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Coalition Wins Colombia Congressional Elections Print E-mail
Monday, 15 March 2010
Colombia's current governing coalition won the congressional elections on Sunday, opening the door for a Conservative of "Uribista" candidate to become the new President of the Republic with majority ...
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Blackout Hits Most Of Chile Print E-mail
Monday, 15 March 2010
A blackout blamed on a fault in Chile's Central Interconnected System hit nearly all of Chile around 8:50 p.m. local time Sunday night. Within an hour, parts of Santiago came back online but much of ...
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Us Consulate Staff Killed In Mexico Print E-mail
Monday, 15 March 2010
Washington - President Barack Obama is "outraged" by the murders in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico of three people connected with the US consulate there, a White House official said on Sunday. "In concert w...
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Cordoba Says Supporters Were Threatened Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba denounced on Sunday that some of her supporters in the south-west of the country received threats not to vote for her. In a press release issued by the politician on ...
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Sale Of Natural Gas To Uruguay Aids In Two Diplomatic Advances Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
International In a meeting with Uruguayan president José Mújica yesterday, Bolivian president Evo Morales announced the impending sale of natural gas to Uruguay.  The announcement also began publi...
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Polling Stations Close Around Colombia Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Latecomers raced to place their vote in Colombia's congressional elections, as polling stations around the Andean nation closed at 4pm (ET) Sunday. Voting took place without major incident and the ele...
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215 Complaints About Irregularities In Elections; All Goes Well, Says Govt Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Colombia's Inspector General's Office said it received 215 complaints about irregularities over Sunday's congressional elections. Most of the complaints concern public officials illegally endorsing ca...
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Presidential Pre-candidate Not Able To Vote Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Presidential pre-candidate Andres Felipe Arias was not able to vote on Sunday as his identity papers were from Los Angeles, while he hoped to go vote in Bogota. In order to have been able to vote in ...
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Cocaine Found In Botero Sculptures Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Colombian police said Saturday they had discovered 16 kilograms (35 pounds) of cocaine stashed in replicas of sculptures by artist Fernando Botero intended for shipment to Spain. "This is a sophistic...
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13 Killed In Mexican Resort City Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
del.icio.us Police in Mexico say 13 people were killed Saturday in and around the Pacific coast resort city of Acapulco.Officials said five of the dead were police officers whose patrol was attacked i...
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Colombia Prohibits Alcohol Ahead Of Elections Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Bars and clubs in Colombia closed and shops are prohibited to sell alcohol until after the congressional elections held on Sunday. Authorities stepped up security measure to avoid incidents. Since Fr...
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Judge Who Released Don Mario Ally Sentenced To 16 Years Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
A Bogota judge who last year had ordered the release of 'El Indio', the alleged number two of the organization of reputed drug lord Don Mario, was sentenced to 16 years on Friday. The Bogota Superior...
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Former Hostages Find A Purpose In Politics Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 March 2010
BOGOTA -- When Clara Rojas emerged from her six-year kidnapping by leftist rebels, the last thing she thought of was getting back into politics. She concentrated instead on reuniting with her son Emm...
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Environmental Degradation In Haiti Made Worse By Earthquake Print E-mail
Friday, 12 March 2010
Obama, Haitian President to Meet at White House The United Nations Environment Program warns Haiti's recovery process will be greatly constrained if the environmental degradation suffered during the c...
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Democracies Decline In Quality, Not Number Print E-mail
Friday, 12 March 2010
US Pro-Democracy Stance Has Limited Impact in Mideast, New Study Suggests A new study finds the number of democracies in the world remained relatively stable in the past few years, but the quality of ...
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Uribe Defends Arias Against Corruption Allegations Print E-mail
Friday, 12 March 2010
2009 Human Rights Report's damning criticism of the program. "AIS is the best scheme that Colombian has produced in the agricultural sector... There were only ten instances of people taking advantage...
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Huila Police Seize Explosives Intended For Election Sabotage Print E-mail
Friday, 12 March 2010
Colombian authorities on Friday seized over 300 kilos of explosives from a house in the central city of Neiva, allegedly belonging to guerrilla group FARC and intended for the sabotage of Sunday's con...
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Russia Sends Mobile Hospital To Chile Print E-mail
Friday, 12 March 2010
Russia Gripped by Car Crashes Involving Police, Privileged Russia is sending doctors and medical supplies to Chile, as part of relief efforts to help Chileans recover from last month's devastating ear...
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Cuban Hunger Striker In Hospital After Passing Out Print E-mail
Friday, 12 March 2010
HAVANA -- A Cuban hunger striker was receiving fluids and medical care in a government hospital Friday, a day after passing out at home, and has refused requests by other dissidents and religious lea...
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Dengue Deaths Sky Rocket, As Colombian Temperatures Soar Print E-mail
Friday, 12 March 2010
Dengue fever related deaths sky rocket in Colombia as temperatures around the country soar, with 22 fatalities from the deadly disease recorded in the Andean nation in the first six weeks of 2010, com...
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