Military Assaults Colombia

Commandos raided a jungle hide-out in northeastern Colombia and rescued a 5-year-old American boy abducted by leftist guerrillas nearly four months ago. They also arrested 11 suspected members or associates of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, who wanted money for the boy, police said. Lucas Wasson, who was kidnapped in June, and his parents were reunited in Bogota, the capital.

The list of corporations sued in American courts for their alleged involvement in human rights violations in foreign countries grew longer Thursday, when Occidental Petroleum Corp. was accused of aiding a deadly military assault on a Colombian village. The case was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles by a man whose mother, sister and cousin were killed during the bombing raid five years ago.

Rebels dampened hopes for a Christmas truce and prisoner exchange with a massive weekend attack on a Colombian marine base near the Panamanian border that authorities said left at least 23 marines and 42 guerrillas dead. Witnesses told local radio stations that the deaths occurred between Sunday afternoon and early Monday morning.

Commandos raided a jungle hide-out in northeastern Colombia and rescued a 5-year-old American boy abducted by leftist guerrillas nearly four months ago. They also arrested 11 suspected members or associates of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, who wanted money for the boy, police said. Lucas Wasson, who was kidnapped in June, and his parents were reunited in Bogota, the capital.

The list of corporations sued in American courts for their alleged involvement in human rights violations in foreign countries grew longer Thursday, when Occidental Petroleum Corp. was accused of aiding a deadly military assault on a Colombian village. The case was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles by a man whose mother, sister and cousin were killed during the bombing raid five years ago.

Rebels dampened hopes for a Christmas truce and prisoner exchange with a massive weekend attack on a Colombian marine base near the Panamanian border that authorities said left at least 23 marines and 42 guerrillas dead. Witnesses told local radio stations that the deaths occurred between Sunday afternoon and early Monday morning.