attempt, are detailed in a new book by veteran Latin America journalist John Otis, Law of the Jungle: The Hunt for Colombian Guerrillas, American Hostages and Buried Treasure. An excerpt follows...
...pesos but they also found yellow containers filled with U.S. currency. How much was there? Months later, a report by the office of Colombia's inspector general estimated that the containers held $14 million in U.S. and Colombian currency. But in the same report, several troops testified that the final haul exceeded $43 million. One government investigator said the figure was much higher - more than $80 million...
...risk, doesn't that make their sport inherently perilous? Two World Cup athletes have died competing in snowboard cross over the past five years. The winner of Tuesday's women's race, Maelle Ricker of home country Canada, had to be airlifted to a hospital after crashing during the final of the 2006 Games (she suffered no serious injuries...
...make clear the circumstances that would spark legal action. Starmer published interim guidelines last September, highlighting the likelihood of prosecution in cases in which the deceased was under 18, was mentally incapable of making the decision to die, or had not expressed a clear wish to do so. The final guidelines, compiled after a public consultation, will be issued on Feb. 25. (Read "Swiss Government Tries to Stop Suicide Tourists...