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Colombia's main rebel group says it plans to release on Wednesday a French journalist it has held for a month after a firefight with Colombian soldiers.

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Two female Army Reserve officers have sued the U.S. Department of Defense and the Army in a bid to reverse military policies banning women from serving in combat roles.

Colombian police said on Friday they had arrested an alleged member of the FARC guerillas in connection with an attempted car bombing in Bogota earlier this month.

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BOGOTA, Colombia &#8212 Colombian police say a gunman opened fire on a labor leader in Cali and killed the man's brother and wounded two other people, including a 4-year-old girl.

New IOF regional audit compiles epidemiological data and quantifies burden; Warns of impending explosion in number of fractures as aging population surges The International Osteoporosis Foundation , in cooperation with medical and patient societies from throughout Latin America, has today published a landmark report which compiles ... (more)

Police on Tuesday defused a pair of powerful firecrackers hidden in a Buenos Aires theater and apparently timed to explode just when a crowd of high-paying guests would have gathered to greet former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.

BOGOTA , Colombia -- A new Colombian TV series about the arch-criminal Pablo Escobar has a key ingredient that is apt to ensure an unsympathetic portrait of the infamous cocaine kingpin.

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA : More than 100 suspected militants attacked a group of Colombian service members in the northern region of the country on Monday morning, killing 12 and injuring several others, defense officials said on Tuesday.

The Roger Clemens perjury trial resumes with the final day of testimony from Brian McNamee, the government's key witness.

World leaders weary of war will tackle Afghanistan's post-conflict future - from funding for security forces to upcoming elections - when a NATO summit opens in Chicago.

Hail the king and queen of the state sprints: Kenzo Cotton and Clara Nichols. Cotton, a Papillion-La Vista sophomore, struck down the oldest record in boys track at Saturday's state meet and Nichols, a Millard South senior, pocketed four all-class gold medals, a first for a girls sprinter in 21 years.

In this Feb. 5, 2009, file photo, former hostage Sigifredo Lopez, a former provincial lawmaker, gestures as he reunites with his family after his release from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in Cali, Colombia.

Colombian investigators on Wednesday were seeking a man between 17 and 20 years old they say could be the bomber who killed two bodyguards of a conservative former interior minister and injured 39 people in a busy commercial district of Bogota.

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Former Sen. Piedad Cordoba and the International Committee of the Red Cross agreed on Monday to form a delegation to receive a French journalist captured last month by leftist FARC rebels while embedded with Colombian security forces, but neither Paris nor Bogota commented on the proposed release.