52 Year War Officially Ends in Columbia.. Peace.. BBC:
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Originally posted in Latest Breaking News....by Judi Lynn
Source: BBC News
Colombia Farc rebels announce definitive ceasefire
1 hour ago
The main leftist rebel group in Colombia, the Farc, has ordered all its fighters to observe a ceasefire from midnight local time (05:00 GMT Monday).
The ceasefire brings to an end the group's 52-year-old war, one of the world's longest insurgencies, after four years of peace talks in Cuba. The final peace agreement will be signed in the next few weeks.
Farc leader Rodrigo Londono, known as Timoleon Jimenez or Timochenko, gave the order to stop firing.
"Never again will parents be burying their sons and daughters killed in the war,'' Timochenko told journalists. "All rivalries and grudges will remain in the past," he said.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37211085
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Every once in a while, there is special news..a war has ended. Somewhere... And, it has been going on a very long time.....Hundreds of thousands killed...Peace...!!