Colombia postpones ELN talks over hostage disputeBOGOTA, AFPColombian President Juan Manuel Santos postponed peace talks with the ELN rebels Thursday just hours before they were due to open, insisting they first release an ex-lawmaker being held hostage. Santos said he remained committed to making peace but would not budge from his demand for the ELN to first free former congressman Odin Sanchez "safe and sound." Hours after the government suspended talks ELN rebels killed two truck drivers in the country's northeast in a "terrorist act", the military said. The ELN talks were meant to open a new, decisive front in Santos's efforts to end an armed conflict that has lasted more than half a century and killed more than 260,000 people. And the ELN talks are shaping up to be even trickier.

Source: The China Post October 28, 2016 08:51 UTC