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News: Colombia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Colombia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Colombia to evict farm occupiers

Friday, November 11th 2005, 11:37

Colombia says it will continue to evict indigenous protest groups from farms, after a boy is killed during an operation.
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Colombia reviews peace deadline

Friday, November 11th 2005, 17:21

Colombia's government says it could extend the deadline for right-wing paramilitaries to demobilise.
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Colombian leader cleared for poll

Saturday, November 12th 2005, 0:47

A Colombian court clears the way for President Alvaro Uribe to stand for re-election next year.
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Colombia plane hijacker sentenced

Saturday, November 12th 2005, 8:17

A disabled Colombian man who hijacked an aircraft in his wheelchair is sentenced to eight years of house arrest.
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Colombians flee rumbling volcano

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 18:02

At least 7,500 people are ordered to leave their homes near a volcano in Colombia amid fears it will erupt.
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AUC militia 'resumes disarmament'

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 11:42

Colombia's right-wing paramilitaries have agreed to resume disarmament, the interior minister says.
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Colombia lawmaker killed in crash

Monday, November 21st 2005, 9:45

A Colombian congressman who strongly supported the peace process with the paramilitaries dies in a helicopter crash.
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Colombian rebels 'keen' to talk

Tuesday, November 22nd 2005, 10:28

Colombia's second largest rebel group says it is prepared to discuss the terms of a possible peace process.
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Colombia's Galeras volcano erupts

Friday, November 25th 2005, 10:10

One of Colombia's largest volcanoes erupts, spewing huge amounts of ash and sulphur fumes.
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Uribe announces re-election bid

Monday, November 28th 2005, 10:21

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe officially announces he will stand for a second term in office next May.
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Colombian militia faction disarms

Monday, December 12th 2005, 21:24

At least 2,000 fighters and a leader of Colombia's main right-wing paramilitary group give up their weapons.
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Colombia rebels in Cuba for talks

Tuesday, December 13th 2005, 12:03
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Colombia's second-largest rebel group is in Cuba for talks with the government on a possible peace process.
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Colombia ready for hostage talks

Wednesday, December 14th 2005, 9:57

Colombia says - in a policy reversal - that it is ready to pull back troops to facilitate hostage talks with rebels.
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Colombia ELN rebels begin talks

Saturday, December 17th 2005, 5:27
related countries: Cuba Cuba

Colombian rebel and government officials begin talks in Cuba hosted by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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Colombia plans new rebel talks

Thursday, December 22nd 2005, 1:52
related countries: Cuba Cuba

Colombia's government and the country's ELN rebels agree to meet again in January after five days of talks in Cuba.
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Ex-Colombia minister faces trial

Thursday, December 22nd 2005, 18:38

A former Colombian minister is charged with instigating the murder of a presidential candidate in 1989.
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Colombia rebels kill 24 soldiers

Tuesday, December 27th 2005, 19:42

Suspected left-wing rebels ambush and kill 24 soldiers guarding coca destruction efforts in south Colombia.
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Colombia vows crackdown on coca

Thursday, December 29th 2005, 11:37

Colombia's president vows to destroy every coca plant in the region where 29 soldiers were killed by rebels.
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Colombia urges more drugs war aid

Friday, December 30th 2005, 0:57

President Uribe calls for more help from foreign countries in the battle against Colombia's drugs trade.
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Colombia rebels rule out exchange

Monday, January 2nd 2006, 22:46

Farc rebels in Colombia dash hopes of an exchange of hostages for prisoners under the current President Alvaro Uribe.
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Colombia faction lays down arms

Saturday, January 21st 2006, 4:44

About 2,600 Colombian paramilitaries take part in the biggest disarmament drive of the peace process so far.
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