Lord of the Books creates novel way to promote peace

BOGOTA - Emptying the bins of Colombia's capital, Jose Alberto Gutierrez one day found a copy of the classic novel Anna Karenina and kept it.

That was 20 years ago - and the garbage man continued to collect Bogota's discarded books, amassing 25,000 in a free library, swelled by donations.

"I realized that people were throwing books away in the rubbish. I started to rescue them," said Gutierrez.