No cease fire during talks with FARC: Colombian president
September 8th, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Sep 8 (IANS/EFE) Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has rejected calls by the FARC guerrilla group for an immediate truce once peace talks begin next month."There won't be any ... Read more...
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Olympics: Colombian president hails first gold
August 11th, 2012 - 7:34 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS) Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos celebrated the country's first gold medal in the women's BMX (Bicycle Motocross) at the London 2012 Olympics.Santos thanked cyclist Mariana Pajon ... Read more...
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Car bomb injures former Colombian Interior Minister Londoño, kills 2
May 16th, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by BNO News
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) -- A car bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying former Colombian Interior Minister Fernando Londoño in the country's capital on Tuesday, killing two people nearby and injuring the ... Read more...
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China, Colombia agree to boost oil cooperation
May 10th, 2012 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 10 (IANS/EFE) Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Chinese President Hu Jintao presided over the signing here Wednesday of nine agreements to boost cooperation in a range ... Read more...
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Colombian rebels say they’re holding French reporter
May 2nd, 2012 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, May 2 (IANS/EFE) Colombia's FARC guerrillas admitted Tuesday that they are holding French journalist Romeo Langlois, who disappeared three days ago in the middle of a firefight between ... Read more...
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Colombia to spend $738 mn on housing programmes
April 30th, 2012 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, April 30 (IANS/EFE) Colombia plans to invest 1.3 trillion pesos (about $738.13 million) in housing programmes "for the poorest of the poor", which it is adding to the plan ... Read more...
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Cancer-hit Chavez to leave Cuba next week
March 9th, 2012 - 4:05 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is recovering from surgery at a hospital in Cuba, will return to his country next week, Venezuelan news agency AVN ... Read more...
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Venezuela, Colombia liberalise bilateral trade
November 29th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Nov 29 (IANS/EFE) Trade between neighbours Venezuela and Colombia is to be liberalized under an agreement signed here Monday by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and visiting Colombian counterpart Juan ... Read more...
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Top Colombian drug lord held
November 29th, 2011 - 9:30 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, Nov 29 (IANS) A top Colombian drug lord has been captured in a northern Venezuelan city.Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias "Valenciano", was arrested late Sunday in Maracay, Xinhua reported.Colombian President ... Read more...
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Colombian mayor suspended for involvement in corruption case
May 4th, 2011 - 3:10 am ICT by BNO News
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) -- Colombia's Attorney General on Tuesday suspended Bogota mayor Samuel Moreno for his alleged involvement in a corruption case, El Tiempo newspaper reported.Attorney General Alejandro Ordonez decided to ... Read more...
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Female Colombian snipers defending Gaddafi in Libya
April 15th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.15 (ANI): Female snipers suspected of belonging to the Marxist guerilla group FARC from Colombia, have joined other mercenaries fighting to keep dictator Muammar Gaddafi in power, according to the reports ... Read more...
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Ten FARC members killed in army operation in southwestern Colombia
March 25th, 2011 - 2:21 am ICT by BNO News
CHOCO, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) -- At least ten militants of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on Thursday were killed during an Army operation in southwestern Colombia.According to El Tiempo ... Read more...
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Blast in Davos hotel ahead of WEF meet
January 27th, 2011 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Davos (Switzerland), Jan 27 (IANS) A small blast took place at a hotel close to the site of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, breaking the windows of the premises, ... Read more...
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Drug lord described as `murderer of murderers’ killed
December 30th, 2010 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Dec 30 (IANS/EFE) Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Wednesday that ruthless drug lord Pedro Guerrero, alias "Cuchillo" (knife), was killed last week in a clash with police. Santos described Guerrero ... Read more...
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Colombia’s FARC number 2 rebel commander “Mono Jojoy” killed
September 24th, 2010 - 4:07 am ICT by BNO News
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) -- The FARC number 2 rebel commander Victor Julio Suarez Rojas was killed in a military operation that begun Tuesday night and included an air strike, officials said ... Read more...
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Colombian military kills about 60 alleged rebels
September 21st, 2010 - 3:09 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Sep 21 (DPA) An airstrike on a rebel camp by the Colombian Air Force may have killed up to 60 people, Admiral Edgar Cely, commander of Colombia's military forces, said Monday, ... Read more...
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10 police officers killed in Colombia
September 11th, 2010 - 8:04 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Sep 11 (DPA) At least 10 police officers died and five were injured in an attack by leftist rebels in Colombia, near the Ecuadorian border, the authorities said.
This takes the total ... Read more...
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Venezuela, Colombia agree to resume relations
August 11th, 2010 - 9:53 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Aug 11 (DPA) Colombia and Venezuela restored diplomatic relations Tuesday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced after meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez.
The leaders symbolically met in the Colombian Caribbean ... Read more...
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Spanish monarchs welcome Michelle Obama
August 9th, 2010 - 10:40 am ICT by IANS
Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Aug 9 (IANS/EFE) Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, accompanied by Princess of Asturias Letizia, welcomed US first lady Michelle Obama and her daughter Sasha to ... Read more...
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UN body seeks Israeli cooperation in flotilla probe
August 4th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva/Tel Aviv, Aug 4 (DPA) The president of the UN Human Rights Council Wednesday called for Israel to collaborate with the team he has appointed to investigate the deadly Israeli raid on ... Read more...
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UN sets up panel to inquire into Israel flotilla attack
August 2nd, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
United Nations, Aug 2 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday announced the setting up of a panel to inquire into Israel's attack on an international aid flotilla May 31, which left nine ... Read more...
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16 killed in Colombia coal mine explosion (Lead)
June 17th, 2010 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, June 17 (IANS) A coal mine explosion in northwestern Colombia killed at least 16 miners and trapped over 70, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Thursday.
The explosion occurred in the early hours ... Read more...
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8 dead, 70 trapped in Colombia mine explosion
June 17th, 2010 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, June 17 (IANS) A coal mine explosion in northwestern Colombia killed at least eight miners and trapped more than 70, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Thursday.
The explosion which occurred in the ... Read more...
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Six including a general killed in Brazil chopper collision
April 21st, 2010 - 7:16 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, April 21 (IANS/EFE) A general and five other military personnel were killed Tuesday when two helicopters collided over the southern Brazilian province of Tolima, the Colombian army said.
Five people were wounded ... Read more...
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Car bomb kills six, wounds 42 in Colombia’s Buenaventura
March 25th, 2010 - 2:31 am ICT by BNO News
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) -- At least six people were killed and 42 were injured after a powerful car bombing on Wednesday morning in Buenaventura, Colombia's largest port, authorities said.The explosion ocurred ... Read more...
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Killer of former Colombian president’s sister nabbed
February 28th, 2010 - 8:41 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Feb 28 (IANS/EFE) Authorities here have arrested a leftist rebel on charges of kidnapping and murdering a sister of former Colombian president Cesar Gaviria, officials said.
A team of the Attorney General's ... Read more...
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Ecuador may export electricity to Colombia, Venezuela
February 19th, 2010 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Quito, Feb 19 (IANS/EFE) The Ecuadorian government has said it has overcome an electricity crisis and may even be in a position to export power to Colombia and Venezuela.
"We can say we've ... Read more...
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Ecuador, Colombia unfreeze relations
February 12th, 2010 - 4:06 am ICT by IANS
Quito, Feb 12 (DPA) The presidents of Ecuador and Colombia have agreed to renew diplomatic ties between the neighbouring South American countries, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said.
Ties between the countries were ... Read more...
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Colombians reject plans to enlist students as army informers
January 29th, 2010 - 7:53 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Jan 29 (IANS/EFE) Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's decision to turn college students into army informants to tackle crimes in northwestern Medellin city has been criticised by people from across the political ... Read more...
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39 killed in Colombia clashes
November 11th, 2009 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Nov 10 (DPA) Nine soldiers and at least 30 rebels were killed in clashes in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca, the Colombian Army said Tuesday.
The gun battle started late Monday ... Read more...
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Peru to vaccinate seven mn against swine flu
September 2nd, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lima, Sep 2 (EFE) Some seven million people will be vaccinated against swine flu in Peru, Health Minister Oscar Ugarte has said.
The health ministry is in the process of acquiring the vaccine ... Read more...
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Venezuela freezes relations with Colombia
July 30th, 2009 - 8:17 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, July 30 (EFE) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has frozen diplomatic and trade relations with Colombia in a spat over Colombian allegations that Swedish anti-tank weapons sold to Venezuela turned up in ... Read more...
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Chavez warns against US military presence in Colombia
July 26th, 2009 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, July 26 (DPA) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has severely criticised a proposed Colombian deal that would allow the US access to military bases.
The US will use Colombia as a base to ... Read more...
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Honduran president’s ouster illegal, says Obama
June 30th, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 30 (EFE) US President Barack Obama has said the expulsion of the Honduran president by the country's armed forces was illegal and reminiscent of Central America's "dark past".
Speaking to ... Read more...
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Palin leaves Manmohan Singh speechless, blushing
September 25th, 2008 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
By Naveen Kapoor
New York, Sept.25 (ANI): An unusual guest who came to meet Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New York, left him blushing.
A sense of unease was written large ... Read more...
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