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Chavez sends tanks to Colombia border in dispute
02 Mar 2008 17:53:06 GMT
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CARACAS, March 2 (Reuters) - Venezuela President Hugo Chavez ordered tank battalions to the Colombian border on Sunday after Colombian troops struck inside another of its neighbors, Ecuador, in an attack on rebels.

He also ordered the shutting of Venezuela's embassy in Colombia and the withdrawal of all diplomatic staff in the dispute, warning Colombia's actions could spark a war in South America.

(Reporting by Saul Hudson, editing by Philip Barbara)


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