1.   Although peace talks now are underway, FARC rebels refuse to observe a truce and attacked thirteen villages across the country.

2.   But on Thursday night, Zedillo asserted that despite the renewed entreaties of his interior minister, Esteban Moctezuma Barragan, the rebels had refused to answer his call.

3.   But Thursday night, Zedillo asserted that despite the renewed entreaties of his Interior Minister, Esteban Moctezuma Barragan, the rebels had refused to answer his call.

4.   During the past four years, the rebels refused to negotiate with the government of President Ernesto Samper.

5.   So far, the rebels have refused and have been attacking almost constantly.

6.   The former rebels have refused to allow police patrols back into rebel-held villages until Parliament passes the amnesty.

7.   The rebels also refused to say where they were headed in Kosovo, but conceded that they were going to reinforce other units holding villages surrounded by the Serbs.

8.   The rebels have refused to negotiate with Samper during his entire term.

9.   The rebels refuse to negotiate, and the swath of territory Pastrana ceded to them as a haven for peace talks remains firmly in their grasp.

10.   The president offered the rebels safe passage to Cuba, but the rebels refused the proposal.