Colombia hostage deal still elusive: FARC rebel
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday welcomed Group of Eight nations' support for his initiative to free hostages held by left-wing rebels, but a guerrilla leader he released from prison to try to negotiate a deal warned that any agreement remained elusive.
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The rebels holding a former presidential candidate hostage said Friday they were still willing to strike a deal for her release, five years to the day after her capture.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe threatens to deport a rebel leader to the US unless hostages are freed.
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A Venezuelan-led mission to rescue three hostages held by leftist rebels in Colombia's vast jungles was tottering on the edge of collapse Monday, with guerrillas still not revealing where they'll free the hostages.
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Five years after she was kidnapped by leftist rebels while campaigning for the presidency, anti-corruption crusader Ingrid Betancourt remains Colombia's best-known hostage.Comment
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After freeing two hostages, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia is thought to still hold more than 700 others.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - A Venezuelan mission to pick up three hostages held for years by Colombian rebels in jungle camps was delayed again on Saturday because guerrilla leaders have not given the final go-ahead.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday he is waiting to hear from Colombia's largest rebel group about two rebel-held hostages that the guerrillas promised to release to the leftist leader last month.
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Colombia took steps to free jailed rebel fighters on Friday, hoping to persuade guerrilla commanders to hand over hostages they have held for years, including a French-Colombian politician and three Americans.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia on Monday said its  peace process with far-right paramilitaries could fail and  ordered an outlaw militia negotiator to be captured and  extradited to the United States for cocaine smuggling.
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A rebel whose capture in Venezuela has touched off a diplomatic crisis with Colombia believed that he was going to be killed by his captors, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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Colombian rebels stay silent on captives' location as Hollywood director joins Venezuelan leader's team
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Colombian rebels said in a letter on Monday intense military activity had impeded the release of three hostages they had promised to hand over to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
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Jurors considering terrorism and hostage-taking charges against Colombian rebel leader Ricardo Palmera said they were deadlocked Thursday. A federal judge ordered them to keep deliberating.
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The largest rebel group in Colombia, the Farc, rejects a government proposal to exchange prisoners.
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A Colombian rebel plan to hand over three ailing hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and a Colombian senator is advancing although their release cannot be rushed, a top guerrilla leader said on Monday.
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Much of Colombia came to a standstill on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of protesters marched against leftist rebels accused last week of killing 11 provincial lawmakers they were holding hostage.