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Wednesday 31 July 2002
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FARC release three kidnapped men
Summary: Three kidnapped men were released today by the “FARC”, or revolutionary armed forces of Colombia. They were released without ransom. This report from Jeremy Mc Dermott
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| | | In an unusual gesture, FARC guerrillashanded over, without the payment of a ransom, Frenchmen Pierre Galipon, and two Canadians, Gilles Pregent and Jay Riddell, to members of the International Red Cross and diplomats from the two countries.
The three had fallen into guerrilla hands in April when they were forced by bad weather to land the helicopter they were travelling in. Unluckily for them, they landed in guerrilla-dominated southern Colombia and were intercepted by rebels before they had a chance to take off again.
In what the FARC termed a humanitarian gesture and observers described as public relations, the three were handed over without ransom.
Jeremy Mc Dermott, BBC, Bogota
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| | | gesture
something you do or say to express your attitude or intentions
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| | | guerrillas
soldiers in an unofficial army
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| | | handed over
if you hand over something then you give it to someone else
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| | | ransom
money paid to kidnappers for the safe return of a kidnapped person
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| | | diplomats
government officials
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| | | fallen into
here, accidently becoming involved in a situation
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| | | rebels
people who fight against their own country’s army
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| | | public relations
part of an organisation’s work that is concerned with obtaining the public’s approval for what it does
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