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Castro urges Farc to free hostages

Fidel Castro has called on Columbia's Farc rebels to release its remaining hostages. The former Cuban president's comments follow the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt, the French-Colombian politician, and 14 others on Wednesday. In an internet article posted on Saturday, Castro said he was against kidnapping and holding prisoners in the jungle. But he also said the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) should not lay down their weapons, warning that as a rule, fighters who have done so over the past half-century "did not survive to see the peace".

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