Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos rejected a proposal on Thursday by FARC rebels for a bilateral ceasefire during talks next month aimed at bringing an end to half a century of war.
Cuba will be the permanent seat for the peace dialogue between the government of Colombia and the FARC guerrilla group, talks which will have the support from Norway, Venezuela and Chile according to a broadcasting station from Bogotá.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has confirmed his government is holding exploratory talks with the country's largest rebel group, the FARC. In an address on state TV, Mr Santos said he was fulfilling his duty to seek peace. Media reports say a deal on further talks was reached in Cuba with the help of Venezuela and Norway.
Colombia's government will soon begin talks that could lead to formal negotiations for peace with the country's biggest guerrilla group, known as the FARC, according to a Colombian intelligence source.
The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, and Norwegian Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre underlined on Wednesday their commitment to enhance UK/Norwegian cooperation in the Polar Regions.
The Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, 32, makes reference to Brazil as a ‘dysfunctional’ county in his document “A European Declaration of Independence- 2083”, which was published in Internet.
Anders Behring Breivik told a Norwegian judge Monday his bombing and shooting rampage that killed over 80 people aimed to save Europe from a Muslim takeover, and said that two more cells existed in his organization.
Over 1,500 pages long and nearly a decade in the making, the manifesto detailing Norwegian mass-killer Anders Behring Breivik's murderous “crusade” gives a chilling picture of a self-confessed “monster.”
Norwegian authorities early Saturday dramatically increased the death toll in a gun attack at a youth camp on the Norwegian island of Utoya to at least 80, bringing the total number dead in a pair of apparently related attacks Friday to 87.
A cruise ship made famous by a German Love Boat TV show caught fire Sunday, forcing 607 people aboard to evacuate in a western Norwegian port, rescue officials said.