5 Colombian soldiers killed by FARC rebels:
The Friday night attack with explosives by rebels in the southern Putumayo region killed five soldiers and injured 10 more, said army general German Giraldo. The attack took place in a FARC stronghold near the border with Ecuador. Ref. Source 1
20 FARC rebels killed as deadline set for peace deal:
Colombian leftist rebels faced on Monday a new deadline for striking a peace deal with the government after President Juan Manuel Santos warned they have less than a year to reach a negotiated end to Latin America's longest-running insurgency. Ref. Source 4
Colombia and Farc rebels reach agreement on land reform:
The deal calls for the economic and social development of rural areas and providing land to poor farmers. Land reform is one of the most contentious issues in the talks on ending five decades of conflict. Ref. Source 6