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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9102

5 January 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/colombia

04/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Revolutionary Armed forces of Colombia (FARC) have rejected the proposal put forward by France, Spain and Switzerland to proceed to a “humanitarian exchange” of the 59 hostages (including Ingrid Betancourt) currently being held by the Marxist guerrilla force for 500 members of the group held in Colombian prisons. FARC accuses the Colombian president, Alvaro Uribe, of wanting to exploit the initiative for the purposes of the presidential elections foreseen...

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