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Colombia: Farc must be taken off US terror list for peace progress
COLOMBIA’S Farc guerillas must be removed from lists of terrorist organisations to pave the way for peace, US and EU leaders were told on Thursday.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) urged the European Union to remove it from its designated terrorist list as Cuban-mediated peace talks in Havana reached an advanced stage.
The rebels, who have fought a 50-year war against the army and paramilitary death squads, are ready to lay down their arms and participate in elections as they did in 1984.
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