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Nobel Flip-Flop: Colombia Wins Peace Prize After All

On the eve of the announcement of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, various experts and committee members predicted a Peace Prize for Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, was “out of the question” thanks to the Colombian people rejecting an amnesty deal for the FARC.

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Colombia to End FARC Ceasefire on October 31

President Juan Manuel Santos has announced that, as the Colombian people voted “no” on a negotiated amnesty deal with the FARC terrorist group, Bogotá will be forced to end its ceasefire with the group at the end of the month.

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Peace in Colombia? Bringing FARC Children Safely Home

Out of the approximate 15,500 members of the guerrilla movement, an estimated 7,500 are child soldiers who were often kidnapped or forced into labor. Children have always played a central role in the operations of the FARC. The group uses girls and boys to install land-mines, transport explosives and kidnap hostages for ransom.

Four alleged members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) stand by weapons

Kremlin Teases Putin Trip to Turkey in October

A Kremlin spokesman said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is finalizing plans to visit Turkey in October, a nation with whom relations have been tense following repeated violations of Turkish airspace that resulted in the downing of a Russian jet over Turkey.

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Venezuela Fears Flood of FARC Terrorists Rejected in Colombia

Members of the Venezuelan anti-socialist opposition are warning that the peace deal with the Marxist terror group FARC in neighboring Colombia could result in a flood of absolved terrorists looking to rebuild their operation in Venezuela, a nation already bludgeoned by the world’s highest inflation rate and a severe food shortage.

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FARC Terrorists Come Home to Colombia as Heroes: ‘Peace Begins Monday’

The head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the terrorist known as “Timochenko,” has returned from Cuba to sign an accord with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos that will grant most of the members of the world’s wealthiest non-jihadist terror organization impunity in exchange for community service.

FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono (R), better known by the nom de guerre Timochenko, speak

NYPD Counterterrorism Chief: ‘Not Realistic’ to Catch All Terrorists like Rahami

NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller said Wednesday he did not believe it was possible for authorities to have caught terrorist Ahmad Khan Rahami, despite his father reporting him to the FBI in 2014, because insufficient evidence existed against him. He added that it is “not realistic” for the FBI to monitor such cases for extensive periods of time.

The Associated Press