31.   Paramilitary groups in northern Colombia have offered to disband if the government stops leftist rebels from taking control of the areas where they operate.

32.   President Alberto Fujimori, who once declared the leftist rebels all but vanquished, just as adamantly refuses to trade with terrorists.

33.   Perdomo said the device was apparently not designed to cause damage or injuries, but to spread propaganda of the leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

34.   Pastrana responded tentatively, saying he would only open a dialogue with the rightist militias after peace talks are further along with leftist rebels.

35.   Peace talks between the Philippine government and leftist rebels taking place in Norway turned sour Wednesday following the killing of a Philippine congressman.

36.   Pastrana did not comment on charges by leftist rebels that an army unit participated in one of the group killings in Antioquia, Putumayo, Bolivar and Cesar states.

37.   Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori returned to Lima early Tuesday after making a surprise stopover in Havana, where Cuban leader Fidel Castro offered the leftist rebels asylum.

38.   Police have suspected the National Liberation Army, a leftist rebel group which operates in northeastern Colombia, have been planning to mount a terrorist offensive.

39.   Police intercepted messages between leftist rebels and drug traffickers about the lab, Salgado said.

40.   Police later blame leftist rebels.