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Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:00:21 GMT
In Colombia, at least 20 people have been killed after a massive mudslide triggered by heavy rainfalls crushed and buried a local bus.
Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:45:23 GMT
In Colombia, hundreds of thousands of university students and staff members have staged mass demonstrations against a government plan to privatize public education.
Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:34:15 GMT
Colombia has restarted gas exports to Venezuela after completing repairs on a pipeline that had been damaged in a bomb explosion by FARC rebels.
Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:37:33 GMT
Colombian security forces have killed 10 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in a military raid in the western province of Choco.
Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:08:34 GMT
Twenty one of the 23 Colombian oil workers earlier kidnapped by suspected FARC rebels in a remote eastern jungle area have been released.
Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:18:39 GMT
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has released the last two of six political hostages as part of a unilateral pledge to release the high-profile captives.
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:36:48 GMT
The Colombian navy has seized a submarine hidden in a jungle area, believed to have been built to carry up to eight tons of cocaine to Mexico.
Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:26:50 GMT
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which said it planned to free two hostages, has provided "false coordinates" about the captives' whereabouts.
Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:22:19 GMT
Colombia's FARC rebels have released two more of the five hostages they had promised to free this week as a gesture of peace to the government.
Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:17:48 GMT
The Colombian FARC rebel group has promised to free more hostages in the coming days following the release of former councilor Marcos Baquero.
Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:14:45 GMT
An explosion in a coal mine in Colombia has killed at least five miners, a few days after the government promised to overhaul workplace safety measures following a string of similar incidents.
Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:01:48 GMT
The Colombian navy has seized a boat carrying over a ton of cocaine along the Pacific coast of Choco Province as the country steps up counternarcotics operations.
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:50:07 GMT
An explosion in a coal mine in northeastern Colombia has claimed the lives of at least 21 miners, leaving many others trapped.
Sat, 08 Jan 2011 03:10:05 GMT
Colombia has extradited Beatriz Henao, who is also known as the Queen of Amphetamines, to the United States where she is wanted on drug trafficking charges.
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:25:18 GMT
Columbian police have seized 1.5 tons of cocaine in a shipment of dog food in the city of Cartagena, destined for the United States.
Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:07:21 GMT
Colombia's president lauded police for killing Pedro Guerrero, a notorious drug lord known as "The Knife" who had a 2.5-million-dollar US bounty on his head.
Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:02:01 GMT
Colombian police say they may have killed Pedro Guerrero Castillo one of the country's most-hunted drugs traffickers and a former paramilitary warlord.
Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:14:51 GMT
A landslide has killed 13 people and left 27 others injured in a village in southeastern Colombia, forcing hundreds of homes to be evacuated in the area.
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 07:33:43 GMT
Five Colombian soldiers have been killed and two others injured after stepping into a minefield in southern part of the capital city Bogota.
Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:08:25 GMT
Rescue officials in Colombia say at least 37 bodies have so far been recovered from a massive weekend mudslide in the north of the country.
Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:35:48 GMT
Colombian authorities say the bodies of 30 victims killed in a massive weekend mudslide have been recovered while close to 100 people remain missing.
Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:18:50 GMT
Colombian rescue teams have recovered the bodies of 23 victims killed in Sunday's mudslide, while more than 100 others still remain missing.
Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:08:04 GMT
At least 200 people are feared to have been buried by a landslide in Colombia's second largest city as rescue workers scramble to save victims of the country's worst floods in decades.
Sun, 05 Dec 2010 07:56:06 GMT
Weeks of torrential rains in Colombia have left at least 174 people dead and more than 1.5 million others homeless, the country's Red Cross says.
Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:18:09 GMT
A bomb explosion in southern Colombia has killed at least three army troops and a civilian, wounding another sixteen people, local authorities say.
Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:47:38 GMT
Clashes between FARC guerrillas and government troops in Colombia's southwestern Huila department leave three soldiers dead, two injured and three missing.
Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:32:55 GMT
Four police officers and three soldiers have reportedly been killed by suspected FARC rebels in separate attacks in the southern and central regions of Colombia.
Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:28:09 GMT
Colombia's former secret service head Maria del Pilar Hurtado has been granted political asylum in Panama after fleeing a criminal investigation into illegal spying.
Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:49:49 GMT
Colombia's government pledges to fight for the extradition of a former Israeli military officer, whom it has convicted of training right-wing Colombian militias.
Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:25:03 GMT
Persistently heavy rains in Colombia have led to 136 deaths and disrupted the lives of more than 1.2 million others in the Latin American country.
Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:40:33 GMT
The Colombian government has slammed the involvement of military soldiers in the killing of three children in the northern Arauca department.
Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:59:39 GMT
China and Brazil have voiced interest in investing in Colombia's railway and port infrastructure in order to facilitate access to the nation's attractive coal mines.
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:16:29 GMT
The Colombian Congress has launched an investigation into former president Alvaro Uribe's alleged role in an illegal wiretapping scandal.
Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:22:03 GMT
In a fourth attack in little more than a month, the Colombian police have seized a huge cache of money in a raid on a house in south of the capital Bogota.
Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:13:23 GMT
At least 30 people have been buried following a landslide caused by heavy rains on a highway in northwestern Colombia, officials say.
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:26:40 GMT
The Colombian Army says Jorge Briceno, one of the most senior leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), has been killed.
Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:52:02 GMT
The Colombian military has killed at least 22 suspected leftist guerrillas in a battle near the Ecuadoran border, Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera said.
Sat, 11 Sep 2010 05:32:57 GMT
Fresh clashes between police and leftist militants in southwestern Colombia near the border with Ecuador have left eight police officers dead.
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:56:20 GMT
The Colombian Air Force has killed at least 15 suspected leftist rebels during an Air Force bombing raid near the country's eastern border, a report says.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:18:51 GMT
Fourteen police officers have been killed and seven others wounded by explosion of a mine allegedly laid by leftist rebels in southern Colombia, said a police commander.
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:26:16 GMT
Colombia has announced a state of "red alert" after the Galeras volcano showed signs of activity, prompting thousands to leave areas near the spewing mount.
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:19:36 GMT
Seven rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN) have been killed in a military attack in the northwestern Colombian town of Taraza.
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:06:02 GMT
Colombia's Constitutional Court has ruled that a controversial agreement which gives US troops access to Colombian military bases is unlawful.
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:31:39 GMT
A woman has died after storm and bad weather downed a Colombian passenger plane while it was trying to land on the island of San Andres, official say.
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:01:06 GMT
A strong car bomb has exploded in northern Bogota, injuring four people and damaging the headquarters of private Caracol Radio and other buildings.
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:04:14 GMT
The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos have met to mend their countries' severed ties.
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:12:57 GMT
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is to meet his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, on Tuesday in a move that could "turn the page" and restore their diplomatic relations.
Sun, 08 Aug 2010 02:20:37 GMT
Juan Manuel Santos has been sworn in as Colombia's new president, taking over from conservative Alvaro Uribe.
Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:36:20 GMT
Colombian government has tightened security measures across the country after leftist rebels killed three off-duty soldiers in a town in the southern province of Tolima.
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:51:07 GMT
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has denied allegations that he plans to attack neighboring Venezuela amid heightened tensions between the two South American states.
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