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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No grudges at talks with Colombian government: FARC
September 4th, 2012 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Sep 4 (IANS/EFE) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, will enter into peace talks with President Juan Manuel Santos's administration in Havana "without grudges or arrogance", the ... Read more...
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`Colombia now South America’s No. 2 economy’
September 1st, 2012 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Sep 1 (IANS/EFE) Colombia has moved ahead of Argentina to become South America's second-largest economy, the outgoing Colombian finance minister said Friday."Colombia surpassed Argentina in GDP, we are the ... Read more...
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Huge welcome in Colombia for Olympic medallists
August 16th, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Aug 16 (IANS/EFE) Colombia gave a huge welcome to its eight athletes who won medals at the London Olympic Games.The main streets of this capital were decorated with Colombian ... 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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Colombian rebel, presumed dead, appears in TV interview
August 2nd, 2012 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Aug 2 (IANS/EFE) The second-in-command of the FARC guerrilla group's Southern Bloc, believed to have been killed in a Colombian military airstrike in 2010, reappeared in an interview with ... Read more...
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Boca Juniors hint at signing Maradona as coach
July 16th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 16 (IANS) Boca Juniors vice-president Juan Carlos Crespi has revealed club legend Diego Maradona could return to the Argentine outfit as coach.Maradona was last week sacked ... Read more...
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Argentina may issue currency with Evita’s likeness
June 4th, 2012 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, June 4 (IANS/EFE) Argentina may issue special bills bearing the likeness of Eva Duarte, also known as Evita, to mark the 60th anniversary of the death of ... 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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Colombia’s FARC rules out surrender
April 20th, 2012 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, April 20 (IANS/EFE) Colombia's FARC rebels said they won't surrender or lay down their weapons as a precondition for dialogue with the government of President Juan Manuel Santos."For our ... 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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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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Colombia turns down project linked to president’s kin
October 26th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Oct 26 (IANS/EFE) The Colombian government Tuesday blocked the construction of a controversial luxury hotel in the Tayrona Nature Park due to the involvement in the project of two ... Read more...
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Colombian singer Joe Arroyo dead
July 27th, 2011 - 11:11 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, July 27 (IANS/EFE) Joe Arroyo, a Colombian singer and songwriter who created his own signature style of dance music, died Tuesday in a hospital in the Caribbean coastal city ... Read more...
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Colombian Salsa great Alvaro Jose Arroyo dies
July 27th, 2011 - 12:19 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Baranquilla, Columbia, July 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Famous Columbia salsa dancer and singer Alvaro Jose Arroyo has died at the age of 56. Arroyo who was famously called Joe Arroyo around the world ... Read more...
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Eva Peron’s jewelry recovered
June 24th, 2011 - 1:00 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Venice, June 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Italian police have announced that they have recovered the stolen jewels of former Argentine first lady Eva Peron. The jewels were stolen from a shop in Spain ... 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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Landslides kill four people in Colombia
April 11th, 2011 - 9:06 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, April 11 (IANS) At least four people died due to landslides in Colombia Sunday after several poor neighbourhood, located on the outskirts of the north-central city of Medellin, were ... 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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Colombia closes 56 illegal gold mines
January 18th, 2011 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Jan 18 (IANS/EFE) Colombian authorities over the past four months have closed 56 illegal gold mines and arrested 573 people, a police report stated.The report released Monday said that "46 illegal ... 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 elects woman attorney general
December 3rd, 2010 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Dec 3 (IANS/EFE) Colombia's Supreme Court has elected Viviane Morales as the country's new attorney general, ending 16 months of uncertainty stemming from feuds between the previous government and the judiciary, ... Read more...
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FARC’s Commander Jorge Briceno A. K. A. Mono Jojoy Muerto Killed
September 24th, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Sep 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mono Jojoy Muerto, whose real name is Jorge Briceno was reportedly killed yesterday by Colombia's military, the authorities said in one of their statements. Mono Jojoy ... 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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22 rebels killed in Colombia
September 20th, 2010 - 9:20 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Sep 20 (IANS/EFE) At least 22 leftist rebels were killed in an operation by the police in southern Colombia, officials said.
The guerrillas of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were killed ... 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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Philippine Congress begins vote tally
May 27th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, May 27 (DPA) The Philippine Congress Thursday started the official tally of votes for the country's next president and vice president over two weeks after elections were held.
More than 35 million ... Read more...
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