Colombian rebels to free three more hostages
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Colombia's FARC rebels will release three more hostages, all former local lawmakers, to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez after he brokered the release of two captives last month, according to a rebel statement given to local Noticias Uno television on Saturday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez confirmed Saturday that he plans to witness the release of three hostages held for years by the Colombian left-wing guerrilla group FARC.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - Three hostages held for years in Colombian by Marxist guerrillas will not be handed to a Venezuelan chopper team until at least Monday but officials said they were in constant contact with the rebels.
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Colombian rebels insist they will not free any hostages despite government plans to release jailed rebels.
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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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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez sends helicopters to Colombia to pick up three hostages to be freed by Farc rebels.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said Colombian rebels agreed on Wednesday to hand over two hostages and that he could send helicopters to pick them up as early as Thursday.
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Â· Rebels release pair in deal with Venezuelan president  Â· Mother will meet son born in jungle captivity
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SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia, Jan 10 - Marxist rebels freed two women hostages from Colombia's jungle on Thursday in a deal brokered by Venezuela's leftist president, Hugo Chavez, that could mark a breakthrough in peace efforts.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - Venezuelan helicopter rescue teams waited at the edge of a Colombian wilderness on Saturday for the go-ahead from Marxist rebels to pick up three hostages held for years in secret jungle camps.
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BOGOTA -- Colombian rebels released a video showing seven kidnapped police officers and soldiers -- some of whom have spent nearly a decade in captivity -- pleading for the government and rebels to negotiate their freedom.
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A Colombian rebel plan to hand over three ailing hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and a Colombian senator is advancing although their release cannot be rushed, a top guerrilla leader said on Monday.
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Marxist Colombian rebels kept three hostages waiting to be released on Monday as leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez worried that more delays could derail the hand-over he had negotiated with the guerrillas.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - A Venezuelan helicopter mission to rescue three hostages held for years by Colombian rebels in jungle camps was delayed again on Saturday because guerrilla leaders have not given the final go-ahead.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - A Venezuelan mission to pick up three hostages held for years by Colombian rebels in jungle camps was delayed again on Saturday because guerrilla leaders have not given the final go-ahead.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - The Colombian government on  Wednesday offered to free 50 jailed guerrillas if Marxist  rebels release the same number of political and military  hostages, some held captive for up to seven years.
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President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that he hopes three hostages will be freed by Colombian rebels within hours, and that Venezuela has planes and helicopters ready to retrieve them.