 At least 14 soldiers have been killed in an ambush north-eastern Colombia, army officials say. They say the soldiers were on their way to investigate reports of an illegal checkpoint when they were attacked near the border with Venezuela. No group said it carried out the ambush - which came hours after a bomb killed a civilian in the capital, Bogota. The attacks came a week before President Alvaro Uribe is due to be sworn in for a second term. The ambush against the army patrol occurred in Norte de Santander province - where left-wing rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) are known to operate. Army commander Carlos Ospina said the soldiers responded to reports that rebels were concentrating there. ...
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