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Colombia 'seizes Farc uranium'

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Source: al Jazeera

Colombia has seized at least 30kg of uranium obtained by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), officials say.

A Colombian defence ministry statement said informants led officials to the uranium stash along a roadside in the capital, Bogota, on Wednesday.

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Bogota said information about the uranium was found in computer files obtained following a cross-border raid into Ecuador, which killed Raul Reyes, a senior Farc commander, and several other fighters.

The March 1 raid sparked a major diplomatic crisis in the region, with Ecuador and Venezuela temporarily breaking diplomatic ties with the Colombian government, led by Alvaro Uribe, and sending troops to their Colombian borders.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A14058E0-BC7A-428C-9690-E7A8AC213946.htm

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