11.   Colombian troops sometimes pursue them.

12.   Colombian troops advanced toward a remote town in a restive southwestern province Sunday following a rebel assault that the army said destroyed several homes and may have killed police.

13.   Colombian troops found the Roman Catholic church with large holes blasted out of its cement walls and its tin roof collapsed.

14.   Colombian troops guided by peasant farmers trekked to the wreckage Tuesday and reported seeing dismembered bodies and debris strewn over a wide area.

15.   Colombian troops kill a rebel commander in intense offensive against rebels.

16.   Colombian troops reached the wreckage of an Ecuadorean airliner Tuesday that crashed into the slopes of Cumbal volcano near the border with Ecuador, the Colombian air force said.

17.   Da Costa, who was shot in the arm while fleeing Colombian troops, spoke to reporters Sunday at a military base in the jungle village of Marandua.

18.   Elite Colombian troops flew into rebel territory Friday, the vanguard of an assault by thousands of soldiers aimed at retaking the zone after the president canceled peace talks.

19.   Government forces have a scant presence here, but U.S.-trained Colombian troops backed by U.S.-supplied combat helicopters are expected to enter in force within months.

20.   In a city that has been the scene of recent bomb attacks, the officials were escorted by a truckload of Colombian troops in full combat gear.