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23 Oil Workers Kidnapped in Colombia

   VOA News  March 07, 2011

   Authorities  in Colombia say 23 oil workers have been kidnapped in the
   eastern part of the country.
   Reports say the workers were employees of a subcontractor for Canada's
   Talisman Energy.  A company spokesman tells Colombia's RCN radio most
   of the workers were local hires.
   Colombian  authorities say FARC rebels could have been responsible for
   the kidnapping.
   The  FARC  is Colombia's largest rebel group and has been fighting the
   government  since  the  1960s.   Colombia,  the United States and the
   European Union have designated the FARC as a terrorist organization.

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