Colombian church, congress support humanitarian exchange with FARC
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The Catholic Church and the Colombian Congress termed as positive the proposal of President Alvaro Uribe to negotiate the liberation of individuals kept as hostages by the FARC
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With top Democratic lawmakers threatening to pull $700 million a year in aid to Colombia, former President Bill Clinton appeared with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday and urged Congress to consider that the country has made strides to overcome violence.
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Colombia offers to exchange jailed rebels for hostages held by Farc militants - a reversal of earlier policy.
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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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Venezuela says it has made progress on securing the release of three more Farc hostages in Colombia.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 10 -- Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez said that two women held by Colombian rebels for years were handed over to his government Thursday, triggering celebrations in this country. By early afternoon, they were being flown out of a Colombian jungle to be reunited with family...
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The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Saturday it had recovered 11 bodies from the area where Colombia's FARC guerrillas indicated they would find the remains of lawmakers killed in June after five years in rebel captivity.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he has held talks with a representative of Colombia's Farc rebel group.
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President George W. Bush gave a vote of confidence to Colombia on Sunday, promising to secure more aid and a trade deal for his close ally President Alvaro Uribe as he fights a rebel insurgency and drug traffickers.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe met  relatives of French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt on  Sunday at the start of a tour aimed at rekindling European  efforts to help release hostages held by Colombian rebels.
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Colombia agreed on Wednesday to allow Venezuelan aircraft to land in the country to pick up three hostages held for years by leftist guerrillas, including a child born in captivity.
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Colombia says it will pardon 23 members of the left-wing Farc guerrilla group, to encourage a reciprocal move.
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CARTAGENA, Colombia  - President Bush pledged new  aid on Monday for Colombia in a show of solidarity for a key  ally, President Alvaro Uribe, in his campaign against Marxist  guerrillas and drug trafficking.
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President Bush pledged new aid on Monday for Colombia in a show of solidarity for a key ally, President Alvaro Uribe, in his campaign against Marxist guerrillas and drug trafficking.
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President Bush came to Colombia to pledge support for President Ãlvaro Uribe as leftist leaders in the region seek to counter U.S. influence.
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COLOMBIA BOGOTA -- President Alvaro Uribe pardoned 23 jailed Marxist rebels yesterday as a goodwill gesture and said he hoped guerrilla leaders will respond by freeing hostages, though the leaders previously have said they would not reciprocate. Government Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said the 23 rebels belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, will be freed ...
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Colombia agreed on Wednesday to allow Venezuelan planes and helicopters to land in the country and pick up three hostages held for years by Marxist guerrillas, including a child born in captivity.