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Judi Lynn

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Sat Oct 3, 2015, 06:33 PM Oct 2015

Colombia peace talks resume after breakthrough

Colombia peace talks resume after breakthrough
By AFP.

The Colombian government and FARC guerrillas resumed peace talks Friday after signing a partial deal that President Juan Manuel Santos vowed would pave the way to peace within six months.

Negotiators returned to the table at the talks in Havana buoyed by the recent deal, which establishes how justice will be meted out for crimes committed during the five-decade conflict.

The deal, which would create special courts and impose maximum sentences of eight years for those who admit their crimes, was hailed by both sides as a major breakthrough when it was signed on September 23.

But as the nearly three-year-old peace talks resumed in the Cuban capital, the two sides had different messages on the road ahead.

More:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/colombia-peace-talks-resume-after-breakthrough/article/445489#ixzz3nXyEGwag

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