The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Bogota - Authorities confiscated counterfeit US bank notes totalling more than 2 million dollars in two operations in the city of Medellin, the Colombian Judicial Police said on the weekend. Agents seized more than 1 million counterfeit dollars sent ...
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Saturday ruled out any military retaliation against Venezuela after Venezuelan troops dynamited two cross-border footbridges.
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Venezuelan police captured a leader of a Colombia-linked paramilitary force, the interior minister announced Saturday amid sky-high military tensions between the South American neighbors. Magaly Janeth Moreno Vega was captured Thursday by Venezuelan police in Maracaibo near the countries' northern border, said Interior Minister Tareck El Aissami, describing the 39-year-old wanted by Interpol as the...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the destruction of illegal pedestrian bridges at the border with Colombia was routine, and said the government would continue to eliminate them. Chavez said Saturday that the military had destroyed ...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will not be provoked into armed conflict with Venezuela despite the neighboring country's aggressive rhetoric and its dynamiting of two cross-border pedestrian bridges, Colombia's defense minister said on Friday.
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Experts warn that Venezuela blowing up two bridges on the Colombia border could result in an 'actual shooting battle.'
L.A. Times - Latin America Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Salvador, Brazil — Brazil’s President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday joined visiting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians. Bogota, Colombia — Six people, including two children, were killed when suspected Colombian FARC guerrillas stopped and set fire to a bus traveling in the south...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Tensions raised between two countries as troops dynamite rural walkways Venezuela claims are used by smugglers and militia Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the Andean neighbours. Soldiers destroyed the walkways because they were being used by illegal militia and drug traffickers, said Eusebio Aguero, an...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors.
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Extra Technology News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Organization serves as a melting-pot of discussion, debate and knowledge sharing among some of the world's most respected agencies. It's exciting to hear some of the most accomplished digital agencies in the business envision where the market is going, with input from both competitors and peers. San Francisco, CA ( PRWEB ) November 18, 2009 -- The Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) continues to expand...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Colombia's police director says the son of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was directly involved in cartel business, even killings, rejecting the denials of a man whose reappearance is creating a sensation in Colombia 16 years after his father's death.
Diplodemocracia (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Colombia continues its diplomatic offensive of complaints against the Venezuelan government. Last Friday, members of the Security Council of the United Nations (UN) heard accusations of the Colombian ambassador, Claudia Blum, on alleged "Venezuela's meddling" in the internal affairs of the neighboring country ( full information )/ Colombia sigue adelante con su ofensiva diplomática...
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
MR. KELLY: Okay. Good afternoon. I think you all know that the Secretary is in Beijing today and followed the President’s schedule, so I don’t really have any separate announcements on her schedule. Today is an important day for the people of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.You know it’s the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Velvet Revolution, and we celebrate the vibrant democracies...
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sidrakanwal | 12/26/2008
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azulfi | 10/15/2008
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