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Mon 11 Nov 2009Colombia to release Venezuelan troops
Colombia captured four members of the Venezuelan National Guard on Colombian soil and said on Saturday it would send them home in a bid to lower diplomatic tensions between the neighbouring countries.
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez last week ordered his army to prepare for war, warning that a new US-Colombia military co-operation agreement could set the stage for an invasion of Venezuela.
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