Colombia hostage deal falls apart
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A Venezuelan-led mission to rescue three hostages, including a 3-year old boy, from leftist rebels in Colombia's jungles fell apart Monday as the guerrillas accused Colombia's military of sabotaging the promised handoff.
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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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The three Irish men being held by the Colombian government and accused of aiding the FARC rebels in that country have reportedly fled Colombia after being sentenced to 17 and a half years
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Talks aimed at reaching a deal on sharing airline passenger information between the US and EU states break down.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - Colombia accused Marxist rebel leaders on Monday of lying and dragging their feet to delay a Venezuela-brokered deal for the release of three hostages, including a child born in captivity.
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Colombia on Saturday called on leftist guerrillas to unconditionally free hostages after saying the rebels lied in an "incoherent" way about the whereabouts of a young boy they promised to free last month.
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Colombia&#039;s ambassador to the United States resigned Tuesday in anger over President Alvaro Uribe&#039;s selection of a disgraced former Colombian leader as ambassador to France.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia's biggest right-wing  paramilitary group said on Thursday it would disband 3,000 of  its fighters before the end of the year, in what the group  called a good faith gesture as it pursues peace talks with the  government.
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The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela say they have ended weeks of tension over a diplomatic row.
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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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BOGOTA, Colombia  - The Colombian government on  Wednesday offered to free 50 jailed guerrillas if Marxist  rebels release the same number of political and military  hostages, some held captive for up to seven years.
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Colombian authorities were left red-faced on Friday trying to explain why they picked up the wrong prisoner in a high-security transfer of a top druglord to a ship at sea in an attempt to better protect him.
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Chained, weakened by disease and wracked with despair, Colombian hostages in jungle camps cling to hope a deal with their Marxist rebel captors will free them, letters from the captives released on Tuesday show.
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A Colombian guerrilla leader freed to broker the release of rebel-held hostages said on Tuesday an accord was essential, but insisted President Alvaro Uribe agree to a demilitarized zone as a condition for talks.
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Efforts at freeing hostages held by Colombian rebels stalled over the weekend after a guerrilla leader said he would not attend talks in neighboring Venezuela aimed at clinching a prisoner exchange.
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Letters sent by Colombian hostages from jungle camps revealed on Tuesday how they are chained up, weak from illness and desperate for leaders like Fidel Castro to help secure a deal with Marxist rebels to free them.
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By Hugh Bronstein and Pascal Fletcher BOGOTA/CARACAS  - A top Colombian guerrilla wasprotected by Venezuelan officials before his capture, an actionthat has triggered the worst dispute in years between theAndean countries, Colombia said on Sunday.