European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              July 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 9 colombian rebels release video of kidnapped soldiers by Toby Muse the associated press Colombia colom Bian leftist rebels released a video that showed seven kid napped police officers and sol Diers some of whom have spent nearly a decade in Captivity pleading for talks Between the government and the rebels to set them the video was made by the revolutionary armed forces of co or and Given to the news Channel said co Lombiase run which played clips tuesday the Soldier Giovany Dominguez says in the video that he shared Many Camps with former presidential candidate Ingrid Betan abducted five years ago with her Campaign Clara the Soldier said he saw Rojas playing with baby pm the son Rojas is thought to have had with one of her rebel for me its very in All the time Ive spent Ive never seen he has a lot of toys that the guerrillas make for said who like the others gives an individual message straight to it was not Clear when this latest so called proof of life video was although run said it appeared to be within the past such released about twice a Are used by the rebels As a form of applying pressure on the government to open in a separate message on the Ivaloo Gustavo and his daughter watch a video tuesday in that shows his Pablo Emilio the a was kidnapped by leftist rebels of the revolutionary armed forces of nine years the rebels sent a video As a proof of life to Al Nazeera to Soldier Pablo Emilio Mon Cayo pleads for talks with the gov Moncayo was kidnapped More than nine years ago when rebels stormed the army base where he was his father is walking across Colombia with a Metal Chain wrapped around his neck in Soli Darity with his sons Captivity to pressure the guerrillas and the government to agree to free the one of the soldiers held a draw a pedestrian stands near heavy traffic flow during a Day foggy from air pollution in Chi Nas efforts to Clear the air ahead of the 2008 summer olympics include a test to pull 1 Mil lion cars from the no Han pollution leaves thousands thirsty in China the associated press China water supplies to people in Eastern China were Cut for 40 hours due to groundwater allegedly from chemical state Media reported taps ran dry from monday to wednesday in Shuy a City in i angst province where a massive out break of Blu Green algae in 2005 forced the shutoff of water supplies to 5 million people in another the official Xinhua news Agency the residential water Supply from the Xinyi River had an unusual smell and was found to have Levels of ammonia nitrogen far above National the China business news paper it said water was being diverted from a nearby Lake to dilute the and trucks were distributing Well water to ease shortages among the specific source of the pollution was not but the paper cited the head of Shuy Angs environmental Protection Huas blaming chemical plants upstream on the Xinyi i angst is a Center of the chinese chemical Indus and a massive Runoff of toxic effluent has been blamed for poisoning the provinces extensive Grid of canals and ing he did in the Jungle for his another begged the govern ment not to undertake any Mili tary saying he feared he would be killed in the most urged the government to negotiate with the the new video comes As colom Bia is again focusing on the plight of the kidnapped after the deaths of 11 state lawmakers in a rebel Camp earlier this month after they spent More than five years in the circumstances of their deaths remain teen surgeon surrenders to Indian court the associated press new Delhi a 15yearold boy who allegedly delivered a baby by caesarean Section in an attempt to set a record As the worlds youngest surgeon surren dered to a court in Southern India wednesday after 10 Days in hid police Raj a police official in Southern tamil Nadu said the boy had been missing since his parents were arrested last according to the the parents of do Ileean both supervised their son while he performed a caesarean Section at a maternity Hospital they run in the City of they Are in prison awaiting police have charged the three with forgery of endangering human concealing evidence and abetting a the tamil Nadu chapter of the Indian medical association said last month that Murugesan showed a video recording of his son performing a caesarean cigarette smuggling increases deaths by Julie Payne the associated press Thailand tens of billions of illicit smuggled or Are sold on the Black Market each contributing to an increase in tobacco related deaths and costing governments billions of dollars in lost International experts said they reported their findings at an International conference being held in Bangkok this week to expedite implementation of a 2003 treaty to regulate tobacco products and their illicit cigarette Trade last year accounted for percent of total global tobacco or approximately 600 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