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US court indicts Dutch Farc rebel

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

A court in the United States indicts Tanja Nijmeijer, a Dutchwoman fighting for the Colombian Farc rebel group, on charges of hostage-taking.

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Colombia landslide ‘buries many’

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Dozens of people are feared to have been buried by a landslide in Medellin, in the Colombian province of Antioquia, say officials.

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Colombia landslide ‘buries many’

Homes buried in Colombia landslide

Monday, December 6th, 2010

A rescue operation is under way in the Colombian city of Medellin where a number of homes have been buried under tonnes of mud.

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Homes buried in Colombia landslide

Monday, December 6th, 2010

A rescue operation is under way in the Colombian city of Medellin where a number of homes have been buried under tonnes of mud.

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Top Colombia rebel leader may be dead

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

A top leader of a leftist guerrilla group in Colombia may have been killed during a bombing of a rebel camp, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday.

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Colombian man shot dead in church

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

A Colombian man is shot dead in church while attending a memorial mass, in what police believe could have been a revenge attack.

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Caracas deports Colombia ‘rebels’

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Venezuela extradites three suspected Colombian rebels in a further sign of warming relations between the two neighbours.

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Caracas deports Colombia ‘rebels’

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Venezuela extradites three suspected Colombian rebels in a further sign of warming relations between the two neighbours.

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Caracas deports Colombia ‘rebels’

Caracas deports Colombia ‘rebels’

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Venezuela extradites three suspected Colombian rebels in a further sign of warming relations between the two neighbours.

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Caracas deports Colombia ‘rebels’

Caracas deports Colombia ‘rebels’

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Venezuela extradites three suspected Colombian rebels in a further sign of warming relations between the two neighbours.

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Caracas deports Colombia ‘rebels’

Colombia tracks ‘nuclear threats’

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

The Colombian government has set up a special unit to detect and prevent Marxist rebels from procuring and trafficking nuclear material.

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Memo From Mollet De Vallès: A Casualty Both of War and the Spanish Economy

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

The story of John Felipe Romero Meneses, a Colombian in the Spanish Army who was killed in Afghanistan, raises complex questions about patriotism and citizenship.

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Memo From Mollet De Vallès: A Casualty Both of War and the Spanish Economy

Farc leader ‘killed’ in Colombia

Monday, September 20th, 2010

The Colombian armed forces say they killed a senior Farc rebel leader in an attack on a jungle camp in which 26 other guerrillas also died.

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Colombian confirmed as world’s shortest man

Monday, September 6th, 2010

A 70cm (27-inch) tall Colombian is named the world’s shortest living man by Guinness World Records.

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Colombia bomb kills five police

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Five Colombian police officers are killed and three injured when their vehicle is hit by a bomb attack blamed on the rebel group Farc.

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