Robinson deplores Colombia killings

United Nations - Mrs Mary Robinson, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has condemned the murder of three American human…

United Nations - Mrs Mary Robinson, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has condemned the murder of three American human rights activists working with Indians in Colombia.

In a separate incident, Marxist rebels yesterday handed over the corpse of a BP Amoco geologist who apparently died of a heart attack during a three-and-a-half month kidnap in eastern Colombia, authorities said.

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