Colombian rebels 'free hostages'
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Colombian guerrillas have freed two women they have been holding, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says.
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Three United Nations hostages have been freed after almost four weeks in captivity in Afghanistan, with kidnappers claiming that Taliban prisoners were due to be released in exchange.
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Colombia's FARC rebels will release three more hostages, all former local lawmakers, to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez after he brokered the release of two captives last month, according to a rebel statement given to local Noticias Uno television on Saturday.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday welcomed Group of Eight nations' support for his initiative to free hostages held by left-wing rebels, but a guerrilla leader he released from prison to try to negotiate a deal warned that any agreement remained elusive.
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Â· Rebels release pair in deal with Venezuelan president  Â· Mother will meet son born in jungle captivity
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Colombian left-wing rebels holding former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt hostage said she was still being held in Colombia and they were open to talks on her release.
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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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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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Two hostages freed by Colombian rebels arrive in Venezuela after several years in captivity.
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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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A Colombian woman freed last week after six years as a rebel hostage arrived in Bogota on Sunday and headed for a reunion with her son Emmanuel, born in captivity but now in foster care.
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Colombian rebel leader Ricardo Palmera was convicted Monday of helping hold three Americans hostage for years in jungle prison camps. He is the only person ever found responsible for their capture.
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BOGOTA, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The Colombian government offered Wednesday in a statement to release 50 jailed guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) if the rebels free the kidnapped political and military officials.
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Iraqi kidnappers have freed two Lebanese  men who were taken hostage west of Baghdad last month, their  company's lawyer said on Wednesday.
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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 BOGOTA -- President Alvaro Uribe pardoned 23 jailed Marxist rebels yesterday as a goodwill gesture and said he hoped guerrilla leaders will respond by freeing hostages, though the leaders previously have said they would not reciprocate. Government Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said the 23 rebels belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, will be freed ...
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Colombian rebels insist they will not free any hostages despite government plans to release jailed rebels.