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Years after she was taken hostage in the jungles of South America, Ingrid Betancourt stood on French soil Friday, telling a crowd of well-wishers: "I cry out of joy."

"I have been dreaming for seven years of this moment," she said, standing alongside President Nicolas Sarkozy after her plane touched down at Villacoublay military air base near Paris.

"France is my home," she added. "You are my family." Read full article »

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