Ex Colombian hostage reunited with son after 3 yrs

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Hugh Bronstein
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080113/wl_nm/colombia_hostages_dc

A Colombian woman freed last week after six years as a rebel hostage arrived in Bogota on Sunday and headed straight for a reunion with her son, Emmanuel, born in a jungle camp and then taken away by her captors.

A slightly dazed but smiling Clara Rojas arrived from Caracas, where she had been since leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez brokered her release Thursday from the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

"I am immensely moved to be here," said Rojas, wearing red designer glasses and a pink jacket and carrying a bunch of white lilies.

A photograph released later by authorities shows the 44-year-old Rojas, her eyes closed, hugging her son at their Sunday night reunion. Another shows the boy in a blue wool sweater timidly handing Rojas a colorful drawing he made for her as his maternal grandmother looks on, weeping.

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1. WOW! Very heart warming! nt