Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Colombia’s president passes a controversial law that aims to compensate an estimated four million victims of the country’s 47-year armed conflict.

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Colombia passes victims’ land law
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Abidjan, Ivory Coast – Room for a peaceful resolution dwindled here as both men who claim to be president hardened their positions amid increasing accounts of political killings and abductions. Nearly 200 people have been killed in Ivory Coast political violence that must be halted and fully investigated, the United States told the U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday. read more
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Ivory Coast: Hopes for Peace Dwindle
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