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Colombia: The Release of Alf Onshuus Niño

Sunday, July 6th, 2008 @ 20:31 UTC

by Eduardo Avila

Countries:: Colombia
Topics:: Humanitarian
Languages:: Spanish

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it:: FARC: la liberazione dell'ostaggio norvegese di origine colombiana Alf Onshuus...

Otra Expresión [es] reports that Colombian-Norweigan Alf Onshuus Niño was recently released by the FARC in an act unrelated to the recent rescue of 15 hostages. The blogger at Balada del Elefante Azul [es] also mentions this and is especially meaningful since he has blogged about the kidnapping of his personal friend.

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