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Goya engraving recovered unscathed in Colombia
Colombian police have recovered an unscathed engraving by the Spanish master Francisco de Goya that was stolen last month from a visiting exhibit.
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Celebration of World Missions Day coincides with the 80th anniversary of the ...
The Pontifical Mission Societies of Colombia are celebrating, along with World Missions Day, the 80th anniversary of PMS in the country , according to a report made to Agenzia Fides from Father Hector Luis ...
Venezuela pulls Pan Am bid; Toronto, two other cities still in running
Toronto has one fewer competitor in its quest to host the 2015 Pan Am Games. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's office says the group representing the city of Caracas, Venezuela, announced Friday that it had ...
Colombia orders arrest of ex-general in Palace of Justice disappearances
The general, Jesus Armando Arias, led Bogota's army brigade during the assault. Soldiers under his command escorted the disappeared - 11 cafeteria workers and a captured rebel - out of the palace after the ...
Public Statement on the Extra-Judicial Execution of at least 46 Young Men in Colombia
We, Grupo Raices/Grupa Freamhacha, condemn the extra-judicial execution of 46 Colombian young men between January and August this year, as emerged on the news two weeks ago.
8 Colombian soldiers killed in minefield
BOGOTA, Colombia : Colombia's army says eight soldiers have been killed in a minefield in the country's remote southwest.
Eight dead in Colombia road accident
Buenos Aires, Oct 7 : At least eight people were killed and 12 injured in Colombia when a bus carrying 20 passengers skidded off a mountainous road into a ravine, the Caracol TV channel said Tuesday.
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Diplomatic breach widens between Colombia, Ecuador
By Hugh Bronstein
BOGOTA (Reuters) - The diplomatic breach between Colombia and Ecuador widened on Saturday when Colombia called on the neighboring country to crack down on rebels using its territory to hold kidnap victims and launch attacks.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, a Wall Street favorite and staunch White House ally, said he has information showing that Marxist Colombian guerrillas have camps on Ecuador's side of the border that are also being used to produce cocaine.
Ecuador broke diplomatic relations with Colombia in March after a Colombian raid carried out on Ecuador's side of the border killed Raul Reyes, a top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
C-COM Appoints Distributor for South America
COM Satellite Systems Inc. the leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems announced today that it has signed an agreement with Bogota, Colombia based Movilsatcol S.A. to resell ...
Colombia in shock over killing of baby on father's orders
Millions of Colombians kept a minute's silence over the death of an 11-month-old baby, ordered by his own father apparently to hide the fact he had a child, Colombian media reported Thursday.
Diplomat says US has no plans to revive Cold War
Jury selection starts in Gateway double murder trial The accused killer sat silent in court as one hundred people packed the courtroom as potential jurors for his trial.
Colombia In Shock Over Grisly Baby Murder
A grisly case of father kidnapping his own baby in Colombia has caused public shock and outrage after the body of the kidnapped boy, only 11 months old, was found on Monday.
Drug fighting drives 270,000 Colombian from homes
Human rights activists say armed groups forced at least 270,000 Colombians to flee their homes in the first half of this year.
UN Calls for Urgent Action Against Alleged Extrajudicial Executions
The United Nations human rights office in Colombia has called on the authorities to take urgent measures to stop a wave of apparent extrajudicial executions after 25 bodies were found in the north of the ...
TB bacterium uses its sugar coat to sweeten its chances of living in lungs
Common strains of tuberculosis-causing bacteria have hijacked the human body's immune response to play tricks on cells in the lungs, scientists say.
Mass grave discovered in Colombia
BOGOTA. September 24. KAZINFORM Colombian authorities have found amass grave of 32 people believed to have been killed by irregular armed forces in northwest Colombia.
Colombia probes mysterious deaths
Blanca Nubia Monroy's son said he would not be gone long. Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos has expressed doubts about a military commander's version of events.
Trip to Colombia remembered in 'Dog Days' photos
An exhibit of photographs taken in Bogota, Colombia, is on display at the Stephen Daiter Gallery in River North.
Colombia Seeks Legalizing Murder, Says Bioethicist
ROME, SEPT. 25, 2008 .- Colombia's draft law on euthanasia and assisted suicide would introduce "legal murder," which is a "juridical contradiction," warns an internationally renowned Catholic expert in ...
Colombia arrests brother of interior minister
BOGOTA, Colombia : The brother of Colombia's powerful interior minister was arrested Thursday as a scandal over ties to outlawed paramility drug gangs spread among Colombia's ruling elite.