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Hugo Chavez of Venezuela said Wednesday that the three hostages by Colombian rebels, which can be shared with hours.
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Mr. Chavez said he decided to launch a military operation to free hostages.

Mr. Chavez said his troops had airplanes and helicopters, to facilitate the hostages at a time to terminate the contract.

His government provided a letter to the head of Colombia detailed proposal, he said. Shortly after, CNN, the Government of Colombia has agreed to the transaction.

The hostages were several years by the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC known as the Spanish acronym.

On Wednesday, Chavez standing in front of a map, Venezuela and Colombia and has stressed several airports on the side of the border with Venezuela, where the hostages come voluntarily.

He said he had as options for a covert operation, but decided it would be too risky.

Hostages, which may be released as Clara Rojas, who was abducted, while the year 2002 she managed the campaign of Senator Ingrid Betancourt, a candidate for the presidency of Colombia, "said Chavez. They also include Rojas' son, Emmanuel, born in captivity, and Consuelo Gonzalez, a former member of the Colombian Congress, he said.
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CNN Karl Penhaul in Bogota said Chavez spoke of hostages at the house of tomorrow, but perhaps he added Penhaul a number of points of contention in the next few hours.
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Mr. Chavez said he had Wednesday with the leaders of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba and Ecuador on the hostages. The leaders of these countries, like Chavez, hand in the political philosophy of the left towards the center-left, while the president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, a political party of the right.

Manc city boss his politic supporter win election

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- The Thai political party that backs the country's ousted prime minister won nearly half the seats in parliamentary elections Sunday with 96 percent of the vote counted -- allowing it to form a coalition government, a Thai election official told CNN on Monday.
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An elephant puts a vote in a ballot box in Bangkok during a promotion for the general election.

The People Power Party, supported by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is on pace to win 232 seats in the 480-seat chamber, according to Secretary General of the Election Commission of Thailand Suthiphon Thaveechayagarn,.

"We now extend it -- (an) invitation, politically speaking, to all parties," PPP official Jakrapob Penkair said in opening up negotiations for coalition partners.

"There is no party in particular which is discriminated against in this process of forming the government and it depends on each party to respond now. The PPP is listening."

Jakrapob said he expects it to take a couple of weeks to put together a coaltion government.

The results have been a rebuke to the country's military, which toppled Thaksin in a bloodless coup 15 months ago, banning his Thai Rak Thai (Thais Love Thais) party.

The Democrat party, the movement backed by the military, was second with a projected 165 seats in parliament.

"The people spoke out and the military should listen to it very carefully," Jakrapob said.

Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a Thai political scientist, told CNN that the result reflects a polarized Thai electorate and presentcccccs a "predicament" for the military.

"It's a snub to the coup and the post-coup period. The coup has failed to uproot Mr Thaskin and now the military will be under pressure to try to protect itself, protect its interests. One hopes that it doesn't do anything hasty," said Thitinan, who stressed that if there is to be reconciliation, the old order that overthrew Thaksin needs to represent the new voices that have emerged.

Since its transition from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional one 75 years ago, Thailand has seen its government overthrown by coups 18 times. The U.S. State Department welcomed reports that the election was conducted freely and fairly and congratulated the Thais on "taking this crucial step toward a return to elected government. "
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what blair do today?Blair joins Catholic Church

Blair joins Catholic Church
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Tony Blair visited Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in June
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has left the Anglican Church to become a Roman Catholic.

His wife and children are already Catholic and there had been speculation he would convert after leaving office.

Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, who led the service to welcome Mr Blair, said he was "very glad" to do so.

But ex-Tory minister Ann Widdecombe - herself a Catholic convert - said Mr Blair's voting record as an MP had often "gone against church teaching".

Last year, Mr Blair, who is now a Middle East peace envoy, said he had prayed to God when deciding whether or not to send UK troops into Iraq.

And one of Mr Blair's final official trips while prime minister was a visit to the Vatican in June where he met Pope Benedict XVI.

'Regular worshipper'

Mr Blair was received into full communion with the Catholic Church during Mass at Archbishop's House, Westminster, on Friday.


If you look at Tony Blair's voting record in the House of Commons, he's gone against church teaching on more than one occasion
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Cardinal Murphy O'Connor, who is the head of Catholics in England and Wales, said: "I am very glad to welcome Tony Blair into the Catholic Church.

"For a long time he has been a regular worshipper at Mass with his family and in recent months he has been following a programme of formation to prepare for his reception into full communion.

"My prayers are with him, his wife and family at this joyful moment in their journey of faith together."

Chief Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said the Catholic church in Rome shared Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor's "satisfaction".

"The choice of joining the Catholic church made by such an authoritative personality can only arouse joy and respect," Fr Lombardi added.

BBC correspondent David Willey said it had been no secret in Rome that Mr Blair had been taking instruction from a Catholic priest as a prelude to conversion.

He added that the Pope was informed of Mr Blair's intentions prior to his visit to the Vatican in June 2007, shortly before he left office.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, leader of the Anglican church, wished the former prime minister well in his spiritual journey.

He said: "Tony Blair has my prayers and good wishes as he takes this step in his Christian pilgrimage."

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Downing Street confirmed the former prime minister had converted, but said it was a private matter and it would not comment further.


In the end, there is a judgement that, I think if you have faith about these things, you realise that judgement is made by other people... and if you believe in God, it's made by God as well
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But Miss Widdecombe, who became a Catholic in 1993, told the BBC Mr Blair's move raised some questions.

"If you look at Tony Blair's voting record in the House of Commons, he's gone against Church teaching on more than one occasion. On things, for example, like abortion," she said.

"My question would be, 'has he changed his mind on that?'"

But Mr Blair's biographer, Anthony Seldon, said the former prime minister's faith had always been a major influence on his politics.

Mr Seldon said: "He's a profoundly religious figure. Religion brought him into politics in the first place, not reading Labour Party history.

"Catholicism has been the religion of his wife - Cherie Blair has been incredibly important to him throughout his political life, encouraging him to go into politics and adopting many of his positions, so I think it was the obvious part of the Christian faith for him to come into."

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