Colombian rebels kill 12 soldiers
May 22nd, 2012 - 8:40 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, May 22 (IANS) At least 12 army soldiers were killed in clashes with rebels in northern Colombia Monday, officials said.The fighting between Colombian Army soldiers and the rebel of ... Read more...
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Scientists find car-sized turtle fossil
May 18th, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 18 (IANS) Imagine a giant turtle the size of an average car with a shell large enough to double as a kiddie pool.
Paleontologists from North Carolina State ... Read more...
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Military helicopter crashes in northern Colombia, killing 13
May 1st, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by BNO News
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) -- A Colombian Air Force helicopter crashed in the northern region of the country on late Monday afternoon, killing all thirteen people on board, defense officials said on ... Read more...
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Colombian firm makes new oil find
April 26th, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, April 26 (IANS/EFE) State oil company Ecopetrol announced a new crude discovery at an exploratory well in Tisquirama, a block in northern Colombia that has been in commercial production ... Read more...
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Man gets 24 years for Colombian journalist’s killing
February 7th, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Feb 7 (IANS/EFE) A former militiaman was sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role in the murder of journalist Alvaro Alonso Escobar, who was gunned down a ... Read more...
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12 rebels die in Colombian air strike
July 7th, 2010 - 4:58 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, July 7 (IANS/EFE) Twelve leftist guerrillas were killed Tuesday in an air strike in northern Colombia.
The joint operation was carried out by the air force and the navy in the ... Read more...
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Ancient croc kin likely food for largest ever snake
February 3rd, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) A 60-million-year-old croc kin was a likely food source for Titanoboa, the largest snake the world has ever known.
Working with scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in ... Read more...
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World’s largest snake feasted on ancient croc relative 60 mln yrs ago
February 3rd, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, February 3 (ANI): In a new research, a team of paleontologists has found that the likely food source for Titanoboa, the largest snake the world has ever known, was a 60-million-year-old ... Read more...
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Colombia, US officials seize over four tonnes of cocaine
August 27th, 2009 - 8:08 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Aug 27 (EFE) Colombian and US officials have seized more than four tonnes of cocaine and captured nine drug traffickers from a vessel in the international waters near this Andean nation, ... Read more...
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Fossil of three-foot thick, super-gigantic snake unearthed
February 5th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 5 (IANS) Scientists have stumbled on the remains of a 60-million-year-old snake whose sheer size, thickness and weight boggles the imagination, and beside which anacondas and pythons today would seem ... Read more...
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60-mln yr old giant snake would have made modern anacondas seem like garter snakes
February 5th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): Scientists have found fossils from a 60-million-year-old South American snake, which is the largest snake on record, and would have outsized even present day anacondas, making them ... Read more...
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Five killed in grenade attack in Colombia
January 2nd, 2009 - 5:07 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Jan 2 (DPA) At least five people were killed and 65 wounded during a New Year's celebration in northern Colombia, police officials said Thursday.The victims were almost all members of ... Read more...
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Flooding affects 20,000 in Colombia
December 15th, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Dec 15 (IANS) At least 20,000 people have been displaced in the latest flooding in northern Colombia already ravaged by an unusually long and disastrous rainy season, EFE reported Monday.The city ... Read more...
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Teacher, students seek Guinness entry after 74-hour lesson
August 21st, 2008 - 3:53 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Aug 21 (DPA) A teacher and 120 students at a school in northern Colombia, who endured a 74-hour science lesson to raise funds for charity, want their feat to appear in ... Read more...
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12 leftist guerrillas arrested in northern Colombia
March 12th, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by admin
Bogota, March 12 (IANS) Colombian authorities have arrested 12 suspected guerrillas belonging to the country's largest insurgency group during a raid near the northern town of Los Palmitos, Spain's EFE news agency ... Read more...
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Fan dishes out $3,000 for Shakira’s bra!
February 13th, 2008 - 7:10 pm ICT by admin
London, Feb 13 (ANI): One Shakira fan showed just how big an admirer he was when he forked out a whopping 3,000 dollars just for her bra.Another admirer dished out a whopping ... Read more...
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