World IN BRIEF : COLOMBIA : Government, Rebels Sign Peace Treaty
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The government signed a peace treaty with a band of leftist insurgents, who pledged to throw their arms into the Caribbean Sea. The pact with the Revolutionary Workers’ Party ends eight years of hostilities. It is the second to be signed with Colombian guerrillas this year. In March, the larger M-19 rebel group signed a peace treaty in exchange for amnesty.
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