Colombia's Military Kills 18 Insurgents
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Colombia's military says air and ground assaults on two rebel camps have killed 18 insurgents and captured 13. An attack by guerrillas a few hours earlier killed a soldier and a teenage girl elsewhere in the country.
The Defense Ministry says the camps of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia were struck early Friday in a rural area 112 miles south of Bogota.
It says the raids were part of an operation seeking guerrillas blamed for the Dec. 21 slaying of the Caqueta state governor.
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Officials say just minutes before the new year began, a soldier and a 14-year-old girl died and two people were wounded when rebels attacked a boardinghouse 164 miles southwest of Bogota.