Colombia News

Secretary PHF Brig. Musarrat Ullah Khan in an interview. LAHORE, September 11 : Former coach, Olympian Tahir Zaman has said that there is plenty of talent present in the country but we need to groom them.2.9

When her daughter Tiana graduated from Stonington High School three years ago, Robin Rice gave her a gift that only a loving mother could: The chance to find her mother.

The demolition-derby primary race for Manhattan borough president heads for its crashing finale Tuesday, with nine candidates bumping and shoving to finish first.

The officers also detained Jean Ristil, a Haitian who was working for The Associated Press, as he tried to take photographs of police leading away a handcuffed Pina.

Saul Martinez is on his cell phone to a friend, doing his best to speak a dying language.

Capuchin Friar Rick Samyn and volunteers work an Earth Works garden. The effort revitalizes vacant lots, and in 2004 yielded 9,300 tons of vegetables on an acre spread over three locations.1.3

I ask what a lawyer once asked Jesus, though we live in Virginia, not Palestine.

COULD this year bring the Latin wave that lasts? The demographics make it seem inevitable: the 2002 census found that one in eight Americans is Hispanic, and a large younger generation is bilingual and ...1.3

Each weekend, Luis Soriano and two heavily burdened donkeys traverse the hills and savannas of northern Colombia, where villages like El Dificil and El Tormento were aptly named for their rutted, tortuous ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Protestant extremists threw homemade grenades Saturday and seven police and two civilians were wounded in the latest fury over a restricted Belfast parade.1.3

TWO Colombian men and two Venezuelan women were arrested at two houses said to be owned by a notorious Central Trinidad gangster on Thursday evening.2.7

U.S. assistance to and engagement in the Americas is significant, but what the region needs most is political leadership at the national level, according to Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere ...

The secretary of the Bishops' Conference of Colombia, Bishop Fabian Marulanda of Florencia, has expressed regret at the decision by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to reject the bishops' proposal for ...

One of the bloodiest leaders of Colombia's right-wing paramilitaries may be sent to the United States on drug charges, according to a court ruling yesterday that could complicate the country's peace process.2.7

More than 100 supporters of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez marched through Caracas on Saturday to demand justice against American religious broadcaster Pat Robertson for recently suggesting their president ...2.1

Launch Radio Networks reports: SLIPKNOT begins its first-ever South American tour on September 18 in Bogota, Colombia, and drummer Joey Jordison told Launch that the band can't wait to finally visit the ...1.3

Norwegian black metallers CARPATHIAN FOREST have posted the following message on their official web site: "CARPATHIAN FOREST have decided to take a break from all live shows for the rest of 2005 and focus on ...

A shortage of granulated sugar, which has caused companies to send home hundreds of workers, will continue until next Tuesday, the Sugar Manufacturing Company Ltd said yesterday.2.7

International News Archives More Man held in sex offender killings tries to plead guilty North Korea indicates a 'high-level' U.S. visitor might win USS Pueblo's return A look at what Katrina aid other ...2.7

By Jim Kouri, CPP A Colombian man, living in Tampa, FL, is on his way to serving 25 years in prison for attempting to illegally export arms to a Colombian terrorist organization.

Telefonica continues to look for investment opportunities overseas, and confirmed Monday that it had increased its stake in China Netcom to 5 percent from 2.99 percent.2.7

For more information about Professor Peter Doherty, visit his website : http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1996/doherty-autobio.html Professor Peter Doherty's new book 'The Beginners Guide to Winning the ...2.7

Ramon Acevedo, graduate of the Narco News School of Authentic Journalism, reports this morning on the struggle of a group of several hundred families displaced by Colombia's long-running, partly U.S.-sponsored ...2.7

Risk Management Solutions is projecting the economic loss from Hurricane Katrina and flooding in New Orleans at over 100 billion dollars.

Deison Rincn is a romantic. The 17-year-old sings ballads in the shower, in the car, and at the computer while he surfs the Internet.

Zoom Media Group's Poder, above, and Loft struggled to stay afloat ... ''It was quite surprising,'' said Carlos Pelay, president of Media Economics Group of Fort Lauderdale, which tracks the Hispanic magazine market.

NGOs Urge EU Not to Support Paramilitary Disarmament Constanza Vieira* BOGOTA, - The European Union should reject the process for the demobilisation of Colombia's extreme-right paramilitary groups, said 155 ...2.7

"Joanna!" my mom called on one rainy morning in 1994. "Time to get up!" "Thank you for such a wonderful life, God," I prayed hurriedly as I put the rest of my thoughts on hold.

At least eight people died Thursday morning when a light-airplane crashed in the outskirts of Bogota.

Santa Claus vs. Mr. Danger - Washington's fixation with Hugo Chavez is helping spread his ... 1, 2005, at 10:22 AM PT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sure knows how to work the media spotlight.

Colombia President Alvaro Uribe outlined ambitious goals for his nation upon assuming office in 2002 and has made remarkable progress toward to these ends, according to the director of the White House Office of ...2.4

JEDDAH: Hussain Nawaz Sharif son of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had married Abla Tagreed a Palestinian origin Lebanese girl without the consent of his family two years ago.2.9

Irish police are expected to travel to Colombia as part of their investigation into three Irishmen convicted of training rebels there, it emerged tonight.4.1

Classes in English as a second language are back in the curriculum at Northern State University, thanks to an influx of foreign students.

MALTA: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri Wednesday said that Pakistan had been in the front of international efforts for a stable Afghanistan and had contributed more than any other country for a stable ...2.9

The leaders of the U.S. and Colombian Presbyterian churches will be in Shawano next month.