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December 23, 2000

  ELN rebels released 30 soldiers and 12 policemen they had been holding. This was a peace gesture to get the government to grant them an autonomous territory in the north, similar to the larger area FARC was given in the center of the country. ELN and government representatives are holding negotiations in Cuba.