Colombian police officer John Pinchao escaped from the FARC last week which took him on an odyssey through the deep jungle, after nine years of captivity.

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Dr John Forle and his small team of researchers lead a peaceful existence on a station deep in the jungle.

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Deep inside the jungle, a mixture of sweat and rain was trickling down my face as I scrambled through a damp, narrow gorge.

BBC: India's mysterious glowing forests

While the rebels were pushed back deep into their jungle strongholds, they have continued to carry out hit-and-run attacks and numerous high-profile kidnappings.

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Deep in the jungle of southern Burma (Myanmar) live 40, 000 villagers who tend to maize and rice farms, raise livestock and fish in the rivers.

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Deep in the jungle of the Congo River basin, far from the eyes of most of the world, a largely forgotten African war is being fought.

BBC: Congo Brazzaville's hidden war

The FARC lost considerable influence over the last years after being pushed back deep into the jungle by determined and sometimes harsh military measures and is now in a weakened position.

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The agreement appears to align the plaintiffs with the government against Chevron, but eliminates a deep set of pockets for remediating the oil pollution that laces the jungle.

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