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Mon 07 Jul 2008Colombians take to streets in mass protests against kidnappings
COLOMBIA:TENS OF thousands of Colombians marched through Bogotá yesterday to demand the immediate release of hundreds of captives held in the country by different armed groups.
In what is believed to be the biggest mass protest in the nation's history, hundreds of thousands more joined protest marches in 45 towns and cities across the country.
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