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FARC rebel chief confirms Colombia peace talks

The leader of Colombia's leftist FARC rebels confirmed on Monday that they were ready to take part in peace talks aimed at ending Latin America's longest-running armed conflict, now nearly 50 years old.
04 September 2012 13:33

'Green Mile' actor Duncan dead at 54: reps

Michael Clarke Duncan, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in "The Green Mile," an adaptation of a Stephen King work, died Monday at age 54.
04 September 2012 12:02

German left-wing MP visits Assange at Ecuador embassy

German far-left MP Sevim Dagdelen on Sunday visited Julian Asange, who has been holed up at Ecuador's embassy in London since June, and afterwards expressed her solidarity with the Wikileaks founder.
04 September 2012 10:21

South Africa miners to be freed

South African courts are due Monday to start releasing 270 miners arrested over the deaths of fellow workers shot by police, after the murder charges against them were provisionally dropped.
04 September 2012 10:09

Ecuador interior minister's brother murdered

Ecuador Interior Minister Jose Serrano said Sunday his brother had been killed by unknown attackers, but he denied that the murder was in retaliation to his own efforts to fight organized crime.
03 September 2012 17:51

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