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Ecuador's Correa denies ties with Colombian rebels

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Mon Mar 3, 2008 2:49pm EST

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on Monday rejected charges made by Bogota linking him and one of his top ministers with Colombia's FARC guerrilla.

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"They said we had a pact with terrorists, and that is completely false," Correa said during a Cabinet meeting in Quito. "We are dealing we an extremely cynical government. "

He also said he planned to take harsher diplomatic measures against Colombia after its troops killed a top rebel leader inside Ecuadorean territory over the weekend.

(Reporting by Jose Llangari; editing by Doina Chiacu)
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