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Colombia frees Betancourt, US hostages from rebels
By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press Writer

French judge orders Continental to trial
PARIS (AP) - A French judge has ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial for manslaughter in connection with the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people. The prosecutor in the Paris suburb of Pontoise says two of the people to be tried are employees of the U.S. carrier.

3 hostages rescued in Colombia return to US
By ELIZABETH WHITE Associated Press Writer

UN appeals court acquits Bosnian Muslim war hero
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press Writer THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A U.N. appeals court on Thursday overturned the war crimes conviction of Naser Oric, a Bosnian Muslim considered a war hero by many in his country for fighting Serbs in the embattled Srebrenica enclave during Bosnia's 1992-95 war.

US businessman freed from Chinese jail
By HENRY SANDERSON Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese-born U.S. citizen sentenced to 16 years in prison on what his supporters called false tax evasion and fraud charges was released on parole after serving more than half the term, a human rights group said Thursday.

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