A COLOMBIAN accused of sexually abusing his daughter from a young age and fathering eight children with her was arrested at the weekend, causing anger over the lack of child protection in the Andean nation.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned his Colombian counterpart that war would break out between the South American neighbours if Colombia’s military crossed into Venezuelan territory.

A COLOMBIAN politician kidnapped three years ago by Marxist rebels is in “good health,” a commander of the rebel forces has said.