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Colombia, FARC rebels reach historic peace deal

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Colombia's government and FARC rebels announced Wednesday that they have reached a historic peace deal to end their half-century civil war, the last major armed conflict in the Americas.

"The Colombian government and the FARC announce that we have reached a final, full and definitive accord... on the end of the conflict and the building of a stable and enduring peace in Colombia," they said in a joint statement read out in the Cuban capital Havana, where the two sides have been in peace talks for nearly four years.

Colombia’s government and FARC rebels announced Wednesday that they have reached a historic peace deal to end their half-century civil war, the last major armed conflict in the Americas.

“The Colombian government and the FARC announce that we have reached a final, full and definitive accord… on the end of the conflict and the building of a stable and enduring peace in Colombia,” they said in a joint statement read out in the Cuban capital Havana, where the two sides have been in peace talks for nearly four years.

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