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  1. Colombia raps Venezuela over FARC rebel "insult"Read the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | Reuters

    Colombia on Wednesday demanded Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government clarify whether it tolerated support for terrorist organizations after Colombia's leftist rebels were lauded at a forum in Caracas.

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Hugo Chavez, Terrorism, Caracas, Venezuela, Venezuela, Aragua, Venezuela

  2. Nationwide Tour headed to Colombia for first South American eventRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Winnipeg Free Press

    The Nationwide Tour is headed to Bogota, Colombia, next year for its first tournament in South America.

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    Related Topix: Camilo Villegas, Golf, Golfers, Sports, Juan Pablo Montoya, NASCAR, Chip Ganassi Racing, Nascar Drivers, Racing, Travel

  3. Photographer/filmmaker Kiyotaka TsurisakiRead the original story w/Photo

    3 hrs ago | The Japan Times

    ... often chasing police cars to scenes of crimes, accidents and suicides in such countries as Thailand, Russia and Colombia, as well as parts of Palestine. Such gruesome and gory sights are not for the faint-hearted but Tsurisaki always gutted it out ...

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    Related Topix: Bogota, Colombia, Meta, Colombia, World News

  4. M1117-ICV Armored Vehicles for ColombiaRead the original story w/Photo

    4 hrs ago | Defence Industry Daily

    ... 3/09: Textron Marine and Land Systems in New Orleans, LA received a $20.9 million firm-fixed-price contract from Colombia for 39 of its M1117 ICV extended personnel carriers, including necessary weapons, spare parts, manuals, and training support. ...

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    Related Topix: South America, New Orleans, LA, US Military, US Army, 9

  5. More...Read the original story

    9 hrs ago | Pedal

    Stephanie Roorda was reminded of home while in Cali, Colombia preparing for the third World Cup, as it poured rain.

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  6. Wednesday TV Colombia NewscastRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Colombia News

    ... complaint to the Government of Venezuela about a video from the FARC shown at a political meeting in Caracas. Colombia's Vice President is sounding off about the diplomatic rift between Colombia and Venezuela. An 8-year old cancer patient in ...

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    Related Topix: South America

  7. Half of World's Refugees Live in CitiesRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Voice of America

    ... of thousands of Iraqi refugees are living in the Syrian and Jordanian capitals, Damascus and Amman. It says Bogota, Colombia, and Abidjan, Ivory Coast, also have absorbed hundreds of thousands of victims of armed conflict. Riera says there are many ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Kabol, Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Meta, Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

  8. Second FTA talks planned for March in ColombiaRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | JoongAng Ilbo English News

    Korea and Colombia agreed yesterday to seal a high-level free trade agreement covering services, investment and other sectors, Seoul s Trade Ministry said.

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Seoul, South Korea, South Korea, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

  9. Pitch The World: Davos Debates 2010 Opens On YouTubeRead the original story w/Photo

    12 hrs ago | TechCrunch

    ... of the day. Here's our coverage of last year's WEF/YouTube partnership , for example. Pablo Camacho from Bogota, Colombia, won an all expenses paid trip to the annual WEF meeting in Davos, Switzerland last January based on his submission. This year ...

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    Related Topix: Meta, Colombia, World News, Bogota, Colombia

  10. Shakira: Out to conquer the worldRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | Toledo Blade

    ... she said. "So you're going to find in this album a lot of influences, from India, the Middle East, Jamaica, Colombia, all within this electronic context." Critically, the English-language disc on Sony has earned positive if mildly puzzled stateside ...

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  11. Cooling Hugo ChavezRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | TownHall.com

    ... lots of MiGs and may buy up to nine Russian subs. Nor is this the first time he has made belligerent threats to Colombia. Continued... Austin Bay Austin Bay is author of three novels. His third novel, The Wrong Side of Brightness, was published by ...

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    Related Topix: Hugo Chavez, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, George Bush, Opinion

  12. Latino community gets a new voiceRead the original story

    22 hrs ago | News Journal

    ... with some of the immigrants with whom she works. Velasquez and her family had to leave her native Medellin, Colombia, when she was 11 after her family was unable to pay the "taxes" that militia members charge to not be kidnapped. They received ...

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    Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Wilmington, DE, University of Delaware

  13. Yesterday's EditionRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday | Inside Costa Rica

    ... Obama on Monday to act in line with promises of change made in April during the Fifth Summit of the Americas. COLOMBIA BOGOTA (Dow Jones) -- The Colombian peso on Monday strengthened to COP2001.10 against the dollar, from COP2006.25 at Friday's ...

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    Related Topix: Travel, Costa Rica, World News, Costa Rica Travel, Central America, Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Francisco Morazan, Honduras, South America

  14. Vital water supply dwindling from Colombia's glacier hubRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Nov 9 | AlertNet

    Omar Lopez doesn't need scientists to tell him that glaciers in El Cocuy national park in north-east Colombia are fast disappearing.

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Meteorology, Science

  15. Escobar's Son Seeks Atonement For Father's SinsRead the original story w/Photo

    Jul 22, 2009 | NPR

    Sebastian Marroquin, son of Colombia's late drug lord Pablo Escobar, poses for a photo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he has lived since fleeing Colombia in 1994.

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Argentina, World News, Antioquia, Colombia, Medellin, Colombia

  16. Gun Control Act comes under fireRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 9, 2008 | Ride Fast & Shoot Straight

    ... Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Plus unclassified islands in Americas: Bajo Nuevo Bank, uninhabited (claimed by Colombia and Jamaica) Navassa Island, uninhabited (claimed by Haiti) There are in addition also "territories" that have the status of ...

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    Related Topix: Oceania, Northern Mariana Islands, World News, Virgin Islands, Central America, South America

  17. Melbourne, Chinese city ready to become 'sisters'Read the original story

    17 hrs ago | FloridaToday.com

    ... with the chamber, Florida Tech , BCC, Health First and others," he said. Melbourne is sister cities with Bogota, Colombia. The relationship started in 1969 shortly after Melbourne and Eau Gallie merged, city council minutes show. Melbourne was named ...

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    Related Topix: Australia, Melbourne, FL, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne, Australia

  18. Chavez Brings in the Big Guns as Border Tensions RiseRead the original story

    19 hrs ago | The Epoch Times

    Venezuela is bringing in thousands of Russian missiles, rocket launchers, and tanks as part of a massive military buildup against Colombia.

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Hugo Chavez

  19. Brazil's police killings condemned by Human Rights WatchRead the original story w/Photo

    21 hrs ago | Los Angeles Times

    Reporting from Bogota, Colombia, and Sao Paulo, Brazil -- The police killing earlier this year of 22-year-old clerk and expectant father Jose Carlos Barbosa in a Rio de Janeiro slum was anything but an isolated incident.

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Brazil, Charitable Organizations, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Meta, Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  20. Early Wednesday KickaroundRead the original story

    21 hrs ago | The Washington Post

    ... ina 2:45 p.m. DirecTV Lyon-Debreceni 2:45 p.m. DirecTV Olympiakos-Arsenal 2:45 p.m. DirecTV; 7 p.m. FSE; 9 p.m. FSC Colombia, Junior-Medellin 8:30 p.m. GolTV

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    Related Topix: Sports, World Soccer, More Sports, Bayern Munich