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Inside the brazen hostage rescue in Colombia
Los Angeles TimesBOGOTA, Colombia — A fake humanitarian organization was created, complete with a unique logo and a Web site. Bogus messages circulated through the jungle on tiny computer drives. Commandos on a helicopter posed as a doctor, a nurse, news reporters...Tags: George Bush, Medical Staff, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, Defense
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Instructor, student die in Calif. helicopter crash
A flight instructor and student have been killed in a helicopter crash near a Northern California freeway that knocked power lines into traffic lanes and started a grass fire. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the Schweizer...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Emergency Incidents
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Instructor, Student Killed in NorCal Chopper Crash
Associated PressLIVERMORE -- A flight instructor and student have been killed in a helicopter crash near a Northern California freeway that knocked power lines into traffic lanes and started a grass fire near the road. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Emergency Incidents
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2 Dead in Copter Crash Near Freeway
LIVERMORE, Calif. -- A flight instructor and student have been killed in a helicopter crash near a Northern California freeway that knocked power lines into traffic lanes and started a grass fire near the road. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Road Transportation, Transportation, Emergency Incidents
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Freed hostages meet families in seclusion
San Antonio Express-NewsThree Americans held hostage by leftist insurgents for five years in the Colombian jungle were reunited with their families on Thursday, their first day of freedom in the United States after a daring rescue by the Colombian military. U.S. military...Tags: Ceremonies, News Agency, Armed Forces, Defense, Hospitals and Clinics
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Trial ordered in Concorde crash
PARIS A French judge ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial on charges of manslaughter for the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people, a prosecutor said yesterday. French investigators say the crash was caused in part...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Continental Airlines Incorporated, Trials
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5 to stand trial in Concorde crash
Associated PressA French judge ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial on charges of manslaughter in the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people, a prosecutor said yesterday. French investigators say the crash was caused in part by a...Tags: Prosecution, Court Administration, Trials, John Taylor, Employees
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Colombia rescue hinged on rebel disarray, payback
The U.S. military says it flew thousands of spy flights over Colombian jungles trying to find and free three Pentagon contractors since their kidnapping in 2003. In the end, it was a daring operation by Colombian military intelligence agents that finally...Tags: Elections, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, Defense, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Colombia hostage rescue by deception
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA fake humanitarian organization was created, complete with a special logo and a website. Bogus messages circulated through the jungle on tiny computer drives. Commandos aboard a helicopter posed as a doctor, a nurse, news reporters and cameramen. For...Tags: George Bush, Wars and Interventions, Medical Staff, Armed Forces, Defense
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'Nirvana' in Bogota for freed hostage
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersIngrid Betancourt, whose plight in captivity came to embody Colombia's fratricidal social strife, embraced her grown children for the first time in more than six years Thursday and prepared for a trip to Paris and a state welcome in France. The...Tags: Armed Forces, Wars and Interventions, Defense, Prisoners and Detainees, Prisons
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