Colombia revives European efforts over hostages
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe  authorized France, Spain and Switzerland on Saturday to revive  their efforts to seek an accord with leftist rebels on  releasing scores of hostages, including a French-Colombian  politician and three Americans.
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By Jason Webb BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia is proposing to meetwith Marxist rebels in a foreign embassy to negotiate therelease of 50 imprisoned guerrillas in exchange for 72 hostagesincluding 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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A Colombian hostage freed after years in guerrilla captivity returned to Bogota on Monday carrying letters and photographs from fellow kidnap victims left behind in secret jungle camps.
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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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The mother of a kidnapped Colombian ex-presidential candidate renews her appeal for government intervention.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has offered to release 50 insurgents accused of minor crimes in exchange for an equal number of hostages in rebel hands, including three Americans, his spokesman said Wednesday.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sent helicopters into Colombia on Friday to pick up three hostages, including a boy born in captivity and held for years by Marxist rebels in jungle camps.
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SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia  - With tears, smiles and long hugs, two women hostages were freed by Colombia's Marxist rebels on Thursday after years in the jungle, raising hopes for dozens more languishing in secret camps.
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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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Helicopters could fly to Colombia Thursday to free two women who have been held hostage for years in the Colombian jungle.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross said Saturday a mission is under way to recover the bodies of 11 former regional lawmakers killed this summer while held captive by Colombia's largest rebel group.
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France intensified efforts Tuesday to save two journalists held hostage in Iraq, convening crisis talks in Paris and around the Arab world as a 24-hour execution deadline set by militants neared.
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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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The government said Monday it would consider a demand from Colombia's main rebel group to hold face-to-face talks over swapping jailed insurgents for dozens of hostages, including three U.S. military contractors.
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The European Union will resume  direct aid to the Palestinians as part of efforts to support  President Mahmoud Abbas&#39;s emergency cabinet, EU foreign policy  chief Javier Solana said on Monday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sent two helicopters into Colombia on Friday on a delicate mission to pluck three hostages from the rebel-held jungle.