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Briefs, November 23, 2012

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BOGOTA - Colombia's main leftist rebel group has freed four Chinese oil workers in the same southern jungles from where it kidnapped them 17 months ago. The three contractors and a translator worked for Emerald Energy, which is part of the Sinochem Group. Authorities identified the freed men as Tang Guofu, 28; Zhao Hongwei, 36; Jian Mingfu, 46; and Jiang Shan, 24. Jiang was the translator. They were seized June 8, last year. AP
 

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THE HAGUE - The International Criminal Court has indicted Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, on charges including murder, rape and persecution. The court unsealed an arrest warrant issued February 29 for the first woman indicted by the world's first permanent war crimes court. Laurent Gbagbo is already in custody facing similar charges. AP
 

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LONDON - A British lawmaker suspended from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party for appearing on a reality TV show has been voted off the programme by viewers after just a few days. Nadine Dorries, 55, spent 12 days in the Australian jungle on "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" before becoming the first person to be evicted from the ITV show by a public vote on Wednesday night. AFP
 

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