Farmers report healthy green chile crops
LAS CRUCES (AP) - Green chile farmers are reporting healthy crops with more than a month to go before harvest. Though the crop has escaped problems with insects and disease, the season didn't start out as well, said Stephanie Walker, extension vegetable specialist for New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service. In 2007, chile production declined in New Mexico by about 33 percent over the previous year, according to the state Department of Agriculture.
Group sets guidelines to fight child obesity
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) - Freed after years as rebel-held hostages, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and four Colombian police officers sent messages of hope in a radio broadcast Sunday to captives still detained in remote jungle camps. The former hostages appeared on an all-night radio program aimed at rebel captives and wept as they recalled their ordeal, which ended four days ago when Colombian agents duped guerrillas and airlifted 15 hostages to freedom. Colombia's government says FARC still holds about 700 hostages for political leverage and ransom.
Former hostages send messages of hope
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) - Freed after years as rebel-held hostages, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and four Colombian police officers sent messages of hope in a radio broadcast Sunday to captives still detained in remote jungle camps. The former hostages appeared on an all-night radio program aimed at rebel captives and wept as they recalled their ordeal, which ended four days ago when Colombian agents duped guerrillas and airlifted 15 hostages to freedom. Colombia's government says FARC still holds about 700 hostages for political leverage and ransom.
