Havana, Mar 30 (EFE).- The peace delegations of the Colombian government and the FARC announced Saturday that the continuation of peace talks in Cuba, originally scheduled for April 2, will be delayed until the end of April. Meanwhile the two sides will work "separately" on pending elements of the agrarian problem.

Bogota, Mar 12 (EFE).- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said that the Andean nation's largest guerrilla group, the FARC, now has fewer than 8,000 fighters. "The number of people under arms in the FARC is 7,800," the president told reporters after a Cabinet meeting, citing figures from military intelligence. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, has battled a succession of Colombian governments since the mid-1960s. As for the National Liberation Army, or ELN, Santos said it has fewer than 1,500 members, though it once had some 4,000 combatants.

Colombian rebels on Friday freed two Germans they had taken hostage in November, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. The two men were turned over by National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas in a rural part of northeast Colombia to a humanitarian team that included ICRC delegates, the aid group said in a statement. The men were identified as Uwe and Otto Breuer, brothers aged 69 and 73. They were kidnapped four months ago in the same region of Norte de Santander department where they were released Friday.

Colombian rebels on Friday freed two Germans whom they had taken hostage in November, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. The two men were turned over by National Liberation Army guerrillas in a rural area of northeast Colombia to a delegation that included Red Cross members, the ICRC said in a statement. The men were identified as Uwe and Otto Breuer, brothers aged 69 and 73. They were kidnapped four months ago in the same region of Norte de Santander department where they were released Friday.