"We will have a new round of private talks with the government on Friday," ELN spokesman Ramiro Vargas told reporters.

The summit was scheduled to end on Thursday, but Vargas said it is "still too early to talk about results."

"We must wait and see what comes

HAVANA, Jan 30 (AFP) - Representatives of Colombia's government, civilian groups and the pro-Cuban National Liberation Army (ELN) launched negotiations in the Cuban capital Wednesday, trying to make a Summit for Peace live up to its name.

Participants -- including UN special envoy to Colombia James LeMoyne - were divided into five working groups for closed-door sessions Wednesday, after Cuban President Fidel Castro presided at the official opening of the summit Tuesday night.

LeMoyne was instrumental earlier this

An army spokesman blamed the latest car bombing, in a restaurant district of the city of Florencia, on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -- known by the Spanish initials FARC.

It came during an apparent offensive by the 17,000-member Marxist force, launched since they signed a landmark agreement with the government to reach a cease-fire deal by April 7.

One man was arrested after allegedly throwing a fragmentation grenade into the shop late Saturday in an attack in a southern district of the capital.

"Everything indicates that this attack was committed by the urban militias of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)," said a source in the national police.

The incident occurred less than a kilometer

The explosion occurred in a restaurant popular with police officers in the southern part of the capital, leaving the five dead and 13 injured, Mendez said.

"The terrorists used a bicycle and hid an explosive under some bread in a satchel," Mendez said.

Earlier, Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus blamed the explosion on "the guerrillas" without saying to which

Over those years, this war has evolved from a cold-war-era fight against Marxist guerrillas to a complex web of violence including narcotics trafficking and right-wing paramilitaries. The United States joined Colombia's battle against the cocaine trade in 2000 with military assistance and $1.3 billion, while trying to steer clear of the war against the rebels.

BOGOTA, Jan 23 (AFP) - The Colombian government and FARC rebels resume preliminary peace talks Wednesday after agreeing on a timetable for a ceasefire, but guerrilla warfare continues relentlessly claiming more than 80 lives in 10 days.

Both sides are to meet inside a government-ceded demilitarized region in southern Colombia that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have been controlling since 1998.

The talks are part of Sunday's agreement aimed at setting down the details of a ceasefire which is to be in place by an April 7 deadline.

El Jefe de Estado inaugurará proyectos de vivienda, centros de salud, la estación de bomberos y un complejo educativo.