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Candle-Light Demonstration for Catatumbo

People light candles during a demonstration against the violence in the Catatumbo region by the National Liberation Army (ELN) and Dissidents of the FARC-EP guerrillas, in Bogota, Colombia's Plaza de Bolivar, January 30, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Candle-Light Demonstration for Catatumbo

People light candles during a demonstration against the violence in the Catatumbo region by the National Liberation Army (ELN) and Dissidents of the FARC-EP guerrillas, in Bogota, Colombia's Plaza de Bolivar, January 30, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Candle-Light Demonstration for Catatumbo

People light candles during a demonstration against the violence in the Catatumbo region by the National Liberation Army (ELN) and Dissidents of the FARC-EP guerrillas, in Bogota, Colombia's Plaza de Bolivar, January 30, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Candle-Light Demonstration for Catatumbo

People light candles during a demonstration against the violence in the Catatumbo region by the National Liberation Army (ELN) and Dissidents of the FARC-EP guerrillas, in Bogota, Colombia's Plaza de Bolivar, January 30, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Candle-Light Demonstration for Catatumbo

People light candles during a demonstration against the violence in the Catatumbo region by the National Liberation Army (ELN) and Dissidents of the FARC-EP guerrillas, in Bogota, Colombia's Plaza de Bolivar, January 30, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Candle-Light Demonstration for Catatumbo

People light candles during a demonstration against the violence in the Catatumbo region by the National Liberation Army (ELN) and Dissidents of the FARC-EP guerrillas, in Bogota, Colombia's Plaza de Bolivar, January 30, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Candle-Light Demonstration for Catatumbo

People light candles during a demonstration against the violence in the Catatumbo region by the National Liberation Army (ELN) and Dissidents of the FARC-EP guerrillas, in Bogota, Colombia's Plaza de Bolivar, January 30, 2025. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

09/22/2006 Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

09/22/2006 Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

09/22/2006 Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

09/22/2006 Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

09/22/2006 Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

09/22/2006 Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Archives - Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

09/22/2006 Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally September 22, 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Files - Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Gives A Speech - Beirut

File photo dated September 22, 2006 shows Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Files - Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Gives A Speech - Beirut

File photo dated September 22, 2006 shows Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Files - Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Gives A Speech - Beirut

File photo dated September 22, 2006 shows Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Files - Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Gives A Speech - Beirut

File photo dated September 22, 2006 shows Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Files - Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Gives A Speech - Beirut

File photo dated September 22, 2006 shows Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Files - Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Gives A Speech - Beirut

File photo dated September 22, 2006 shows Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Files - Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Gives A Speech - Beirut

File photo dated September 22, 2006 shows Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Files - Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Gives A Speech - Beirut

File photo dated September 22, 2006 shows Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Files - Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Gives A Speech - Beirut

File photo dated September 22, 2006 shows Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Files - Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Gives A Speech - Beirut

File photo dated September 22, 2006 shows Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah reportedly said that Hezbollah guerrillas would not disarm until a Lebanese government capable of protecting the country was in place. Photo by Hossein Fatemi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anti-U.S. protesters gather on Philippine Independence Day

MANILA, Philippines - Men dressed as guerrillas in the Philippines' independence movement around 1900 protest in Manila on June 12, 2014, against the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement signed between the U.S. and the Philippines. The day marks the 116th anniversary of the nation's independence.

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Japan prime minister in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joins hands after laying flowers in Phnom Penh on Nov. 16, 2013, at the memorial for Japanese U.N. volunteer election observer Atsuhito Nakata, who was killed by guerrillas in Cambodia in 1993.

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Colombian President Santos

BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos speaks during an interview at the presidential palace in Bogota on Sept. 6, 2011. Santos said the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), left-wing guerrillas known for having carried out murders and kidnappings of people including Japanese nationals, is on the verge of collapse due to the government's search and destroy operations.

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Japanese immigrant taken hostage by guerrillas in Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia - Masao Tsutsui (file photo), a 68-year-old Japanese immigrant who cultivates plants at a garden in southwestern Colombia, has apparently seized by left-wing Colombian guerrillas, security authorities said on June 23, 2010. The guerrillas have demanded ransom several times for Tsutsui living in Santiago de Cali, or simply Cali, Colombia's third-largest city.

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Japanese man taken hostage by guerrillas in Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia - Photographed on June 22, 2010, is the workplace in southwestern Colombia of a Japanese horticulturalist, Masao Tsutsui, who reportedly was kidnapped by left-wing guerillas in March. The captors, called the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, are demanding ransom for the immigrant from Japan, who went missing after leaving the place, according to sources.

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8 killed in Hezbollah rocket attack on Haifa

HAIFA, Israel - Rescuers carry a body of a victim of rocket firings by Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas on a railway facility in Haifa in northern Israel on July 16. The Israeli army said eight people were killed at the train station.

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Rockets hit 2 hotels, Oil Ministry in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A rocket launcher left by guerrillas is seen in Baghdad on Nov. 21 after it was used to fire rockets that hit the Palestine Hotel and nearby Sheraton Hotel.

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FARC leader admits guerrillas holding Japanese hostage

LOS POZOS, Colombia - A female member of the the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) checks a car at an entrance to the FARC-controlled area on Aug. 13. The leftist guerrilla group leader, who asked for anonymity, said in an exclusive interview with Kyodo News that FARC is holding Chikao Muramatsu, 52, vice president of a local joint venture of Japanese auto-parts maker Yazaki Corp., who was kidnapped in February.

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Ishihara links illegal immigrants to guerrillas

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara delivers a speech April 8 in an annual ceremony to mark the anniversary of the launch of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) garrison in Tokyo's Nerima Ward. Ishihara linked illegal immigrants in Japan to potential guerrilla activities and said the GSDF should be deployed in case of any insurgence.

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Jakarta, Aceh guerrillas ink peace memorandum

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Photo shows residents of Banda Aceh praying for peace in a large mosque on May 12. Representatives of the Indonesian government and the pro-independence Free Aceh Movement signed a peace memorandum in Geneva the same day aimed at ending more than 23 years of violence and restoring peace in Aceh Province.

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Japanese premier meets Uzbek foreign minister

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) shakes hands with Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov before their talks at the premier's official residence Nov. 25. During the meeting, Obuchi thanked Uzbekistan for it's assistance in resolving a hostage crisis in which four Japanese mining engineers were abducted by Islamic guerrillas in Kyrgyzstan on Aug. 23.

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Freed hostages walk to helicopter

KARAMYK, Kyrgyzstan - A group of freed Japanese and Kyrgyz hostages, including Toshiaki Ariie (far R), walk to a military helicopter in Karamyk in southern Kyrgyzstan to fly to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek via Batken. Four Japanese and one Kyrgyz national, who were abducted by Muslim guerrillas in August in southern Kyrgyzstan, were released late Sunday.

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File photo of freed Japanese hostages in Kyrgyzstan

TOKYO, Japan - This is a file photo taken last year at a project in Kyrgyzstan which includes three of four Japanese nationals freed by Islamic guerrillas Oct. 24. The Japanese mining engineers are Haruo Harada (R in front row), Hirotaro Fujii (fourth from R in back row) and Toshiaki Ariie (sixth from R in back).

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Rebels free 2 Kyrgyz hostages, 4 Japanese still held

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Maj. Gen. Anarbek Shamkeyev (L) of Kyrgyzstan speaks to a local television reporter Oct. 18 after he and a Kyrgyz soldier were freed by Islamic guerrillas that captured them in late August. The guerrillas are still holding four Japanese nationals. Photo is from a television broadcast.

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Military chopper lands at Osh airport amid hostage-release talks

OSH, Kyrgyzstan - A military helicopter lands at Osh airport, Kyrgyzstan, on the morning of Oct. 17 amid ongoing talks between Kyrgyz negotiators and Muslim guerrillas on the release of hostages, including four Japanese mining engineers.

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Independence fighters in Indonesia's Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Pro-independence guerrillas hold rifles Oct. 8 at their stronghold in Pidie regency, Aceh Province. The guerrillas are fighting against the Indonesian military seeking Aceh's independence from Jakarta.

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Tajik opposition leader said to be behind abductions

BISHKEK, Kyrgyz - A file photo shows United Tajik Opposition (UTO) party leader Said Abdullo Nuri, who was denounced by a senior Kyrgyz government official Sept. 28 as the figure behind Muslim guerrillas who have been holding four Japanese and a number of Kyrgyz nationals hostage since late August.

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Hostage release talks set to start

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Human rights activist Tursunbek Akunov (C) leaves for Pakistan on the afternoon of Sept. 25 with the aim of holding talks with representatives of Muslim guerrillas for the release of a group of hostages, including four Japanese, being held by the guerrillas, who are from neighboring Uzbekistan.

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Kyrgyz lawmaker comments on abduction case

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - A Kyrgyz lawmaker says that Islamic guerrillas may free 17 hostages, including 4 Japanese, if the Kyrgyz government recognizes the hostage takers as an Uzbek opposition force. Tursunbai Bakiruulu, lower chamber member of the Kyrgyz legislative Supreme Council, made the comment in an interview at his office in Bishkek on Sept. 20.

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Guerrillas' former field commander dies, security adviser says

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - The former field commander of the Muslim guerrillas holding 17 hostages in southern Kyrgyzstan, died in a battle between the guerrillas and Kyrgyz military, Kyrgyz presidential security adviser Bolot Dzhanuzakov tells a news conference in Bishkek on Sept. 18. He also said the four Japanese, who are among the 17 hostages, have been moved to a nearby village from the village of Sheber in Khodzha-Achkan in the Osh region, southern Kyrgyzstan, where they had previously been held, but are all safe.

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Activist says guerrillas guarantee safety of Japanese hostages

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Human rights activist Tursunbek Akunov gives an interview to Kyodo News in Bishkek on Sept. 9, in which he said the field commander of Muslim guerrillas holding a dozen hostages has guaranteed that four Japanese hostages are safe and well. Akunov is brokering negotiations between the Kyrgyz military and the guerrillas.

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First snow seen in Kyrgyz mountains where hostages are confined

OSH, Kyrgyzstan - Snow fell on the night of Sept. 5 for the first time this season in the mountains in southern Kyrgyzstan, where hostages including four Japanese are believed to be held by Islamic guerrillas.

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Kyrgyz police officers prepare for emergency

OSH, Kyrgyzstan - Patrol corps officers in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, check their equipment in preparation for an emergency on Sept. 5, when local government officials unveiled a plan to begin informal negotiations with Muslim guerrillas holding a group of hostages, including four Japanese mining engineers.

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Hostage-takers demand release of 50,000 comrades

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Muslim guerrillas holding a group of hostages in southern Kyrgyzstan, including four Japanese mining engineers, are demanding the release of 50,000 comrades held in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz sources said on Sept. 4. The photo shows a copy of the rebels' statement specifying the demand.

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Leader of guerrillas who abducted Japanese engineers

OSH, Kyrgyzstan - Photo shows Juma Namangoni, leader of the Islamic guerrillas who abducted a group of hostages, including four Japanese mining engineers, in southern Kyrgyzstan on Aug. 23. The guerrilla group is well-equipped and well-manned, a Kyrgyz government military officer, who took part in fighting with the guerrillas, told Kyodo News in an interview Sept. 2. Namangoni is said to be aged around 25.

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Kyrgyz officials meet press

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Kubanichbek Taabaliyev (L), director of Kyrgyzstan's state-run Kabar News Agency, Kyrgyz First Deputy Prime Minister Boris Silayev (C) and Defense Minister Esen Topoyev (R) meet the press Sept. 2 in Bishkek in relation to a group of hostages abducted by Islamic guerrillas. On Sept. 1, the guerrillas freed three police officers apparently unharmed, as a result of negotiations.