Posted by Miriam Wells | Feb 8, 2012 | News
A lawyer representing the relatives of 15 people who died in a pipeline explosion has formally accused Colombia’s state-owned oil company Ecopetrol of criminal damage. According to Aberlardo de la Espriella, both the...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Feb 7, 2012 | News
At least 850 anti-personnel mines have been uncovered by police in southern Colombia, local media reported Tuesday. The devices were found in a cave during an operation aimed at damaging FARC mobile column Teofilo Forero, led by...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Feb 7, 2012 | Lite
Shakira takes world domination one step further, attracting the attention of an Oscar-nominated Bollywood director. With her hip-shaking and belly-dancing skills firmly in place, the Colombian superstar reckons she’s...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Feb 7, 2012 | Lite
A Colombian farmer is hoping to make it into the record books after one of his chickens laid a giant egg. The egg, which at 8.6oz is about four times the average size, was laid by a hearty hen named Franciscana. We hope...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Feb 6, 2012 | News
Hackers have stolen almost $1 million from accounts belonging to a mayoral office in northern Colombia. Jairo Fernandez Quessep, mayor of Sincelejo in the Caribbean department of Sucre, said 13 fraudulent transfers had been made...
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