Nicole Karsin, Free Speech Radio News (www.fsrn.org)
In Colombia, nearly three weeks of sustained combat between the country's largest rebel group and the army has tested the resistance of the indigenous Nassa people- caught in the crossfire. The fighting, thus far, has killed 3 policemen, one nine-year-old villager and a one-year-old girl. 20 homes, the school church and hospital have also been left in ruin.