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Russian crime gangs on the Costa del Sol are injecting kidnap victims with what they claim is an experimental KGB virus to terrify them into paying ransoms.
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Colombia’s government proudly claims that it is the biggest producer of biodiesel and ethanol in Latin America after Brazil, but human rights groups do not share...
made popular Jun 11 2009
Over the past two years, the Colombian government has embarked upon an aggressive agenda to sign free trade agreements with countless trading partners. One of those...
made popular Jun 3 2009
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) are celebrating their 45th anniversary, making them the oldest insurgent force in the world - and, despite recent...
made popular May 27 2009
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President Hugo Chavez says 18 soldiers have died in a helicopter crash near Venezuela’s border with Colombia.
made popular May 3 2009
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Colombia’s social protection minister says a case of swine flu has been confirmed in the Andean nation. It is the first confirmed case in South America
made popular May 3 2009
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Colombian authorities have arrested a retired lieutenant colonel and seven other soldiers in the killings of two civilians who they allegedly presented as guerrillas...
made popular May 1 2009
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President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that his government will not tolerate incursions by Colombian rebels into Venezuelan territory.
made popular May 1 2009
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In an April 28 story, The Associated Press reported that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he was exploring bringing together the presidents of five South...
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AP, Bogota
In an April 28 story, The Associated Press reported that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he was exploring bringing together the presidents of five South...
made popular May 1 2009
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Mexican soccer clubs Chivas and San Luis will be playing upcoming Copa Libertadores matches in Colombia, a move aimed at helping slow the swine flu outbreak in Mexico.
made popular Apr 30 2009
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Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that the United States and Syria are close to restoring full diplomatic ties, but he doubted Cuba’s new openness means...
made popular Apr 29 2009
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Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that the United States and Syria are close to restoring full diplomatic ties, but he doubted Cuba’s new openness means...
made popular Apr 29 2009
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Dole Food Co. made regular payments for at least a decade in a banana-growing region to illegal far-right Colombian militias that killed thousands, according to a...
made popular Apr 28 2009
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Colombia’s domestic intelligence agency has fired another 11 people in a scandal over illegal eavesdropping of judges, journalists and politicians.
made popular Apr 28 2009
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A woman extradited from Colombia was arraigned Monday on terrorism charges for allegedly supporting leftist rebels in her native country.
made popular Apr 27 2009
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One of Colombia’s once most feared drug lords was sentenced Wednesday to more than 31 years in prison, after telling the judge he only sold drugs to help his...
made popular Apr 22 2009
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One of Colombia’s once most feared drug lords has been sentenced to more than 31 years in prison after he apologized for his crimes.
made popular Apr 22 2009
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Colombia’s largest rebel group promised on Thursday to release an army corporal kidnapped 11 years ago in a hostage case made famous by his father, who walked...
made popular Apr 16 2009
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Colombia’s most wanted drug lord was cowering like a dog under a palm tree when he was captured Wednesday in a jungle raid involving hundreds of police officers,...
made popular Apr 15 2009
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President Hugo Chavez is urging Colombia’s largest rebel group to agree to a proposed cease-fire with the U.S.-backed government of Alvaro Uribe.
made popular Apr 15 2009
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President Alan García struggled over the weekend to defuse a protest by Amazon indigenous groups that left more than 50 police and Indians dead.
The demonstrations...
made popular Jun 8 2009
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says a French and a Canadian aid worker held hostage in Darfur have been freed.
made popular Apr 30 2009
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The Obama administration has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit against Iran filed by Americans held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran 30 years ago.
made popular Apr 22 2009
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The Obama administration is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit against Iran filed by Americans held hostage at the embassy in Tehran 30 years ago.
made popular Apr 22 2009
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Ruel de Guzman seemed destined for a life at sea.
made popular Apr 15 2009
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Russian security forces killed a masked gunman who seized five hostages at a Siberian bank Friday and the captives escaped unharmed, officials said.
made popular Mar 13 2009
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A Russian official says a gunman who seized five hostages at a Siberian bank has been killed and his captives freed.
made popular Mar 13 2009
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Injured in their plane’s crash-landing and then taken hostage by Colombian rebels, three U.S. defense contractors survived a jungle odyssey lasting more than five...
made popular Mar 12 2009
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A former provincial lawmaker was helicoptered to freedom in Colombia on Thursday after spending more than six years as a captive of leftist guerrillas.
made popular Feb 5 2009
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The International Committee of the Red Cross says leftist rebels have released a former Colombian lawmaker after more than six years in guerrilla captivity.
made popular Feb 5 2009
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It’s a pact they made in the jungle.
made popular Feb 4 2009
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A Colombian ex-governor freed by leftist rebels after more than 7 years of captivity has embraced is wife and son on the tarmac of an airport.
made popular Feb 3 2009
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The International Red Cross says Colombian rebels have freed a former governor they held for more than seven years.
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The International Red Cross postponed a hostage release on Monday after a dispute over Colombian military flights that allegedly hampered its retrieval of four...
made popular Feb 2 2009
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Colombia’s badly battered FARC rebels freed three police officers and a soldier held hostage for more than a year, handing them over to the International Red...
made popular Feb 2 2009
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Four Colombian hostages delivered by leftist rebels to the International Red Cross have landed safely at a provincial airport.
made popular Feb 2 2009
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Colombia’s badly battered FARC rebels delivered three police officers and a soldier to the International Red Cross on Sunday in a mission marred by accusations of...
made popular Feb 1 2009
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The International Red Cross says Colombian rebels have freed four hostages _ three policemen and a soldier _ in their first unilateral release of captives in nearly a...
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A reporter accompanying a humanitarian mission on Sunday to release four hostages held by Colombian rebels accused the military of interfering with and delaying the...
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In this photo released by the Saba, Yemen’s official news agency, two of the three freed German hostages Julia Thielebein , left, and her father Heinrich Thielebein, appear at the interior ministry where the German hostages were received after their...
