AP: Colombia Troops Being Sought for Iraq
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Recruiters working for U.S. contractors are hiring former Colombian soldiers - and luring away active-duty ones - for security jobs in Iraq, according to a former army officer who met with the recruiters.
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Colombia agreed Wednesday to allow Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to send his planes and helicopters into its territory to pick up three hostages who have been held for years by leftist rebels.
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Colombia's Roman Catholic clergy say they are in contact with Farc rebels in a bid to free more hostages.
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Q: Why do the Americans want British troops to be deployed in the US-controlled sector of Iraq? A: It is understood that US commanders have made a request for British
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In need of leaders, the Army seeks officers from Saddam Hussein's corps.
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United Nations, Sep 15 - Iraq has appealed to the international community to send more troops to protect the United Nations staff needed for holding of elections by January 31 next year and thwart terrorist attempt to disrupt the poll process.
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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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On the eve of a visit by President Bush, the U.S. Embassy confirmed Saturday that American and Colombian soldiers had conducted a joint operation in the southern stronghold of leftist rebels who are holding three U.S. military contractors.
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Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez sent two helicopters into Colombia on Friday to start a sensitive mission to collect two women politicians and a young boy held hostage for years by Marxist guerrillas.
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President George W. Bush visited Colombia on Sunday to show support to his closest ally in South America as it fights a decades-old insurgency and drug war supported in part by billions of dollars in U.S. aid.
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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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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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Troops backed by helicopters searched Sunday for seven Colombian tourists kidnapped by Marxist rebels as they celebrated Christmas at a lakeside spa, authorities said.
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Colombia agreed Wednesday to allow Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to send his planes and helicopters into its territory to pick up three hostages who have been held for years by leftist rebels
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe authorized France, Spain and Switzerland on Saturday to revive their efforts to seek an accord with leftist rebels on releasing scores of hostages, including a French-Colombian politician and three Americans.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian rebels on Wednesdaydenied government accusations they plotted to kill PresidentBush during a visit to the port of Cartagena last week.
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CARTAGENA, Colombia--President Bush pledged more funding to support Colombia&#39;s fight against drugs and violence during a visit Monday to the world&#39;s cocaine capital, telling