MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 29th 2011
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Tuesday, November 29th 2011 - 02:09 UTC
Fitch warns of US triple A rating downgrade if policy makers fail on budget cuts
Fitch Ratings on Monday warned it may cut the United States' AAA rating if policymakers fail to agree in 2013 on a plan to reduce the country's ballooning budget deficits.
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Tuesday, November 29th 2011 - 02:05 UTC
The only survivor of the FARC executions tells how he managed to escape
When the shooting started, Police sergeant Luis Erazo scrambled into jungle canopy, the only escape from death as his Colombian guerrilla captors hurled grenades at him. Four fellow hostages were shot dead by the FARC.
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Tuesday, November 29th 2011 - 02:01 UTC
Steven to FARC: “sirs you have cut my wings; you destroyed my hopes”
Steven is the 13 year old boy of Colombian Army Sergeant Major Jose Libio Martinez who was never able to meet his father executed last Saturday by the FARC kidnappers who shot him in the head when surrounded by Colombian forces in the jungle.
