The Colombian army says it has managed to re-take control of one of the country's main highways from left-wing guerrillas, who'd been blocking it since the weekend.

An army spokesman said soldiers launched a big operation to disperse the rebels who are from the National Liberation Army. More than a thousand people and four-hundred vehicles had been held up on the road, which connects the two main cities, Bogota and Medellin.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service