In Colombia, voters in a referendum have rejected a landmark peace deal with Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels. With votes in from more than 99 per cent of polling stations counted, 50.2 per cent opposed the accord while 49.8 per cent supported it – a difference of less than 63,000 votes out of 13 million ballots.<br/>The deal was signed by President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Timoleon Jimenez last week after nearly four years of negotiations. But, it needed to be ratified by Colombians in order to come into force.<br/>FARC rebels had agreed to lay down their weapons after 52 years of conflict in order to join the political process. President Santos had said, there is no plan B for ending the war.<br/>The result is being seen as a major setback to President Santos, who since his election in 2010, had pledged to end a conflict which has killed over 2 lakh 50,000 people and displaced about eight million.