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We have started to collect the most important news related to Colombia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
GermanyTwo men seized by left-wing guerrillas in Colombia are German pensioners and were touring South America, German officials confirm.
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Two foreigners, possibly Germans, are kidnapped in northern Colombia, left-wing ELN rebels allege in a statement on their website.
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United KingdomA British charity is teaching Colombians to locate and safely detonate landmines in their neighbourhoods.
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VenezuelaTension rise in peace talks as Colombia's Farc rebels kill three policemen in an ambush near the Venezuelan border, according to the authorities.
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CubaFighting between Farc rebels and Colombia's government leaves at least nine people dead, as the latest round of peace talks start in Cuba.
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NetherlandsDutch woman Tanja Nijmeijer talks to the BBC's Sarah Rainsford about why she joined the Colombian armed insurgent group, the Farc, and why she has no regrets.
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Colombia's rebel group Farc says it intends to carry on capturing military personnel, despite warnings that it could undermine peace talks.
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Colombia's Justice Minister, Ruth Stella Correa, says a new drugs bill will decriminalise the personal use of synthetic drugs, such as ecstasy.
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A group of young people in central Colombia, that see themselves as members of the traditional Muisca tribe, is asking the government to give them official recognition.
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Colombia's Farc spokesman Jesus Santrich says common ground on land reform is being found and the parts are advancing "in the rhythm of mambo".
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Colombia's Farc rebels end their two-month-long unilateral ceasefire hours after the president said security forces were prepared for possible attacks.
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Colombia's president says the security forces are prepared for possible attacks by Farc rebels, as their unilateral ceasefire is due to expire.
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ELN rebels in northern Colombia have kidnapped five workers from a mining company, three of them foreigners, the army says.
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CubaFarc rebels say their ceasefire will end on Sunday, as peace talks with the government of Colombia resume in Havana.
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CubaLeading Colombian government negotiator Humberto de la Calle calls for a faster pace to peace negotiations with Farc rebels in Havana.
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Colombia's attorney general's office reopens a preliminary criminal investigation against former president Alvaro Uribe for alleged links with paramilitaries.
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HondurasThe Honduran ambassador to Colombia, sacked after a wild alcohol-fuelled Christmas party on embassy premises, accepts responsibility.
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HondurasHonduras sacks its ambassador to Colombia, Carlos Rodriguez, after a wild alcohol-fuelled Christmas party on embassy premises.
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United StatesA firm in Colombia which makes bullet-proof vests is now creating body armour for children.
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HondurasHonduras is investigating reports of a wild Christmas party attended by prostitutes at its embassy in the Colombian capital.
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CubaThe Colombian Air Force says it has killed 13 Farc rebels in an attack on a camp in Antioquia province, as peace talks are due to resume in Cuba.
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Police in Colombia finds the bodies of nine people apparently killed during a party on the outskirts of Medellin in a clash between drug gangs.
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Rescue teams in Colombia have been searching for at least 25 people missing after a landslide cut off a road near the south-western city of Neiva.
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Rescue workers in Colombia are looking for at least 25 people missing after a landslide in Huila province, which killed five people.
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Argentina, United StatesUS requests extradition of Henry de Jesus Lopez, one of Colombia's most wanted drug dealers, detained two months ago in Argentina.
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The sister and widow of two Colombian drug barons from the Norte del Valle cartel is shot dead in the northeast of the country.
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United StatesA US court sentences Gen Mauricio Santoyo, who served as President Uribe's chief of security, to 13 years in jail for aiding paramilitaries.
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A woman is arrested at Barcelona airport off a flight from Colombia with more than a kilo of cocaine concealed in her breast implants.
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An LED light display worth $6.6m is switched on in the Colombian city of Medellin.
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The Colombian military says it has killed at least 20 leftist Farc rebels in its biggest operation since peace talks began in October.
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos sets a deadline of November 2013 for peace talks with the Farc rebels to clinch a deal.
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