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Colombia eases terms for hostages
Sept 21--Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has eased the terms for the release of 24 police and soldiers being held by Marxist Farc rebels.
21 de septiembre de 2009
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He agreed that the hostages can be released one by one, dropping an earlier demand that they must all be released at the same time.
"This should be done in a short time, so that the torture does not continue," a government statement said.
The Farc rebels had offered to release two of the soldiers in April.
The father of one of the soldiers, Pablo Moncayo, has staged a high profile campaign, walking across Colombia wrapped in chains to call for the release of his son.
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