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The United States and Colombia have long been wary of Venezuela’s peacetime military buildup, suspecting the weapons could end up in the hands of drug-trafficking Colombian rebels.Now they have documented reasons for their worries _ certified by...

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European and Latin American leaders sought to unite against poverty, global warming and high food prices on Friday, but their summit was clouded by a feud between Colombia and Venezuela.

 
 
May 15 2008 by AP0 Comments

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is denouncing as “ridiculous” an Interpol report on documents that Colombia says were retrieved from the computers of slain rebels.

 
 
May 15 2008 by AP0 Comments

Interpol will report Thursday that Colombia did not tamper with computers it says it seized during an attack on a leftist rebel camp, security officials said.

 
 
May 15 2008 by AP0 Comments

President Hugo Chavez is warning Colombia against any U.S. military base near its border with Venezuela, though neither Colombia nor the United States have publicly suggested such a plan.

 
 
May 14 2008 by AP0 Comments

Colombian police seized US$25 million (euro16 million) in properties Wednesday from a paramilitary warlord extradited to the U.S. on drug-trafficking charges.

 
 
May 13 2008 by AP0 Comments

Colombia extradited 14 paramilitary warlords to the United States on Tuesday on drug-related charges in a surprise move that brought praise from Washington but raised fears of justice thwarted for thousands of victims.

 
 
May 13 2008 by AP0 Comments

Colombia extradited 14 top paramilitary warlords to the United States early Tuesday for failing to comply with the peace pact under which they demobilized.

 
 
May 13 2008 by AP0 Comments

Colombia’s interior minister says the government is extraditing 14 paramilitary warlords to the United States for failing to comply with a peace pact.

 
 
May 10 2008 by AP0 Comments

A newly disclosed set of documents that Colombia’s government says were recovered from a slain rebel’s computers indicate senior Venezuelan officials tried to help arm Colombia’s main guerrilla army.

 
 
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Mar 4 2008 by Balbhadra Rana0 Comments

As the drumbeats get louder in Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador, the other countries in the region are alarmed and are trying to defuse the situation. The present crisis is not unexpected. Experts had expressed the possibility of a clash between...

 
 
Feb 11 2008 by Arpita Mukherjee0 Comments

Desperate to elude the US and the Colombian navies while trying to traffic cocaine to the US shores, the Columbian drug lords have devised a new form of transportation - the submersibles. The submersibles are a close clone of the submarines but are...

 
 
Dec 28 2007 by Sunit0 Comments

Fire-brand left wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez could be a very popular man in Colombia if he is able to secure the safe release of three Colombian hostages from the hands of the leftist rebel group FARC. This would be a major diplomatic success...

 
 
Oct 11 2007 by Vinod0 Comments

Colombian political crises are invigorating with the nod that supporters of President Alvaro Uribe gave to him for third term. Supporters yarn amendment in constitution for making it possible for Uribe to run for the third consecutive term.

With...

 
 
Sep 12 2007 by Saurabh0 Comments

Sunderland legend Ian Porterfield who kept on battling with colon cancer is finally laid to rest in peace at the young age of 61. A football man all his life and a wonderful human being, he gained respect amongst football fans worldwide. His exploit for...

 
 
Sep 12 2007 by Saurabh0 Comments

Sunderland legend Ian Porterfield who kept on battling with colon cancer is finally laid to rest in peace. A football man all his life and a wonderful human being was enough to gain the respect of football fans worldwide. His exploit for kicking the...

 
 
Sep 11 2007 by Naveen0 Comments

My Gosh! That looks so dangerous. This home made jet engine burns red hot and throws out flame. I must appreciate the guys who are standing around this fire-throwing machine. If you ask me, I wouldn’t take a chance of standing aside this jet engine....

 
 
Sep 1 2007 by Som0 Comments

AC Milan overcame a one-goal deficit to beat an emotional Sevilla side 3-1 to win the European Super Cup for the fifth time.

Sevilla, still recovering from midfielder Antonio Puerta’s tragic death, had a 1-0 lead at half time before AC Milan...

 
 
Aug 27 2007 by Swati S0 Comments

When you step on this beach in Broward County, everything looks the same, clear blue green water, sand, sand and more sand, a picturesque view, until someone tells you that you are standing on glass. What? Amazed by what I just said but that is the...

 
 
Jul 6 2007 by Saurabh0 Comments

The United States has been much criticized for being eliminated from Copa America 2007 and even deprived of a single match win, to it’s credit.

Loosing three matches in a row, is the first-ever such defeat jinx since, 2001 for US.

The South...

 
 
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Interpol’s Secretary General Ronald Noble, center, speaks at a press conference as Colombia’s National Police Chief Oscar Naranjo, left, and the Director of Colombia’s DAS police department, Maria del Pilar Hurtado, look on in Bogota, Thursday, May...