51.   The foreign minister said government troops would continue to hunt down rebel units and force them to hand over their weapons.

52.   The government said its forces were trying to prevent the opposition troops from withdrawing to the south, where other rebel units are based.

53.   The government said Wednesday that its troops recaptured two positions from rebel units near the border with Eritrea.

54.   The military has been pursuing a rebel unit through the jungles of Guaviare for more than a month.

55.   The rebel units were among those who fought the Russians.

56.   The United States is providing Colombia with hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to combat rebel units involved in the drug trade.

57.   The U.S. government severed contacts with the FARC in March after a rebel unit abducted and then assassinated three Americans who were working with a Colombian native group.

58.   The U.S. government cut off diplomatic contacts with the FARC last year after a rebel unit abducted and killed three American pro-Indian activists in Colombia.

59.   The United States, which suspended contacts with the FARC after a rebel unit killed three Americans civilians last year, boycotted the conference.

60.   They said the town was calm and being patrolled by rebel units.