Colombia peace talks to resume

Colombia will resume peace talks with the FARC yesterday amid rising tensions after government forces killed at least 20 rebels and President Juan Manuel Santos issued a 12-month deadline.
The dialogue is being held in Cuba and is the fourth attempt to end a conflict that has lasted almost half a century, leaving 600,000 dead, 15,000 missing and four million displaced.
The Farc -- founded in 1964 and believed to have around 9,000 fighters -- took up arms to protest against the concentration of land ownership in Colombia, which is seen as the defining issue of the peace negotiations.