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3 Colombian Teens on Facebook 'Hit List' Killed

By Carl FranzenAug 24th 2010 – 9:45PM
Adrian Wyld, AP

Adrian Wyld, AP

(Aug. 24) -- A status update nobody wants to see: Three Colombian teenagers have been killed after their names appeared, along with 97 others, on a multipart "hit list" posted on Facebook, according to multiple international reports. Even more frightening, police don't know who is responsible for the killings and the list...

Hugo Chavez: Colombian Rebels Should Release Hostages

Aug 8th 2010 – 3:33PM
Presidencia / AFP / Getty Images

Presidencia / AFP / Getty Images

CARACAS, Venezuela (Aug. 8) -- President Hugo Chavez is urging Colombia's rebels to release their hostages as a means of kick-starting negotiations with the country's new president to end the South American nation's armed conflict. Chavez says the left-leaning Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and the...

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