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Market Report, "Colombia Defence & Security Report Q1 2010", published - PR Inside
Colombia's political risk ratings have improved in recent times. The changing fortunes of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) have been largely behind the improvement in Columbia's security position. The insurgent group, which has ...

Colombia's 'neo-paramilitaries' on the rise - The Christian Science Monitor
'Successor groups' of right-wing paramilitaries are growing fast, causing a steep rise in violence in many areas, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch. Director of Human Rights Watch's Americas division José Miguel Vivanco holds up the ...

Child Bullfighter Gored Twice In Colombia (VIDEO) - Huffingtonpost.com
A 12-year-old bullfighter from Mexico got a taste of just how dangerous the sport can be while competing in Colombia. He was knocked to the ground and then gored before his father and other bullfighters could spook the bull away. The boy entered the ...

"Discount, Variety Store, and General Merchandise Retailers in ... - PR Inside
2010-02-06 16:07:25 - New Retailing market report from Datamonitor: "Discount, Variety Store, and General Merchandise Retailers in Colombia" Datamonitor's retail databooks are based on key market value data for eight major product sectors, 16 core ...

Medoro Resources Completes Acquisition of Colombia Gold plc - CNW Group
Highlights: - With this acquisition, the second part of Medoro's three-stage strategy to consolidate and develop the historically prolific gold district of Marmato is complete. - The combined NI 43-101 compliant measured and indicated resource ...

Colombia’s Peso Bond Yields Rise to 4-Month High on CPI Concern - Bloomberg
Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Colombia’s peso bonds fell, pushing yields to a four-month high, on concern dry weather will drive up food prices and fuel inflation. The yield on Colombia’s 11 percent benchmark bonds due in July 2020 jumped 21 basis points ...

Gangs tied to paramilitaries cited in Colombia violence - CNN
(CNN) -- Criminal gangs that emerged from Colombia's former paramilitary organizations are carrying out massacres, rapes and extortion, a human rights group said Wednesday. Nowhere is that violence more pronounced than in Medellin, which recorded ...

U.S. editorial excerpts -2-+ - Big Hollywood
In support of this goal, he spoke encouragingly about "strengthening" trade relations with South Korea, Panama and Colombia -- each of which has a free-trade agreement with the United States pending congressional approval. Could it be that the ...

South American roundup-Two red cards in Colombia derby - ESPN.com
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 8 - Two players were sent off in the first half of the Medellin derby in Colombia won by title holders Independiente Medellin, while Barcelona continued with their good start to the Ecuadorean championship at the weekend. Two ...

U.S.-Colombia Defense Accord to Offset Drop in Aid, Uribe Says - BusinessWeek
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S.-Colombia defense agreement signed last year will compensate for a proposed decline in U.S. assistance to its staunchest ally in Latin America, President Alvaro Uribe said. The Obama administration’s $56.8 billion ...

Yanukovych apparent victor in Ukrainian vote
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych emerges as the apparent winner in Ukraine's presidential contest, with a lead of almost three percentage points with about 99 percent of ballots counted.

Alligator kills 11-year-old girl in Brazil
Authorities say an alligator killed an 11-year-old girl as she swam with friends in a river in northeastern Brazil.

Tel Aviv man accused of enslaving women

Goel Ratzon, in court on Sunday, said in a documentary aired last year that women were drawn to him because he was "perfect" and had "all the qualities that a woman wants."An Israeli man has been jailed, suspected by police of enslaving a cult-like harem of at least 17 women and 37 children.




Britain’s ITV fined over killing rat on TV show
British broadcaster ITV pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and was fined by an Australian court Monday after a rat was killed and eaten on the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here."

World Blog: Did 'pandering' cost U.S. lives at Afghan base?
Why did eight American soldiers die defending an remote outpost the U.S. military no longer wanted to hold? NBC News' Richard Engel reports from Kabul.

Observation deck of world’s tallest tower closed

The Burj Khalifa, the world’s 828 meter tallest building is illuminated during the official opening ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Burj Khalifa's owner said Monday, Feb. 8, the observation deck of the world's tallest tower has been unexpectedly shut down.Tourists headed for the observation deck of the world's tallest tower were left disappointed and confused Monday after the owner of Dubai's Burj Khalifa unexpectedly cut off public access to the building because of electrical problems.




Political ally: Sri Lankan presidential candidate arrested on sedition charges
A political ally says Sri Lanka's former army chief and presidential candidate has been arrested on sedition charges.

17 soldiers dead, 53 rescued in Kashmir avalanche

A vehicle carrying Indian Army rescue team is seen on the way to Gulmarg, via Tangmarg, about 25 miles (41 kilometers) northwest of Srinagar, India, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.  A massive avalanche is reported to have plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)A massive avalanche plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others.




Pakistan: 6 held in plot to attack Americans

Pakistani police showcase six suspected militants in Lahore on Monday. The men are accused of planning an attack on a luxury hotel to kill Americans.Authorities arrest six suspected Taliban militants with a suicide vest and hand grenades allegedly on their way to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans, police say.




Taliban: We won’t fight GIs ‘face-to-face’

U.S. Marines check their gear at a base in Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Monday. Taliban fighters plan to disguise themselves as civilians during a looming NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan, a militant commander told NBC News.




Wild West motif lightens mood at Afghan base

A U.S. Stryker armored vehicle leaves the Tombstone base in the Helmand province, Southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 7. The sign at the entrance shows Wyatt Earp, the legendary lawman of the American Wild West. The lore of the Wild West and the hard reality of southern Afghanistan share a few things in common: danger, men with guns and desert wilderness




Body found in landing gear of N.Y.-Tokyo flight

In this photo taken Feb. 7, a landing gear of a Delta Airlines plane is seen at the Narita international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Japan.A body was found inside a wheel well of a Delta Air Lines plane after it landed in Tokyo from New York, and Japanese authorities Monday were trying to identify the man.




Heavy snow paralyzes parts of Bulgaria, Romania
Heavy snowfall has seriously disrupted transport in Bulgaria and neighboring Romania, blocking highways and leaving cars stranded in snow.

Mexico troops find 12 tons of pot in truck
Mexican soldiers seize more than 12 tons of marijuana found beneath a false floor of a tractor trailer.

Recovery effort revives China’s quake zone

A car drives in a town destroyed from the 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, China. Just 22 months from the 7.9-magnitude quake struck, scarred mountain sides are often the only physical indication of the devastation that left nearly 90,000 dead or missing and another 5 million homeless. China is showing off the results of its massive drive to rebuild its own quake zone  22 months after a 7.9-magnitude temblor struck and devastated the region and left at least 90,000 dead.




Gulp! Sword artist’s record is hard to swallow

Feb. 8: An Australian street performer sets a new record by swallowing 18 swords at once. Msnbc's Tamron Hall reports. (Other)Chayne Hultgren, an Australian performance artist, set a new Guinness World Record Monday by simultaneously swallowing 18 swords, each nearly as long as two and a half rulers.




Spring rains threaten Haitian survivors

Survivors of Haiti's earthquake in a makeshift tent at the Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince on Feb. 2. Officials are now worried about the coming of deadly spring rains.In Haiti's devastated capital city, early spring rains threaten to cause landslides and bring about health problems in the makeshift camps where more than 500,000 people are living.



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