World IN BRIEF : COLOMBIA : 40 Reported Killed in Rebel Offensive
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Leftist guerrillas launched their biggest offensive of the year, and about 40 people were killed in the fighting, according to an official statement. The army and police drove back 1,000 members of two guerrilla groups who together attacked the adjacent towns of Taraza and Caceres in northern Colombia over the weekend.
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