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Colombia: Anniversary

BOGOTA — An emotional Ingrid Betancourt shed a few tears as she celebrated with other former Colombian captives the second anniversary of her storybook rescue from leftist rebels.

The Franco-Colombian politician told reporters Friday that she remains "in a process of healing." She said it's a long process.

In an elaborate ruse, Colombia's military airlifted Betancourt to freedom in 2008 along with three U.S. military contractors and 11 Colombian soldiers and police.

Germany: Papers sold

FUERTH — Historical records from the prison that held Adolf Hitler in 1924 documenting the future dictator's time behind bars sold to an anonymous bidder for euro27,000 ($33,400) Friday at an auction in Germany.

The approximately 500 documents from the Landsberg prison were recently found by a Nuremberg man among the possessions of his late father, who had purchased them at a flea market in the 1970s, according to Werner Behringer, whose auction house put them up for sale.

Guinea: Election runoff

CONAKRY — Electoral officials in junta-ruled Guinea announced late Friday that a runoff vote would be needed to determine who wins the mineral-rich West African nation's first free election since independence.

Former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo garnered about nearly 40 percent of vote in last Sunday's historic poll, well short of the simple majority needed to avoid a runoff, electoral Commission chief Ben Sekou Sylla said. Longtime opposition politician Alpha Conde won just over 20 percent, while another ex-premier, Sidya Toure, came in third with close to 16 percent of the vote. If confirmed by the Supreme Court, the result would mean Diallo faces Conde in a second round.

Kenya: Parliament pay

NAIROBI — Kenyans expressed outrage Friday after members of parliament this week recommended giving themselves a $175,000 annual pay package, compensation decried as overly exorbitant in a country where farm workers earn only $40 a month.

The legislators' compensation package includes pay for housing, entertainment expenses, transportation, a constituency allowance and an extraneous allowance. The politicians will even be paid for attending parliament meetings. It outpaces what many European parliamentarians make, and would pay as much as the U.S. Congress.

Kosovo: Explosion