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Sat 07 Jul 2006Colombia's demobilisation crisis deepened by key judgmentCOLOMBIA: Paramilitaries in Colombia are deeply unhappy with a new court ruling, writes Ana CarriganColombia's constitutional court has struck down key provisions of a new law governing the demobilisation of the country's right-wing paramilitaries. Last week's ruling found unconstitutional clauses that shielded them from serious criminal penalties and has plunged the country's paramilitary demobilisation process deeper into crisis.