Colombia accepts Venezuela plan for hostage release
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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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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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Colombian Marxist rebels are set to free two women hostages to Venezuela after a previous mission to pick them up collapsed on New Years Eve, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday.
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Colombia and Venezuela say a diplomatic crisis over the capture of a Colombian rebel is over.
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The highest-ranking jailed member of Colombia's main guerrilla group was freed by the government Monday as part of a wider prisoner release intended to help secure the freedom of 60 hostages &#151; including three Americans &#151; held by the guerrillas.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday Colombian rebels are ready to free two hostages, telling him the location they can be picked up from.
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Preparations are under  way in Colombia as  diplomats say rebels could be ready to free three hostages on Friday.
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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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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Wednesday he was grateful Venezuela's leader is seeking to win the release of three Americans and other hostages in Colombia, but seemed cautious about raising hopes on the negotiations with leftist rebels.
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Colombian rebels will hand over three hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, including an aide to former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and the woman's young son, according to a statement released Tuesday.
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BOGOTA/CARACAS  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said a mission to pick up three hostages being held in Colombia by Marxist rebels would begin on Friday.
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Two helicopters sent by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez landed in Colombia Friday on a delicate mission to pluck three hostages from the rebel-held jungle.
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Two hostages freed by Colombian rebels arrive in Venezuela, bringing an end to years of captivity.
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Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez prepared to send helicopters into Colombia on Friday to pick up three hostages held for years by Marxist rebels, but they were unlikely to be freed until the weekend.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe agreed on Tuesday to boost security cooperation and restart stalled trade deals after meeting to end a dispute over a captured Colombian guerrilla leader.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said two women held hostage by Colombian rebels for more than six years were freed Thursday, saying he spoke with the former captives by phone and they were being flown out of the jungle.
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Two Venezuelan helicopters and their crews waited in central Colombia Saturday morning for directions as to where in the jungle to fly to pick up three hostages being freed by leftist rebels.