Breakthrough in Talks Moves War-weary Colombia Closer to Peace

Colombia's president and the leader of the FARC rebel group have reached a major breakthrough in peace talks that aim to end more than 50 years of bloodshed and one of the world's longest-running wars. President Juan Manuel Santos and elusive FARC commander Timoleón Jiménez, also known as Timochenko, agreed to sign a final peace accord by next March. The deal was reached in Havana, where both sides have been holding three years of talks sponsored by Cuba and...

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