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Strong quake strikes southwest Colombia

A strong magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck in the Andes mountains of south-west Colombia Sunday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage, Colombian and US earthquake monitoring

US military brought prostitutes to Colombian hotel

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A military investigation says up to a dozen US service members brought women, likely prostitutes, to their hotel rooms in Colombia, shortly before President Barack Obama arrived in the country for an

Colombia rebels show wreckage after alleged plane shootdown

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Leftist Colombian rebels claimed on Thursday they had shot down a missing military plane by showing its alleged wreckage, but President Juan Manuel Santos said that was "unlikely."

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6-yr-old Colombian girl survives 18-storey fall

A six year-old girl has survived a fall from the 18th floor of a building in the northwestern Colombian city of Medellin.

Medical staff said that the child is in 'grave' but 'stable' condition.

The

French journalist missing in Colombia: Embassy

A French journalist went missing in Colombia on Saturday following a leftist rebel attack on an army column in the south of the country, a French embassy official told AFP.

The journalist, whose iden

French journalist taken hostage in Colombia: Minister

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A French journalist reported missing in Colombia after a gun battle between government forces and leftist rebels has apparently been kidnapped, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Sunday.

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Cabbie unlikely celebrity in Colombia sex scandal

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The Secret Service sex scandal has spawned X-rated jokes, inspired a spicy song set to a local Caribbean beat, and made an unlikely celebrity of a 42-year-old taxi driver who lives with his mother and

Obama wants 'rigorous' Secret Service investigation

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US President Barack Obama said he expected a 'rigorous' investigation into a sex scandal involving Secret Service agents, warning he would be 'angry' if the claims were proven true.

Barack Obama Secret Service agents sent home for 'misconduct'

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The US Secret Service was engulfed in a sex scandal on Saturday after a dozen agents assigned to President Barack Obama's trip to Colombia were sent home amid reports of them using prostitutes.

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Americas summit to open marred by bombings

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Fears of violence marred Saturday's opening of a summit gathering US President Barack Obama and Latin American leaders when four bombs went off here and in the Colombian capital.

Two of the crude dev

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