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There have been three years of peace talks between the Colombian government and guerrillas of the armed left-wing group FARC.The end of conflict would see a profound cultural shift in a bitter war in which 220,000 people have been killed. One of Colombia's leading journalists, María Jimena Duzán, author of "Death Beat: A Colombian Journalist's Life Inside the Cocaine Wars'" speaks of her optimism over the talks (Photo: Guerrillas of the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - FARC march in a military parade 07 February 2001 in San Vicente Credit: AFP)