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| | `Nothing left' of police base in Colombia |
 | | Little, if anything, remains of the base at Miraflores, which bore the brunt of a nationwide rebel offensive that began Monday night, U.S. and Colombian authorities said. |
 | | Most eyes were on Miraflores, though, a speck in the vast savannas of eastern Guaviare state, a region thick with insurgents and coca plantations that feed Colombia's drug trade. |
 | | On Tuesday, all contact was lost with a joint police-army base, which normally houses 150 to 200 anti-narcotics agents and soldiers. |
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