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Somali government soldiers run to position during an ambush by al Shabaab rebels on the outskirts of Elasha town May 29, 2012. Somalia's al Shabaab rebels ambushed an armoured convoy carrying the President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed during a rare overland trip outside the capital on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said. President Ahmed was unharmed in the attack which occurred on the outskirts of Elasha town, located between Mogadishu and the former rebel stronghold of Afgoye, about 30 km (18 miles) northwest of the city. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

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CAPE TOWN | Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:53am EST

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he was ready to go in person to the Venezuela-Colombia border to collect ailing hostage Ingrid Betancourt if she were freed by FARC guerrillas.

"I appeal to FARC to release her immediately. It's a matter of life and death, a matter of a humanitarian emergency," he told a news conference in Cape Town after arriving for a visit to South Africa.

(Reporting by Emmanuel Jarry, writing by Andrew Dobbie)
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