News: Colombia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Colombia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• November 11th 2005

Colombia: news

Colombia peace talks set to begin

Friday, October 27th 2006, 3:43

Colombia's second-largest rebel group agrees to start peace talks with the government.
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Colombian leader ends Farc talks

Friday, October 20th 2006, 22:30

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe breaks off talks on a prisoner exchange with left-wing guerrilla group Farc.
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'Car bomb' blast in Colombia

Thursday, October 19th 2006, 15:15
related places: Bogota

An apparent car bomb near a military school in Bogota, the Colombian capital, injures five people, police say.
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Trial of Farc leader begins in US

Tuesday, October 17th 2006, 3:47
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

The first trial in the US of a member of Colombia's largest left-wing rebel group, Farc, begins in Washington.
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Colombian drug lords jailed in US

Wednesday, September 27th 2006, 7:26
related countries: United States
related places: Cali

Two brothers who led Colombia's infamous Cali drug cartel are each sentenced to 30 years in US jails.
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New conviction for Peru spy chief

Friday, September 22nd 2006, 9:15
related countries: Peru

Peru's ex-intelligence chief Montesinos gets a 20-year jail sentence for selling arms to Colombian guerrillas.
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Colombia military in scandal

Monday, September 11th 2006, 9:42

Colombian army officers are accused of planting bombs and claiming reward money for discovering them.
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First legal abortion in Colombia

Friday, August 25th 2006, 8:24

Colombia sees its first legal abortion after the deeply-Catholic nation legalised the procedure in May this year.
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Colombia paramilitaries arrested

Thursday, August 17th 2006, 0:27

Colombian police arrest 10 senior leaders of a right-wing paramilitary group for breaching the terms of a peace accord.
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Colombia troops stole Farc money

Thursday, August 10th 2006, 9:54

A Colombian military court finds more than 140 soldiers guilty of stealing money from Farc rebels.
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Colombia president sworn in

Monday, August 7th 2006, 23:27
related places: Uribe

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe is inaugurated for a second term in office amid tight security.
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Car bomb kills five in Colombia

Friday, August 4th 2006, 14:41
related places: Cali

A car bomb explodes outside a police station in the Colombian city of Cali, killing at least five people.
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Sixteen die in Colombia attacks

Tuesday, August 1st 2006, 2:45

Attacks in Colombia kill 15 soldiers and one civilian, a week before President Uribe's second inauguration.
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Colombia rebels 'abduct medics'

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 21:10

The Colombian government accuses Farc guerrillas of abducting at least 12 medical workers.
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Colombian farmers win BP payout

Monday, July 24th 2006, 10:11

Oil giant BP agrees an out-of-court settlement with a group of Colombian farmers over a pipeline it built.
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Politician's son freed in Colombia

Sunday, July 23rd 2006, 21:50

Troops free the kidnapped son of a Colombian politician who is still missing six years after being abducted.
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Uribe in Colombia diplomats' row

Wednesday, July 12th 2006, 13:23
related countries: France, United States
related places: Paris

Colombia's envoy to the US quits in protest over the naming of a disgraced ex-president to the Paris post.
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Colombia battles huge forest fire

Tuesday, July 11th 2006, 17:16

Colombia seeks international help as it tries to control a forest fire that has consumed large parts of a national park.
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Gas pipeline begins in Venezuela

Sunday, July 9th 2006, 1:00
related countries: Venezuela

Venezuela and Colombia start work on a $200m pipeline which will carry Venezuelan fuel to Central America.
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Attack kills six Colombia police

Tuesday, July 4th 2006, 16:52

Six police officers are killed and three hurt in a guerrilla attack on a mountain base in southwest Colombia, officials say.
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Judge hears Colombia killing case

Tuesday, June 27th 2006, 15:57

The case is heard against a Colombian ex-minister accused of the 1989 murder of politician Luis Carlos Galan.
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Farc 'wants Colombia talks'

Saturday, June 24th 2006, 4:40
related countries: Venezuela

Colombia's Farc rebels are prepared to swap hostages and talk peace, a spokesman tells Venezuelan TV.
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