Franco Colombian politician and former hostage of Marxist FARC rebels, Ingrid Betancourt, holds a press conference in Rome, on September 1, 2008. Betancourt was named woman of the year Friday by the World Awards Association, headed by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.(AFP/File/Tiziana Fabi)AFP - Former Colombian guerrilla hostage Ingrid Betancourt was named woman of the year Friday by the World Awards Association, headed by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.


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