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But Mr Uribe said he had freed Mr Granda, whose seizure in Venezuela three years ago caused a diplomatic row, at the request of Nicolas Sarkozy, France's new president.Mr Sarkozy's office said that he hoped that Mr Granda's release could help free the hostages.

Awkwardly for Mr Chávez, the FARC put him on the spot by stating that Venezuela's government had invited Mr Granda to two conferences, something officials had previously denied.

Colombia says at least seven more guerrilla leaders are in Venezuela, and it wants them extradited.The United States, which has criticised Mr Chávez's recent curbs on the media and opponents, has given firm backing to Colombia in the argument and may have helped find Mr Granda.

RODRIGO GRANDA was scarcely a household name when in mid-December the Colombian police said they had arrested him in the city of Cúcuta, close to the border with Venezuela.

They believe Mr Granda advised Patria Libre on the kidnap, and that last year he met Mr Martínez in Caracas.

In November, they met and talked of exchanging intelligence on the border region.The Granda incident has put paid to this thaw.

At his behest, Mr Uribe in June freed Rodrigo Granda, the highest-ranking prisoner, who promptly decamped to Cuba.In this section Hostage, but to whom?

Daniel Granda, 18, also a freshman, disagreed.

I asked Benjamin Granda, a spokesperson for the St . LouisCounty Police Department, if he had ever heard of a bomb threat in the area before this month.

Defending his government, Fernando de Trazegnies Granda, Peru's foreign minister, cited its battles with hyperinflation and terrorism in the early 1990's, saying: "Don't judge us by where we fall short by utopian criteria, but by what we have traveled through".

The student, Sara Granda, graduated from the University of California, Davis, law school in May and has been cramming for the big test ever since, while also arranging accommodation for her handicap.