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The senior Israeli official also called on Colombia to increase its own oil output to prevent a shock to energy markets amid fears that increased sanctions against Iran may lead to a regional crisis that could send oil prices soaring. Colombia chairs...
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NOW THAT Republicans have won control of the Bergen Board of Freeholders, former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan is furious that they have honored campaign promises and actually passed a pay-to-play reform bill ("Why pay-to-play laws don’t make sense,"...
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Venezuelans consumers are served in the restaurant "Little Venice" at north of Bogota February 9, 2012. In this restaurant, Venezuelan immigrants gather to share dishes from their homeland and chat about baseball, business and music. One topic of... View Photo »
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Follow the road to sustainable development with Andrew Liveris of Dow Chemical in his latest partnership with The Nature Conservancy ● Drupal development by the Macaroni Bros Bogota D.C. 10 de febrero de 2012. El buen clima parece acabar y de nuevo las...
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Colombia: La OPS visita el Putumayo para impulsar las acciones de salud en el marco del proyecto CERF
Humanitarian NewsFollow the road to sustainable development with Andrew Liveris of Dow Chemical in his latest partnership with The Nature Conservancy ● Drupal development by the Macaroni Bros Bogota, D.C. 10 de febrero de 2012. La Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud...
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What's the best gift? Is it a box of roses, or is a candlelight dinner the way to go? Take our quick poll, split up between men and women, and let us know the best way to spend that special day. Reader Reaction We reserve the right to remove any...
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Maria Matamoro speaks with a friend inside her "Little Venice" restaurant at north of Bogota February 9, 2012. In this restaurant, Venezuelan immigrants gather to share dishes from their homeland and chat about baseball, business and music. One topic of... View Photo »
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Joel Garcia-Aparicio, 20, was charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said in a release. Garcia-Aparicio allegedly engaged in the inappropriate sexual conduct...
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1.33 is the second lowest among 35 Chilean, Peruvian and Colombian banks covered by Bloomberg, helping fuel speculation a foreign company will buy it. Only Bank of Nova Scotia’s Chilean unit has a lower valuation, the data show. Helm gained 5.5 percent...
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Bogotá—officially named Bogotá, D.C. (D.C. for "Distrito Capital", which means "Capital District"), also called Santa Fe de Bogotá—is the capital of Colombia, as well as the largest and by far the most populous city in the country with 7,321,831 inhabitants (2005 census). Bogotá and Soacha, the capital's largest suburb, have an estimated... Full Article
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A Colombian police officer escorts Miguel Antonio Partidas Morell, a.k.a. 'Catire', alleged head of a band of hired assasins of a drug trafficking organization, at Interpol headquarters in Bogota, on February 10, 2012. Partidas Morell is wanted in Venezuela for the murder of national...
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Former commander of one of Colombia's largest paramilitary groups Hector German Buitrago (2nd L), alias "Martin Llanos", and his brother Nelson Orlando Buitrago (2nd R), alias "horse", are escorted by police officers after arriving at the military airport in Bogota, following their...
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Colombian police custody Colombian drug trafficker Nelson Buitriago upon his arrival at the antinarcotics police air base after his deportation from Venezuela, in Bogota on February 9, 2012.
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Colombian police custody Colombian drug traffickers Nelson Buitriago (R) and Hector Buitrago, aka Martin Llanos (L), upon their arrival at the antinarcotics police air base after their deportation from Venezuela, in Bogota on February 9, 2012.
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An activist shows a poster during a protest against bullfighting in Bogota February 9, 2012. The poster reads: "Join the biggest action against the bullfight."
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Activists in body paint lie in formation in the shape of a bull during a protest against bullfighting at central square in Bogota February 9, 2012.
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Activists stand by before a protest against bullfighting on February 9, 2012, at Bolivar Square in Bogota.
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Prominent Colombian paramilitary warlord Hector Buitrago, who is widely known as "Martin Llanos," second left, and his brother Nelson Buitrago, second right, are escorted by police officers upon their arrival in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday Feb. 9, 2012. The brothers were handed over to...
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The prominent Colombian paramilitary warlord Hector Buitrago, who is widely known as "Martin Llanos," is escorted by police officers upon his arrival in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday Feb. 9, 2012. Buitrago was handed over to Colombian authorities at Caracas' international airport along...
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People rides their bicycle into a tunnel in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Many residents of Colombia's capital walked, biked, or took buses and taxis to their destinations honoring the car-free day. It was the twelfth straight year for the Day Without Cars campaign in which...
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Animal rights' activists lie on the ground forming a bull's figure during a protest against bullfighting in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
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Animal rights' activists hold a sign calling for demonstrations against bullfighting in two of the main Colombian cities, during the protest against bullfighting held in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
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Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes signs a book in Bogota on February 1, 2012.
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Bogota's Mayor Gustavo Petro, center, talks to the media alongside Army General Gabriel Pinilla, left, and Police Colonel Hermilson Orozco in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012. Petro, a former rebel, announced the implementation of a three-month trial ban on carrying weapons in...
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Bogota's Mayor Gustavo Petro speaks in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012. Petro, a former rebel, announced the implementation of a three-month trial ban on carrying weapons in public. The ban will run from Feb. 1 to May 1 and be evaluated for effectiveness in reducing homicides...
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Colombia's chief of police, Gen. Oscar Naranjo, is seen on a video camera during a news conference in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012. Naranjo said that the warlord known as "Martin Llanos" was captured Saturday Feb. 4, along with his brother in the eastern Venezuelan town of El...
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Samuel Moreno, who was mayor of Bogota from 2008-2011, right, attends his corruption trial in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday Jan. 24, 2012. Moreno is accused of allegedly seeking payoffs in exchange for awarding construction contracts. Moreno was arrested in Sept. 2011 and has been detained...
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President of the Colombian Stock Exchange Juan Pablo Cordoba smiles during a Reuters interview in Bogota February 1, 2012. Colombia seeks to double the volume of foreign investment in its stock market within four years and attract new interest to the corporate bond market in a bid to...
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A man rides his bicycle (L) as citizens cross a street during the Day Without Cars in Bogota on February 2, 2012. A municipal decree prohibits the use of private cars today, in an attempt to reduce pollution levels and to promote the use of public and alternative transport.
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People ride their bicycles during the Day Without Cars in Bogota on February 2, 2012. A municipal decree prohibites the use of private cars today, in an attempt to reduce pollution levels and to promote the use of public and alternative transport.
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Residents of Colombia's capital bike to their destinations honoring the car-free day, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. It was the twelfth straight year for the Day Without Cars campaign in which cars are banned for a day in this city of 7 million to promote alternative...
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A police officer frisks a driver for firearms at a checkpoint in Ciudad Bolivar, a shantytown with one of the highest rates of urban violence in Bogota, Colombia, on February 01, 2012. Bogota, in the past one of the capitals most violent in Latin America, launched restrictions on the...
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Maria Matamoro speaks with a friend inside her "Little Venice" restaurant at north of Bogota February 9, 2012. In this restaurant, Venezuelan immigrants gather to share dishes from their homeland and chat about baseball, business and music. One topic of conversation is notably absent:...
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