Colombia signs new peace accord with FARC rebels

‘The government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, have signed a revised peace agreement, aiming to end a half century of hostilities in the Latin American country.
Santos, who won the Nobel Peace Prize last month for his peace efforts, and Farc leader Rodrigo Londono, better known as Timochenko, signed the 310-page accord during a ceremony at Bogota’s historic Colon Theater on Thursday.
Santos said the revised agreement was “better” than the previous, adding that it would “allow us to believe in a better tomorrow.”’
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