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Colombia mudslide kills seven - 27 Nov 2008
Bogota, Nov 27 (IANS) Seven people were killed Wednesday in a mudslide in southwestern Colombia, EFE reported. The incident occurred near the Colombian town of Miranda. Rescue officials said seven people, including a child, were

Flooding affects 20,000 in Colombia - 15 Dec 2008
Bogota, Dec 15 (IANS) At least 20,000 people have been displaced in the latest flooding in northern Colombia already ravaged by an unusually long... Jose Santander Rosales said.  Colombia's rainy season, which started

18 ELN guerrillas surrender in Colombia - 08 Dec 2008
Bogota, Dec 8 (IANS) Eighteen leftist rebels in Colombia have surrendered to the navy under increasing military pressure, EFE reported Monday. ... insurgent group after the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), surrendered

India, Colombia sign MoU for cooperation in hydrocarbon sector - 01 Jan 2008
New Delhi, Sept 5 (ANI): India and Colombia have signed a Memorandum... underlined that despite geographical distance, India and Colombia are partners... Limited has a producing asset in Colombia as a joint venture with a Chinese

Five killed in grenade attack in Colombia - 02 Jan 2009
Bogota, Jan 2 (DPA) At least five people were killed and 65 wounded during a New Year's celebration in northern Colombia, police officials said Thursday. The victims were almost all members of the Indio ethnic group, the Kanukana

Nine killed in Colombia bus accident - 27 Oct 2008
Bogota, Oct 27 (IANS) Nine people were killed and six others injured when the bus in which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a ravine in northeastern part of Colombia, Spain's EFE reported Monday. The accident

Colombia's Ingrid Betancourt seeks divorce - 17 Mar 2009
Bogota, March 17 (IANS) Colombia's former presidential candidate Ingrid... Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), EFE reported Monday.    According...;  FARC, Colombia's largest leftist guerrilla group, is reportedly still

Shakira vows to continue fight for freedom of hostages in Colombia - 01 Jan 2008
Washington, July 9 (ANI): Colombian singer Shakira has vowed to carry on the fight to free hostages that are being held in her native Colombia. The pop... rescue of 15 captives from the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC

Gang war leaves eight dead in Colombia - 09 Apr 2009
Bogota, April 9 (EFE) Eight people were killed and four wounded in clashes between two rival gangs in the northwestern Colombia, the police said Wednesday... Self-Defence Forces of Colombia militia federation and now work for drug

Colombia and Canada sign free-trade pact - 23 Nov 2008
Lima, Nov 23 (IANS) Colombia and Canada have signed a free trade agreement (FTA... as an instrument to help in fighting 'violation of human rights in Colombia inflicted by the illegal drug trade.'  'The human rights problem in Colombia has

Former rebel among five killed in Colombia - 27 Dec 2008
Bogota, Dec 27 (DPA) Five people including a former rebel have been shot dead in northwesten Colombia, local media reported Friday quoting police. ... of Colombia (FARC) and both leftist groups are active in Arauca.   Colombia has

Colombia's army chief resigns amid scandal - 05 Nov 2008
Bogota, Nov 5 (IANS) Colombia's Army Chief Gen. Mario Montoya Tuesday resigned amid a widening scandal over the killing of scores of civilians by his soldiers... the country's largest leftist guerilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

Lion used for debt recovery seized in Colombia - 15 Mar 2009
Colombia, EFE reported. The local residents claim that the big cat was used... trafficking, money laundering and terrorism.    Colombia's ex-militia men... group the Revoloutionary Armed Froces of Colombia (FARC).    Several

Colombia to build 1,800 km highway to link with Venezuela - 21 Oct 2008
Bogota, Oct 21 (IANS) With an aim to improve trade in the region, Colombia... centres (of Colombia) Valle Cauca, the Coffee Axis and with country's second-largest....  Some 50 percent of Colombia's maritime exports pass through the port

Fidel Castro's book on Colombia reveals new facts - 13 Nov 2008
Havana, Nov 13 (IANS) A new book by Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Colombia's.... La Paz en Colombia (Peace in Colombia), which is a personal account by Castro about his country's link with the leftist movement in Colombia

Mudslides kill four in Colombia, higher toll feared - 17 Nov 2008
in the aftermath of heavy rain in western Colombia, EFE reported Monday quoting... and Arauca provinces, which are on Colombia's northeastern border with Venezuela... sustained losses from the rains in Colombia this year, the Disaster Prevention

25 drug cartel members held in Colombia - 20 Jan 2009
Bogota, Jan 20 (IANS) Twenty-five suspected members of a notorious drug cartel have been arrestd in raids on several places across northwestern Colombia... in illegal drugs.  Colombia is the world's leading producer of cocaine

Huge cache of rebels' explosives seized in Colombia - 04 Jan 2009
Bogota, Jan 4 (IANS) The Colombian Army has seized a huge cache of explosives belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in southwestern... in the area,' it said.  Founded in 1964, the FARC is Colombia's largest

Obama's face on lottery ticket sparks controversy in Colombia - 24 Oct 2008
Bogota, Oct 24 (DPA) Colombia was experiencing a curious controversy Thursday, after a photograph of US presidential candidate Barack Obama was printed on the tickets of a lottery with a jackpot of some $253,000. The photograph

Colombia's former spy chief held for militia links - 13 Dec 2008
Bogota, Dec 13 (IANS) Former head of Colombia's security service DAS has been arrested for the third time in less than two years on charges that he collaborated with the country's murderous right-wing militias, EFE news agency reported

Venezuela beat Colombia 2-0, keep World Cup dream alive - 01 Apr 2009
Caracas, April 1 (DPA) Venezuela obtained a crucial 2-0 home win over direct rival Colombia in the South American qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The result leaves Colombia on 14 points from 12 games, with Venezuela

New Year's Eve violence claims over 50 lives in Colombia - 02 Jan 2009
Bogota, Jan 2 (IANS) The New Year began on a violent note in Colombia as 54 people lost their lives and more than 100 were injured in clashes among revellers, EFE news agency reported Friday. Northern province of Ceasar has been

Four killed in Colombia helicopter crash - 16 Oct 2008
group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). 

Volcano eruption in Colombia kills 10 - 23 Nov 2008
of the peaks of this mountain range in southwest Colombia.  The volcano is located in the central Andean range of Colombia, in a region where

Colombia seeks free trade deal with India - 01 Apr 2009
countries, a media report said. The Colombia-India Chamber of Commerce has... message to Indian traders their capital would be protected in Colombia.  ... in 2008, according to Colombia's National Department of Statistics.    

10 new amphibian species discovered in Colombia - 03 Feb 2009
) expedition in Colombia's mountainous Tacarcuna area of the Darien, near the border... International (CI) in Colombia and ornithologists from the Ecotropico Foundation... Colombia's Minister of Environment Juan Lozano. Scientists consider

FARC rebels kill four people in southern Colombia - 14 Jan 2009
Bogota, Jan 14 (IANS) Four people were killed and 11 others injured by Colombian rebels in southern Narino Province, EFE reported Tuesday. An official said the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's largest

Rebels desert along with two hostages in Colombia - 14 Jan 2009
members of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) identified

Shakira back in Colombia to help disadvantaged children get education - 07 Mar 2009
London, March 7 (ANI): Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira has been working hard to make the much-needed arrangement of education for disadvantaged children in her country.

Colombian police seize mobile cocaine lab - 09 Mar 2009
Bogota, March 9 (IANS) Police in the central Colombia have found and seized a mobile cocaine laboratory and arrested two suspects, EFE reported. The lab... to produce cocaine for the local market.    Colombia is a major drug

Colombian drug lord shot dead in Madrid hospital - 09 Jan 2009
Madrid, Jan 9 (DPA) One of Colombia's top drug lords has been shot dead....   Vargas is listed by Colombia as one of the country's 19 top drug... Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), where he allegedly organized groups of professional

Top Colombian rebel killed in clash with police - 21 Mar 2009
Bogota, March 21 (EFE) A senior member of Colombia's second largest rebels... in Colombia. The guerrilla was also wanted by Colombian courts on charges... insurgency group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).    

Kylie's luggage stolen before Bogota show - 04 Nov 2008
London, Nov 4 (IANS) Pop singer Kylie Minogue had five of her suitcases stolen just hours before she was supposed to hit the stage in Bogota, Colombia. Thesun.co.uk reports that the luggage contained laptops, cameras and even some

FARC rebels promise to release six hostages - 22 Dec 2008
Bogota, Dec 22 (DPA) Colombia's leftist FARC rebels have said that they would unilaterally release six hostages next month, Anncol news agency reported. ...;The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which has been engaged

Colombian hostages' families want Betancourt to represent them - 01 Dec 2008
Bogota, Dec 1 (IANS) The families of the 26 soldiers and police officers being held hostage by Colombia's leftist guerrillas have urged Ingrid Betancourt, who..., told EFE here.  The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC

Ingrid Betancourt to write play about jungle hostage ordeal - 01 Jan 2008
would return to Colombia 'in a few days' to write a play about her harrowing... Dimanche. "I shall return to Colombia in a few days. Meanwhile I want... since being rescued from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).  

'Cure' for Indian 'werewolf boy' found - 20 Nov 2008
London, November 20 (ANI): A cure for an Indian boy with 'werewolf syndrome', a condition which leaves the face and body of the sufferer covered in hair, has been found by Colombia University researchers in New York. The researchers

Gabriel Garcia Marquez denies he has stopped writing - 06 Apr 2009
Bogota, April 6 (EFE) Nobel literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez has denied reports that he had stopped writing, Colombia's El Tiempo newspaper reported. The newspaper reported Sunday that it asked the author of 'One Hundred

Colombian Congress blocks Uribe's third presidential bid - 30 Oct 2008
Bogota, Oct 30 (IANS) Colombia's Congress, the lower house of parliament, has turned down a proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed President Alvaro Uribe to seek a third consecutive term in 2010, EFE reported

Crime-weary Latin Americans lose faith in state mechanism - 01 Jan 2008
Mexico City, Oct 4 (IANS) Six out of 10 people in Mexico, Colombia and Brazil... a gun to defend themselves, while in Barranquilla, Colombia, that figure was 23... of 14 in several cities of Colombia, Brazil and Mexico, said Mockus, who

Crime-weary Latin Americans lose faith in state mechanism - 06 Oct 2008
Mexico City, Oct 4 (IANS) Six out of 10 people in Mexico, Colombia and Brazil... a gun to defend themselves, while in Barranquilla, Colombia, that figure was 23... of 14 in several cities of Colombia, Brazil and Mexico, said Mockus, who

The more it rains on some mountains, the faster they grow - 01 Jan 2008
Washington, July 9 (ANI): Geologists studying the fault-riddled, intensely rainy Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, South America, have determined that the more it rains on some mountains, the faster they grow. According to a report

Indian researcher's software gives you another's face to protect online privacy - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 29 (ANI): With Google's Street View Service under constant scrutiny over privacy issues, a team led by an Indian origin researcher from University of Colombia has come up with a new software that can swap human faces in street

Gabriel García Márquez 'writing new novel' - 10 Dec 2008
London, Dec 10 (ANI): A close friend of Colombia's Nobel prize winning author, Gabriel García Márquez has confirmed that the 82-year-old master of magical realism was working on a new novel, allaying fears that he had put down his pen

Bush, Obama aides rebut talk of a free trade deal - 12 Nov 2008
of a free-trade deal with Colombia.  According to the president-elect's aides

Minogue shines in Buenos Aires - 17 Nov 2008
thieves in Colombia swiped computers and passports from her entourage then her flight

Colombian mission plans events to promote cultural ties - 16 Oct 2008
Colombia to exist in the hypothalamus of the people of India,' said Juan Alferedo... really seen ties between India and Colombia expand impressively during the one... by Reliance Industries and the Tatas had a presence in Colombia.  'We have

Colombian rebels free last foreign hostage - 19 Mar 2009
;Larsson was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) May 16..., which cited sources from Colombia's intelligence service, Larsson suffered... known foreign hostage in Colombia last year after an elite group of Colombian

Miss Venezuela crowned Miss Universe in Vietnam - 15 Jul 2008
beating finalists from Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Russia. However... in the last 15 semi-finalists list. The first runner-up was Taliana Vergas (Colombia... (Colombia) 2nd Runner Up: Marianne Cruz Gonzalez (Dominican Republic) 3rd Runner Up

Carla Bruni defends album's 'sexually charged' lyrics - 01 Jan 2008
lambasted by Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fernando Araujo, who insisted the illegal drug link is "painful" for Colombia, and shouldn't feature

Obama wore a stylish bulletproof suit for oath taking ceremony - 05 Mar 2009
in a low-rise white building in Bogota, Colombia, the Sydney Morning Herald reports... ties, for a clientele that extends far beyond Colombia's borders. Eighty per cent

Russian military team in Cuba - 28 Oct 2008
, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba and even US ally Colombia.   In September...; Colombia's Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos has travelled to Russia

Carla Bruni defends album's 'sexually charged' lyrics - 01 Jan 2008
lambasted by Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fernando Araujo, who insisted the illegal drug link is "painful" for Colombia, and shouldn't feature

Prince William's second high seas drugs bust - 01 Jan 2008
of Venezuela's and Colombia's coastlines as it tried to avoid detection and ignored

China's Ugly Betty 'too pretty' to play the role! - 01 Jan 2008
the telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea hit the small screen in Colombia, the comedy

From Hawaii to the White House: Obama's career - 18 Jan 2009
: Graduated from Colombia University in New York with a degree in Political

India, Brazil discuss enhancing cooperation in Oil and Gas sector - 15 Oct 2008
in Colombia.  Bharat Petro Resources Ltd., a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum

Will Smith's son Jaden is the next 'Karate Kid' - 12 Nov 2008
of the Colombia Pictures remake is set to begin next year, Jaden is said to have already

Indian Handicrafts and Gifts fair in Noida - 25 Feb 2009
Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Brazil and Uruguay will be attending the fair. IHGF

New Miss Universe was once a kidnap victim! - 01 Jan 2008
Republic, Italy, Colombia, Russia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, the United States

Colombian drug trafficker nabbed at father-in-law's funeral - 08 Apr 2009
;The suspect's name was on the list of most-wanted drug traffickers in Colombia

Colombian gets 34 years in jail for killing journalist - 19 Mar 2009
than 130 journalists have been murdered in Colombia in the past 10 years

Bush awards highest US honour to Blair, Howard, Uribe - 14 Jan 2009
Colombia since 2002, was singled out for his efforts to curtail leftist rebels... US contractors held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC

DNA tests confirm Bolivian river dolphin to be new species - 01 Jan 2008
Lab at Javeriana University in Bogota, Colombia.  "Thus isolated... Colombia by extracting tissue from their tail muscles.  A limited comparison

'Fight Back' to represent India at US youth summit - 24 Nov 2008
of the movement against Colombia's terrorist group Luke Russert of MSNBC, and Columbia Law... against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).   ... against FARC, an extremist group that has been terrorising Colombia for more

Argentina win, Paraguay lead South American World Cup qualifiers - 12 Oct 2008
and Caribbean region.   The solid Paraguayan side beat Colombia 1-0 in Bogota... in Colombia and then drew against Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay and Peru. Moreover..., Chile-Argentina, Venezuela-Ecuador and Brazil-Colombia.   A break

60-mln yr old giant snake would have made modern anacondas seem like garter snakes - 05 Feb 2009
the fossils in the Cerrejon Coal Mine in northern Colombia, and investigated what... Colombia. "Scientists have long known of a rough correlation between

Tricky TB bacterium sugarcoats its invasion of lungs - 01 Jan 2008
for the 21st Century' in Bogota, Colombia.  This newest research appears

Ambika Soni to chair world tourism meeting - 13 Oct 2008
of the UNWTO executive council held at Cartagena de Indias at Colombia in November 2007

Ambika Soni to chair world tourism meeting - 13 Oct 2008
of the UNWTO executive council held at Cartagena de Indias at Colombia in November 2007

India has experienced over 4100 terror attacks since 1970 - 03 Dec 2008
of terrorist incidents (behind Peru, Colombia, El Salvador, the United Kingdom

DNA links found between ancient Peruvians and Japanese - 11 Jan 2009
populations of Ecuador, Colombia, Siberia, Taiwan and to the Ainu people

Former RBI governor nominated to UN task force - 15 Nov 2008
, former social affairs and finance minister of Colombia; Eisuke Sakakibara, former

Colombian army generals, troopers sacked for killing innocents - 30 Oct 2008
were found weeks ago in a mass grave in northeastern Colombia.   All

Bollywood inspires us more than Hollywood: Colombian filmmaker - 13 Nov 2008
the guerrilla forces in Colombia, years later the man was kidnapped by them. When

Blair to get US Congressional Gold Medal of Honour - 13 Jan 2009
Uribe of Colombia and former Australian Prime Minister John Howard - both of whom

US trade nominee Ron Kirk approved by Senate committee - 13 Mar 2009
agreements.    Trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama have

Lahiri, Muniyappa close to 2009 Asian Tour card - 15 Jan 2009
card and the playing rights for the 2009 season.   Colombia's Eduardo

Several earthquakes jolt Central America - 14 Jan 2009
, in Colombia, a 4.4-magnitude earthquake hit the northwestern city of Medellin

Tricky TB bacterium sugarcoats its invasion of lungs - 06 Oct 2008
for the 21st Century' in Bogota, Colombia.  This newest research appears

Coming soon, 'bulletproof fashion' to protect UK's super rich! - 01 Jan 2008
his native Colombia's civil war 15 years ago.  He is looking for new outlets

Muniyappa, Lahiri in with a chance of qualifying for Asian Tour - 17 Jan 2009
for a total of 285 alongside England's Ally Mellor and Colombia's Eduardo Herrera who shot

Sixth Council meeting of International Network for Bamboo and Rattan tomorrow - 14 Oct 2008
are: Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba

Sixth Council meeting of International Network for Bamboo and Rattan today - 15 Oct 2008
, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba

Finest musician hopes to play bagpipes in space - 22 Mar 2009
, an engineer from British Colombia, has become one of 16 finalists chosen

Archery World Cup: Indian men to clash for gold - 05 Apr 2009
in the bronze medal play-off.    Earlier, the Indians beat Colombia

India, China showed rare unity at climate change summit - 17 Dec 2008
, Colombia, the Maldives and a number of other developing countries came out... between the governments of Colombia and the US. But the Poznan climate summit

Brazil stumbles with 1-1 draw against Ecuador - 30 Mar 2009
2-0 in Montevideo and Colombia also defeated Bolivia 2-0 in Bogota Saturday.  ... Ordaz, with Venezuela versus Colombia. On Wednesday, the round will end

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) begins - 18 Nov 2008
jobs and boosts economic development. In Colombia, another country that recently... a new Health Ministry resolution on smoke-free environments. PMI bought Colombia's

Paraguay keep World Cup course; Brazil, Argentina struggle - 16 Oct 2008
. Brazil drew 0-0 with Colombia Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, and Argentina lost...;  Brazil were held to a lacklustre goalless draw by Colombia. Kaka

Happiness is rising worldwide - 01 Jan 2008
of surveyed nations, along with Puerto Rico and Colombia.  A dozen other

Hong Kong most pessimistic about the prospects of coming year - 31 Dec 2008
better times ahead, followed by Lebanon (48 percent), Colombia (48 percent), New

Scientists make windpipe from stem cells, usher in new era of surgery - 19 Nov 2008
on a young woman from Colombia living in Spain, they announced Wednesday. The operation

Pakistan and Bangladesh's economies will suffer most as global warming imperils fisheries - 07 Feb 2009
and Yemen-and two countries in South America, Peru and Colombia, were identified

Scientists record and play back bird songs to understand how they communicate - 20 Dec 2008
habitats as Costa Rica, Colombia and Bonaire. Sandra and her colleagues

Sania progress into the 2nd round of Cincinnati Open, both in singles and doubles - 18 Jul 2007
( Colombia) and Meng Yuan ( China) in the first round. Now they will either take

Orissa court stays release of book on Sri Aurobindo - 06 Nov 2008
was published in the US in May by Colombia Press. It was to be re-printed

Iran has a right to a peaceful nuke program: Mukherjee - 01 Jan 2008
, Ghana, Pakistan, Algeria, Libya, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Indonesia, Cuba, Colombia

Lula urges US to chart new course in Latin America - 17 Jan 2009
rebels in neighbouring Colombia.  Chavez, whose oil-rich nation is a key

Blair named for American honour but ignores gold medal - 06 Jan 2009
Medal of Freedom Jan 13 along with President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia, and former