Bogota  - The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) freed four hostages Sunday, fulfilling the Marxist insurgent group's promise of a unilateral release.

The three police officers and one soldier, who had been held since 2007, were handed over by FARC members to the International Committee of the Red Cross in jungles in southern Colombia.

No ransoms were paid or other concessions made for the captives, apparently.

Bogota  - Colombia's leftist rebels are to set free on Sunday two of six captives who are part of a previously announced unilateral hostage release, an opposition senator said.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) will release four other hostages, on two later occasions, said Senator Piedad Cordoba of the opposition Liberal Party on Wednesday.

Bogota

Bogota  - A Colombian paraglider was rescued alive and well Monday, after hanging from high-voltage cables for 11 hours in the northwestern province of Antioquia.

Alberto Ocampo jumped in a mountainous area in the town of Bello, near Medellin, but his paraglider was pushed by the wind and got caught in a 110,000 volt wire.

The flow of electricity was cut off on Sunday afternoon, to allow a rescue operation that ended successfully in the early hours of Monday.

Bogota - At least five people were killed and 65 people were wounded during a New Year's celebration in northern Colombia, police officials said Thursday.

Bogota  - Five miners in the nort