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Colombia Vigilantes Colombian President-elect Alvaro Uribe is in Washington seeking greater support to end the 38-year guerrilla war in his country. Uribe takes office Aug. 7 and has promised to turn up the heat on the country's outlaw armed groups by instituting a nationwide "watch system," in which a million civilians would become the eyes and ears of law enforcement. NPR's Martin Kaste has more on this proposal from Bogota.

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Colombian President-elect Alvaro Uribe is in Washington seeking greater support to end the 38-year guerrilla war in his country. Uribe takes office Aug. 7 and has promised to turn up the heat on the country's outlaw armed groups by instituting a nationwide "watch system," in which a million civilians would become the eyes and ears of law enforcement. NPR's Martin Kaste has more on this proposal from Bogota.