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Colombia's largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), has released six hostages, including two police officers and four civilians. As quoted by BBC.com ( 15/6) the hostages were handed over to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a rural area near the Venezuelan border on Sunday. The left-wing ELN had freed two other civilians on Friday.The releases follow appeals from the rebels for peace talks to be resumed. The government suspended negotiations with the group last year after a bomb attack on a police academy in the capital, Bogotá, killed more than 20 people. President Colombia Iván Duque says the release of all hostages and the end of kidnappings and attacks are pre-conditions for talks. The group is believed to be holding at least 10 more hostages, according to the government//BBC