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  1. Israel sends humanitarian aid delegation to Colombia


    Jerusalem Post - 9 hours ago

    COM STAFF AND AP Delegation will bring approximately 45 metric tons of equipment to Colombia to help flood victims; over 60 remain missing. ...
    IDF sends humanitarian aid delegation to Colombia- Jerusalem Post
    The IDF Sends Humanitarian Aid Delegation to Colombia- Israel Defense Forces
    Israel sending aid shipment to Colombian flood victims- Ha'aretz
    Ynetnews - Israel Defense Forces
    all 8 news articles »
  2. Documents: US aimed to counter Chavez, arms deals


    Fox News - 16 hours ago

    One secret 2008 document from the US Embassy in Colombia said then-Colombian... President Alvaro Uribe urged the US government "to lead a public campaign
    US 'tried to stop delivery of missiles to Venezuela'- Business Day
    Venezuela acquired 1800 Russian antiaircraft missiles in '09- Washington Post
    Venezuelan missile purchases worried US - WikiLeaks- Reuters Africa
    all 71 news articles »


  3. Flooded-out Colombia farmers set for more rains


    Agrimoney.com - 1 hour ago

    Rains which have flooded 200000 hectares of Colombian land, and triggered a mudslide which killed more than 40 people a week ago, look set to continue into ...
  4. Natural Resources International In Talks For Coal Assets


    NASDAQ - Matt Whittaker - 30 minutes ago

    For its first purchases, NRI is in negotiations for three coal assets in Australia, two in the United States and one in Colombia. It is also eyeing rail and ...
    LON:BARC
  5. Correa to Coordinate Storm Aid in Colombia, Venezuela


    Inside Costa Rica - 21 hours ago

    QUITO - President Rafael Correa will visit Venezuela and Colombia next week to coordinate solidarity actions in the wake of natural disasters in those ...
  6. Torrential rains to disrupt Colombian coal output in 2011


    SteelGuru - 7 hours ago

    Reuters reported that torrential rains in Colombia will continue to disrupt its coal output and could push a price rally next year into a heady spike near ...
  7. Colombia launches large-scale birth control effort


    Los Angeles Times - Chris Kraul - 1 day ago

    Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has made the birth control a top priority since taking office in August. Because maternity and neonatal care are ...


  8. ICANN Colombia Meeting: All Talk; No Action


    TheDomains.com - 20 hours ago

    Although most would expect Colombia to be “cheap” its really not at all and hotels, food and drinks are on par with prices you would find in much of the US. ...
    Another Big Step Forward for New TLDs- CircleID
    Icann chair clarifies rights protection resolution- Managing Intellectual Property (subscription)
    all 4 news articles »
  9. First jail sentence for environmental crime in Colombia


    Sify - 1 day ago

    Bogota, Dec 12 (IANS/EFE) A peasant who took his cows to a national park of snowcapped mountains in western Colombia was sentenced to 32 months in prison, ...
  10. Uribe proposed capturing guerrillas in Venezuela


    Washington Post - Vivian Sequera - 1 day ago

    Uribe "said he was prepared to authorize Colombian forces to cross into Venezuela, ... Less than two months after Uribe's meeting with Mullen, Colombia's ...
    Uribe compared Chavez to Hitler: WikiLeaks- Colombia Reports
    Cables Show Colombia Explored Secret Talks with Rebels- Wall Street Journal
    Ex-Colombian leader sought peace with guerrillas, WikiLeaks cable ...-MiamiHerald.com
    The Economist - Los Angeles Times
    all 126 news articles »


  11. Investors light up energy sector


    Globe and Mail - Nathan Vanderklippe - 15 hours ago

    Small companies chasing new overseas finds in Namibia, Poland, Colombia, Trinidad, Australia and the Falkland Islands have suddenly caught fire. ...


  12. From Israel to Colombia with love


    Jerusalem Post - Meir Javedanfar - 15 hours ago

    My first serving of blessings on my latest trip was delivered by a lady standing behind the counter at a dry cleaning store in Cali, Colombia's third ...
  13. Coffee Rises Most in Three Weeks on Colombia Supply Concerns


    BusinessWeek - Leslie Patton - 2 days ago

    10 (Bloomberg) -- Coffee futures in New York advanced the most in three weeks as unusually wet weather threatened crops in Colombia, the second-largest ...
    Brazilian Coffee Will Trade at Double Discount of Other Grades ...- Bloomberg
    ICE Adds Brazilian Coffee Beans to Its Mix- Wall Street Journal
    Brazil added to ICE coffee benchmark- Financial Times
    BusinessWeek
    all 45 news articles » ICE
  14. Colombia Has No Plans to Boost Bond Sales After Flood Disaster ...


    Bloomberg - Andrea Jaramillo - 2 days ago

    (Source: Bloomberg) Colombia's government has no immediate plans to boost local or international debt sales for reconstruction financing after floods left ...
  15. Colombia Internet Audience Increases 31 Percent in Past Year to ...


    IEWY News - 13 hours ago

    The report found that Colombia is the fastest-growing Internet market in Latin America, growing 31 percent in the past year to reach 11.8 million unique ...
  16. Colombia authorizes pol to broker rebel hostage releases


    Fox News - 3 days ago

    Bogota – The Colombian government has pledged the necessary guarantees for a potential new round of unilateral hostage releases by leftist rebels and ...
    Cables: Colombia's Uribe reached out to FARC- The Associated Press
    Colombia's FARC to Release 5 Hostages- Voice of America
    Colombia FARC rebels say to free five hostages- Reuters Africa
    Colombia Reports - Bloomberg
    all 264 news articles »


  17. Record rains wreak havoc on Colombia


    BusinessWeek - Cesar Garcia - Vivian Sequera - 3 days ago

    Colombia is suffering its worst rains in 42 years of record-keeping -- deluges that have left thousands of homes under water, damaged thousands of acres ...
  18. Peru, Chile, Colombia Discuss FX Appreciation, Benavides Says


    BusinessWeek - Randall Woods - 1 day ago

    10 (Bloomberg) -- The finance ministers of Chile, Colombia and Peru plan to discuss the recent appreciation of their respective currencies among other ...
    Chile, Colombia, Peru Finance Ministers Meet To Discuss Forex- Wall Street Journal
    all 3 news articles »
  19. Bellhaven Drills 1 g/t Au and 0.36% Cu (1.6 g/t AuEq) Over 126 ...


    Marketwire (press release) - 4 hours ago

    Drill-Hole Results for the La Mina Porphyry Au-(Cu) Project, Colombia. Intercepts calculated using a 0.40 g/t AuEq cut-off grade. ...
    CVE:BHV
  20. Damage from Colombia rains tops $1 bn, VP says


    Fox News - 2 days ago

    Quito – The Colombian government estimates the damage from this year's heavy rains exceeds $1 billion, the country's vice president said here Friday. ...
  21. MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: responsAbility Makes Debt Investments Worth $5 ...


    MicroCapital - 6 hours ago

    The investments included a local-currency loan equivalent to USD 987000 to Corporacion Narino Empresa y Futuro (Contactar), a Colombian MFI established in ...
  22. Colombia: Cloud of Scandal Haunts Uribe's Legacy


    TIME - John Otis - 2 days ago

    10, 2010 When he stepped down in August after eight years as Colombia's President, Alvaro Uribe gave up the keys to the national palace, the private jet and ...
    DAS wiretap victims want WikiLeaks cables included as court evidence- Colombia Reports
    Allegations shed light on Uribe administration's dirty political ...- Colombia Reports
    Naranjo suspected of Gaviria and Moreno as type-wires masterminds- GlobalPost (blog)
    all 6 news articles »


  23. Colombia mudslide toll rises to 46 dead


    AFP - 4 days ago

    MEDELLIN, Colombia — Rescuers have said they have recovered 46 bodies from a massive weekend mudslide in northwestern Colombia, which was under a local ...
    Toll climbs to 30 dead in Colombia mudslide- Vancouver Sun
    45 cadavers found in Colombian landslide, search continues- Xinhua
    Golding sends condolences on loss of lives in Colombia- Jamaica Observer
    Colombia Reports - Washington Post
    all 454 news articles »


  24. Colombian Stocks: Canacol, Ecopetrol, Pacific Rubiales


    Bloomberg - Eduardo Thomson - 2 days ago

    Colombia's state-controlled oil company will pay a dividend of 30 pesos on Dec. 15, according to a statement distributed yesterday by PR Newswire. ...
    TSE:ECP - TSE:PRE
  25. 2 Colombians convicted in cocaine smuggling plot


    Washington Post - 3 days ago

    AP WASHINGTON -- Two alleged narcotics traffickers aligned with a right-wing paramilitary terrorist organization in Colombia have been convicted of ...
  26. UN agencies allocate funds for flood-hit Colombia


    Washington Bangla Radio - 2 days ago

    “We are working hand in hand with the Government of Colombia and national humanitarian actors, the Colombian Red Cross and Pastoral Social, ...
  27. Rain in Colombia Hurts Coffee, Rice, Corn Crops, USDA Unit Says


    Bloomberg - Leslie Patton - 2 days ago

    Colombia is the second-largest grower of arabica coffee beans. A La Nina weather event is caused by cooling equatorial waters in the Pacific Ocean.
  28. Colombia Cocaine Output Fell Last Year Amid Spraying, US Drug Czar ...


    Bloomberg - Heather Walsh - 3 days ago

    A Colombian soldier advances in a field of cocaine while a plane sprays pesticides. ...
  29. Battle With Colombia Over Sunken Treasure Lands in DC Federal Court


    Texas Lawyer - Jeff Jeffrey - 1 day ago

    based solo practitioner is representing an underwater salvage company in a $17 billion federal lawsuit against the Republic of Colombia, alleging that the ...
  30. Colombia Hosts 39th ICANN Public Meeting


    Daily Rosetta - 3 days ago

    CO domain, will begin welcoming ICANN delegates to Colombia over the course of the coming weekend. The 39th ICANN public meeting is expected to attract ...
    Governments stonewall interwebs porn domain- Register
    Icann delays web domain expansion plan- Financial Times
    ICANN Delays TLD Expansion Approval- PC World
    The Associated Press - AVN News (press release)
    all 252 news articles »


  31. Colombian rescuers find 53 bodies after landslide


    Xinhua - Mu Xuequan - 3 days ago

    9 (Xinhua) -- Colombian rescuers have found 53 bodies after a landslide in the northwest of Colombia, official sources said on Thursday. ...
  32. Deportes Tolima join Once Caldas in Liga Postobon final


    Colombia Reports - Jonathan Roorda - 10 hours ago

    Santa Fe hosted Tolima in Bogota with the target of earning at least a draw in order to qualify for the final of Colombia's top league. ...
  33. Torrential Rains And Landslide In Colombia Raises Death Toll


    Bernama - 6 days ago

    BOGOTA, Dec 7 (BERNAMA-NNN-AGENCIES) -- Colombia said that 197 people have died in the country due to torrential rains and a major landslide. ...
    23 Bodies Recovered In Colombian Landslide- NPR
    More than 100 trapped after landslide buries homes in Colombia- CNN International
    Twenty dead, over 100 missing in Colombia mudslide- AFP
    msnbc.com - Times of India
    all 1035 news articles »


  34. From kid celebrity to consummate con artist


    MiamiHerald.com - Robert Samuels - 1 day ago

    When immigration officials greeted him at Pan American Hospital, he said he was a 13-year-old orphan from Colombia who sneaked into the Arca Airline plane's ...


  35. Shakira, Bono and Jolie: Do celebrities have a role to play in ...


    The Guardian - 1 hour ago

    For Easterly, Shakira gets top marks for focusing on people, places and issues she knows well - primary and secondary education in her native Colombia, ...


  36. Eight Arrested in Crackdown on Colombian Drug Gang


    Latin American Herald Tribune - 1 day ago

    BOGOTA – Colombian anti-narcotics agents arrested eight suspected members of an international gang that produced cocaine and trafficked it in a number of ...
  37. President to Donate Month's Salary for Victims of Colombia Rains


    Latin American Herald Tribune - 1 day ago

    BOGOTA – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday that he plans to donate one month's salary to help assist the nearly 1.9 million victims of ...


  38. Three Soldiers, One Guerrilla Die in Fighting in Colombia


    Latin American Herald Tribune - 1 day ago

    BOGOTA – Three Colombian army soldiers and a leftist guerrilla were killed in clashes in a rural area of the northeastern province of Norte de Santander, ...
  39. Colombia Yields Rise to Highest This Month of More Issuance Bets


    Bloomberg - Andrea Jaramillo - 3 days ago

    Colombia's peso bonds dropped, pushing yields to their highest level this month, on speculation the ...
  40. Broadband Connections Grow 11.7 Percent in Colombia During First ...


    WebWire (press release) - 1 day ago

    BOGOTA, Colombia, – Cisco announced today the results of a new Cisco® Broadband Barometer study, reporting a growth of 11.7 percent in the number of fixed ...
  41. In search of Colombia's disappeared


    The Guardian - 3 days ago

    The weathered face of Colombian farmer Blanca Nieves Meneses is overcome by sorrow as she stands before four small coffins. She has been looking for her ...
    Disappearances in Colombia on a Scale Never Imagined- Huffington Post (blog)
    all 3 news articles »
  42. Fredy Montero returns home to help flood-stricken Colombia


    Seattle Times (blog) - Joshua Mayers - 3 days ago

    Sounders FC forward Fredy Montero has returned to his hometown of Campo de la Cruz, Colombia... the team announced today. Montero received a call from his
    Rain Rain Go Away - Sounders Supporter Groups and Team Band ...- Sounder At Heart
    Sounders FC's Hanauer chats up tickets, moves- Seattle Times
    all 5 news articles »
  43. Drummond Said to Mull Coal Stake Sale to Private-Equity Firms


    Bloomberg - Brett Foley - Jeffrey McCracken - 3 days ago

    Drummond Co. is considering selling a minority stake in its Colombian coal ... Drummond acquired the mining rights to La Loma in northern Colombia in the ...
  44. Global signs farm-out agreement with US major


    GrowthBusiness.co.uk - 15 minutes ago

    Earlier this year Global decided to focus its energies more firmly on Colombia where it has been operating for years. Following an unsuccessful result at ...
  45. Seafield raises funds for Colombia project, shares up


    Reuters - Amruta Sabnis - Vyas Mohan - 3 days ago

    V) said it will raise C$8 million ($7.92 million) to develop its Colombian gold project where it has seen recent successes, sending its shares up as much as ...
  46. Lower Tariffs Open Doors to DDGS


    Farm Futures - 3 hours ago

    The US Grains Council believes Colombia's reduction in tariffs for the import of US distiller's dried grains with soluble will open the door for more ...


  47. Colombia to be present at Nobel Peace Prize ceremony


    Colombia Reports - Adriaan Alsema - 3 days ago

    Colombia will be present at the Noble Peace Price ceremony in Norway at which jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo will be honored, the country's foreign ...
    Who's staying away from Nobel ceremony- Hindustan Times
    China Uses Its Economic Clout as It Attempts to Enforce Nobel Boycott-DailyFinance
    RFI - Ahram Online
    all 8470 news articles »


  48. 'Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie house-hunting in Colombia'


    Colombia Reports - Adriaan Alsema - 1 day ago

    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are looking to buy a house in Colombia, an Italian property consultant said Saturday. According to Alessandro Proto, ...
  49. Colombian Stock Movers: Grupo Odinsa Rises; Rubiales Falls


    Bloomberg - Camila Russo - 3 days ago

    The Toronto-based oil producer that operates fields in Colombia fell for a second day after Pacific Coal SA said it will acquire Vega Resources Inc. in a ...
  50. Colombia Yields Rise Most in 2 Weeks on Higher-Than-Forecast CPI


    Bloomberg - Andrea Jaramillo - 5 days ago

    Colombia's peso bonds fell, causing yields to increase the most in two weeks, as concern mounted about a ...
    Colombian Peso Falls First Day in Four on US Growth Concern- Bloomberg
    Colombia Central Bank Bought $400 Million in Market Last Month- BusinessWeek
    all 10 news articles »


  51. After Korea Trade Agreement, Let's Move on Colombia, Panama


    Shopfloor - Carter Wood - 2 days ago

    Alas, the President failed to mention two other pending FTAs, both less controversial than Korea: Colombia and Panama. The NAM's trade mavens have long ...
  52. December 12th 2010 – Quite Splendid Day For Nikon Coolpix P6000


    Photography News - Craig Ricciardi - 4 hours ago

    Croatia, Poland, Colombia and India also had somewhat poor trade. Fifty-nine online stores reported growth exceeding eighteen with the most outstanding at ...
    TYO:7731


  53. Murder trial told victim was a former spy


    The Australian - Debbie Guest - 5 days ago

    The man had led a covert life as a British colonel in Colombia carrying out ... He said his father was sent to Colombia to oversee an anti-narcotics policy ...
  54. Stuck in a room in Cancun


    Washington Post (blog) - Juliet Eilperin - 21 hours ago

    Representatives from Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia Egypt, the European Union, India, Japan, Marshall Islands, Russia, South Africa, the United States ...
  55. Cocaine production, purity declining


    CNN (blog) - 2 days ago

    President Obama's drug czar has announced that several indicators - both stateside and in Colombia, which provides 95 percent of America's cocaine - show ...
    New Data Show Cocaine Market Under Significant Stress- Foster Folly News
    2 Colombians convicted in cocaine smuggling plot- Bradenton Herald
    Report notes decrease in Colombian cocaine production- Washington Post
    PressZoom (press release) - Washington Times
    all 7 news articles »


  56. Colombia Humanitaria collects $743000 for rainy season relief


    Colombia Reports - Adriaan Alsema - 1 day ago

    Colombia Humanitaria, in charge of collecting private funds to help victims of this year's disastrous rainy season, has collected more than $743000 this ...
  57. Colombia: Landslide Death Toll Climbs


    New York Times - 4 days ago

    By AP The number of confirmed deaths caused by a landslide on Sunday has reached 47, officials said Wednesday, with some 80 people still missing. ...
  58. Montero returns to Colombia to help flood victims


    Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 2 days ago

    Sounders forward Fredy Montero returned to his hometown of Campo de la Cruz, Colombia, this week to help with flood recovery efforts, and the team will hold ...


  59. Are Latin Americans Ready to Fight via the Ballot Box?


    Mexidata.info - Jerry Brewer - 4 hours ago

    The violence in 2004 was “the main cause of death in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, El Salvador, Mexico, and Honduras.” A prominent human rights group, ...
  60. Colombia's Grup Aval Banking Group Eyes Foreign IPO


    Wall Street Journal - 5 days ago

    BOGOTA (Dow Jones)--Colombia's Grupo Aval, one of the country's largest banking groups, secured the approval of its shareholders to start the process for an ...
    Colombia Stock Movers: Grupo Aval, Empresa de Energia de Bogota- Bloomberg
    all 6 news articles »
  61. Web Sellers Show 3.54% Upturn In Canon PowerShot SD940IS


    Photography News - Selena Margate - 5 hours ago

    Poland, Brazil, Germany and Colombia also had notably weak trade figures. Thirty-seven online stores reported an upswing of larger than fifteen with the ...
    Most Significant Declines And Climbs For Canon PowerShot D10 For ...-Photography News
    all 2 news articles »
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