Colombia frees rebel leader for peace effort
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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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BOGOTA, Colombia  - 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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A Colombian paramilitary leader accused of taking eight tourists hostage last year is arrested, police say.
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A Philippine marine general and 19 others were released Sunday from a Muslim rebel camp where they had been held for two days by guerrillas demanding more benefits under a 1996 peace accord, officials said.
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Colombian police captured a regional rebel commander suspected of involvement in deadly attacks on government troops and a mass kidnapping in which one hostage died, authorities said Monday.
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Colombian security forces arrest a man they say  was in charge of the Farc  guerrillas' international ties.
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A Colombian rebel leader in U.S. custody on federal drug and terrorism charges was ordered held without bond Wednesday pending a trial.
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A Colombian court approved the extradition to the United States of one of the South American nation's most notorious paramilitary leaders on drug smuggling charges.
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The government Wednesday freed 17 people who had been arrested for rebel activities, following the terms of a peace accord that aims to return the restive nation to stability after more than a year of sporadic insurgency.
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BOGOTA/CARACAS  - A top Colombian guerrilla was  protected by Venezuelan officials before his capture, an action  that has triggered the worst dispute in years between the  Andean countries, Colombia said on Sunday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - A commander of Colombia's  largest rebel army was handed over to U.S. authorities at a  Bogota airport for extradition to the United States Friday on  cocaine smuggling and kidnapping charges.
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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 guerrillas have freed two women they have been holding, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says.
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A Colombian rebel leader was convicted on Monday for conspiring to take hostages in connection with the kidnapping of three American contractors in 2003.
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Marxist rebels kept hold of three hostages in Colombia on Monday despite a deal to free them after years in secret camps, worrying Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez who negotiated the handover with the guerrillas.
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Colombia arrests a series of right-wing paramilitaries as the peace process enters a delicate phase.
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President Alvaro Uribe has ruled out amnesty for leftist rebels under an eventual peace deal, reversing a long-standing blueprint for ending Colombia's five-decade civil conflict.