Santos 'sure' solutions for FARC deal can be reached 'soon'

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos opened a new national dialogue Monday to seek peace with FARC rebels as both sides scrambled to revive a peace deal to end the half-century conflict. Santos held an emergency meeting in Bogota with leaders of the country's political parties to try to chart a way forward after the shock referendum defeat of a peace deal with the FARC. In a televised address, Santos said that he has asked the chief negotiator, foreign minister and defense minister to begin discussions "addressing all the necessary issues" to reach an agreement. "With the will for peace on all parts, I am sure, sure, that we can soon reach solutions that are satisfactory for all," Santos said. Colombians voted narrowly against a historic peace agreement struck between the Colombian government FARC rebels. The vote asked Colombians a simple 'yes' or 'no' ... on whether to adopt the accord that would have ended half a century of guerilla war. The "no" camp led a surprise victory by less than half a percentage point.