Colombia reverses hostages stance
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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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BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. 18 -- Colombian guerrillas said Tuesday that they would hand over three hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃÂ¿vez, including an aide to French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt.
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Colombia agreed Wednesday to allow Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to send his planes and helicopters into its territory to pick up three hostages who have been held for years by leftist rebels.
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Efforts at freeing hostages held by Colombian rebels were stalled over the weekend when neighboring Venezuela scrapped plans for talks to be held in Caracas aimed at clinching prisoner exchange.
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Marxist rebels in Colombia have freed four hostages, three of whom were held captive for well over three years in the jungle. The four released hostages - two men and two women were flown to Neiva, 150 miles
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Two women hostages flown out of Colombian jungle and heading home, says Venezuelan president
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - In a video released by their   rebel captors, Colombian lawmakers held hostage for more than   four years pleaded with President Alvaro Uribe to negotiate   with leftist guerrillas to secure their release.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia on Thursday said itwould pardon 23 jailed rebels to encourage Marxist guerrillasto free 72 hostages, including three Americans.
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Colombian Marxist guerrillas have said they will turn over three hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez just weeks after Bogota ended the leftist leader's efforts to broker the release of rebel captives.
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The release of two hostages by Colombia's Marxist rebels increases pressure on President Alvaro Uribe to meet guerrilla demands for freeing more captives, but he will likely resist.
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Colombia's leftist rebels said yesterday they would release three of the dozens of high-profile hostages they are holding as bargaining chips with the Colombian government
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe freed a jailed guerrilla leader on Monday to try to broker peace talks and negotiate the release of rebel-held hostages, including a French-Colombian politician and three Americans.
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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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Colombia on Thursday said it would pardon 23 jailed rebels to encourage Marxist guerrillas to free 72 hostages, including three Americans.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez plans to send aircraft into Colombia on Friday to pick up three hostages from Marxist rebels and score a diplomatic victory after recent setbacks for his socialist revolution.
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More than 900 right-wing paramilitary fighters surrendered their weapons Tuesday, but a leading international rights group criticized the demobilization process and said the Colombian government is letting war criminals off the hook.
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Colombia's police chief said Thursday that his forces have foiled an alleged plot to kidnap President Alvaro Uribe's two adult children after monitoring the cell phone calls of jailed guerrillas.