Colombian rebel hostage killed in rescue attempt
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A Colombian businessman kidnapped by leftist rebels died in a military rescue attempt on Thursday, illustrating the dilemma the government faces over thousands of hostages languishing in secret guerrilla jails.
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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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Colombian rebels will hand over the corpses of 11 local politicians killed in captivity last month, allowing authorities to determine if they were murdered or died in crossfire, the Red Cross said on Monday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Marxist rebels killed 17  Colombian soldiers in a battle in the jungles of northern  Colombia on Wednesday in the deadliest attack on the armed  forces in years, the army said.
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A key rebel commander and fugitive from a U.S. drug trafficking indictment was killed over the weekend in an air attack on a guerrilla encampment, the Colombian military said Monday.
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A Colombian rebel plan to hand over three ailing hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and a Colombian senator is advancing although their release cannot be rushed, a top guerrilla leader said on Monday.
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Paramilitary police killed a suspected top al-Qaida operative, wanted for alleged involvement in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, during a four-hour shootout Sunday at a southern Pakistan house, the information minister said. At least two other men were arrested.
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Suspected communist rebels shot dead the leader of a breakaway guerrilla group that entered into a peace agreement with the Philippine government, police said on Monday.
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The Red Cross said Saturday it has recovered all 11 bodies presumed to be lawmakers who were killed in a shootout while held hostage by leftist rebels.
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In southeast Pakistan one of two Chinese hostages injured during a rescue operation died of his injuries, military sources said Thursday.
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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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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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The boss of Colombia's biggest remaining cocaine cartel was shot dead in neighboring Venezuela in an apparent settling of scores among drug gangs, authorities said on Friday.
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One hostage was killed and another injured when Nigerian security forces attempted to rescue a group of seven foreign oil workers kidnapped by armed men in southern Nigeria, the Italian oil group Eni said in Rome.
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Colombia blamed Marxist FARC rebels on Sunday for killing at least five Venezuelan soldiers and an oil engineer in one of the deadliest attacks in recent years on the two country&#39;s jungle border.
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Gunmen killed a Venezuelan oil engineer and six soldiers near the border with Colombia in an attack that officials suspected was carried out by Colombian rebels.
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One foreign oil worker is killed and another wounded during an attempt to free those seized by Nigerian militants.