Colombia President Meets With Commanders
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President Alvaro Uribe held an emergency meeting with his military commanders Saturday after leftist rebels launched a series of attacks, while U.S. Embassy officials remembered three Americans who were captured by the guerrillas two years ago.
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Colombia's president took over the country's airwaves Sunday to defend the military against reports soldiers were behind a string of bombings.
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The Spanish and Basque leaders meet to discuss controversial plans for greater independence.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday he planned to hold talks with Colombia's FARC guerrillas in Venezuela in an attempt to break a stalemate on freeing kidnap victims held for years by the Marxist rebels.
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The US secretary of state meets union leaders in Colombia on a trip aimed at promoting free trade.
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TIBU, Colombia  - The head of Colombia&#39;s right-wing paramilitary armies asked forgiveness from the United States and from victims in his country&#39;s civil war during a ceremony to demobilize 1,425 fighters.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe asks donors to help fund a process to disarm right-wing guerrillas.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for talks on eradicating Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters from their common border, a key issue in his bid for re-election.
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Colombia's hardline government said Friday it is willing to meet with members of the country's main leftist rebel group in an unprecedented offer aimed at freeing dozens of rebel-held hostages, including three Americans.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia is proposing to meet  with Marxist rebels in a foreign embassy to negotiate the  release of 50 imprisoned guerrillas in exchange for 72 hostages  including three Americans.
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A meeting this week between Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is key to ensuring that Colombian rebels are denied sanctuary in the neighboring country, Uribe's spokesman said Monday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian President Alvaro   Uribe's U.S.-backed plan to disband right-wing militias has   been hit by charges he is too easy on paramilitaries and that   drug smugglers are posing as fighters to win short jail terms.
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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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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi held talks Sunday with President Hamid Karzai and the commander of a NATO force involved in an international effort against Afghanistan's growing and deadly insurgency.
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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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BOGOTA, Colombia  - The mother of one of three  American contractors abducted by guerrillas in Colombia 18  months ago on Tuesday called on President Alvaro Uribe to  negotiate his release and that of other kidnapping victims  throughout the country.
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Nicolas Sarkozy touches down in Kabul for a visit to French troops and talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.