University Daily Kansan / Thursday, January 24, 1991
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Don Fearon, KU diving coach, concentrates before a dive at the Robinson pool during faculty swim time.
Leftist rebels again bomb main oil line in Colombia
The Associated Press
BOGOTA, Colombia — Leftist rebels bombed the country's main oil pipeline yesterday, causing about 15,000 barrels of crude petroleum to spill into local rivers, the state-run oil company Ecopetrol said.
No casualties were reported.
"The blast caused tremendous ecological damage to nearby rivers," a company representative said. "It'll cost us more than a month to clean this mess up."
He said the oil contaminated thousands of acres of local rice farms.
The 500-mile Canoa Limo pipeline in northern Colombia was attacked by the pro-Cuban National Liberation Party, the Ecopetrol representative said.
The rebel group has blasted the pipeline about 150 times since 1986. It says it is trying to force the government to nationalize Colombia's petroleum industry.
The bombs have forced the nation to cut daily petroleum exports from 200,000 to 100,000 barrels, according to local news reports.
The insurgent group has joined forces with another rebel organization, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, in an unprecedented offensive. About 160 soldiers, policemen and rebels have died in fighting during the past three weeks.
The government is preparing to sign peace accords with three other smaller guerrilla groups.
Angolan peace plan completed
The Associated Press
LISBON, Portugal — Angola's leftist government announced yesterday that it accepted a peace plan to end a 15-year-old civil war against U.S.-backed rebels in the southwest African nation.
A diplomat at Angola's Lisbon embassy said his government had proposed only slight amendments to the plan outlined by Portuguese, U.S.
and Soviet diplomats this month in Lisbon.
Angolan officials said they were ready for talks with the rebel group UNITA, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, to establish a cease-fire. A sixth round of talks is expected soon in Portugal
Angolan government officials conducted talks in Lisbon on Monday
with Portuguese diplomats mediating in the peace process. UNITA leaders say they are in broad agreement with the plan.
The current cease-fire plan includes setting a date for free elections, sending international threats to the truce nation monitor elections, and sending outside military assistance once a cease-fire agreement is signed.
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