The Colombian government has extended a bilateral ceasefire with a faction of FARC guerrilla dissidents for three months, announces Ivan Velasquez, Colombia's Defense Minister. Velasquez adds that a ceasefire with "all blocs and fronts" of another dissident group, known as the EMC (Estado Mayor Central), is "over." The EMC, under the command of powerful rebel leader Ivan Mordisco, pulled out of peace talks with the government in April. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES