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Global. Education. Human Rights & The Geneva Convention In Latin America. Feb 13, 2003. http://www.heldhostageincolombia.com/news.html. April 28, 2008. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735671,00.html.

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  1. Global Education

  2. Human Rights & The Geneva Convention In Latin America

  3. Feb 13, 2003 http://www.heldhostageincolombia.com/news.html

  4. April 28, 2008 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735671,00.html

  5. Three U.S. hostages in Colombia, seen for the first time since their capture, make an emotional videotaped plea for help.  (CBS) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/06/60II/main576739.shtml

  6. Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped in February 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4456434.stm

  7. George Gonsalves poses with a photograph of his son Marc Gonsalves (C), Keith Stansell (L) and Thomas Howes at his home in Hebron, Connecticut February 12, 2008. Stansell's father Gene (left), son Kyle and mother Lynne spoke with reporters outside the Colombian ambassador's residence in New York in September 2007 http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/articleslideshow?articleId=USN1225948020080212&channelName=topNews#a=1 http://www.newsweek.com/id/109286

  8. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/07/AR2005090702199.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/07/AR2005090702199.html

  9. There are now two dozen American companies here, with the contracts for antidrug programs worth $178 million last year. They spray coca fields, operate eavesdropping devices, organize alternative development programs, repair airplanes, assess intelligence and advise the Colombian Defense Ministry. http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=7830

  10. Farc rebels want senior leaders released http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4743951.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4719959.stm

  11. US urges FARC to free US hostages US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack

  12. France has campaigned for the release of Ingrid Betancourt http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4654440.stm

  13. Columbia's president has accepted the counties Roman Catholic's bishops offer to mediate in the conflict with the country's left-wing rebels. http://www.christiantoday.com/article/colombia.accepts.church.mediation/3767.htm

  14. President Alvaro Uribe previously ruled out exchanging rebel hostages for guerrillas serving sentences for crimes like murder and kidnapping. However, next year is an election year and he is hoping to win another term The US government bankrolls the Colombian government to the tune of more than $600m a year http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4719959.stm

  15. http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/02/betancourt.colombia/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/02/betancourt.colombia/index.html

  16. Misuse of the Red Cross emblem is governed by articles 37, 38 and 85 of Additional Protocol One to the Geneva Conventions, the international rules of war. The articles prohibit “feigning of protected status by the use of … emblems” of neutral parties and say that such misuses are considered breaches of international humanitarian law that qualify as a “war crime.” Intentional misuse of the Red Cross symbol is a violation of the Geneva Conventions, as it can place humanitarian war zone workers in serious danger and undermines neutrality of the Red Cross. http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/15/colombia.red.cross/index.html

  17. France Colombian Families ICRC Colombia Bishops Colombian Hostages US DEA CIA FARC US Families Ingrid Betancourt US Hostages Corps

  18. Global Education

  19. Perspective consciousness Perspective from . . . 5 groups of individuals 3 Non-Government Organizations 3 Nation States 1 Treaty Based Organization

  20. ? ? State of the Planet Awareness CNN Time BBC Reuters Newsweek Washington Post Christian Today CBS http://www.heldhostageincolombia.com/news.html

  21. ? The ICRC loses credibility War Crimes Committed A Rescue Plot is Hatched The Catholic Church tries to Negotiate Knowledge of Global Dynamics Colombian Government rejects demands X Employees taken hostage by Revolutionaries USA fights drug trafficking

  22. twin-engine Beech King Air 300's Awareness of Human Choice Do the ends Justify the means misuse of international emblems single-engine Cessna Caravan

  23. Human Rights & The Geneva Convention In Latin America Robert Bailey, University of South Florida

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