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September 10, 2008

Betancourt leads off UN terror victim panel

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At the U.N.'s first symposium for terror victims Tuesday, Naomi Monchari Kerongo's tears didn't stop her trancelike recitation of the awful things she saw that day in Kenya, 10 years ago.

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Betancourt leads off UN terror victim panel

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At the U.N.'s first symposium for terror victims Tuesday, Naomi Monchari Kerongo's tears didn't stop her trancelike recitation of the awful...