Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 31, 2011 | zSports
Luis Muriel scored twice to lead Colombia to a convincing 4-1 victory over France on Saturday in a Group A match in the Under-20 World Cup. France went ahead on Gilles Sunu’s goal in the 21st minute, but after that it was...
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Colombian authorities on Saturday arrested a former senator for the second time for his alleged ties to paramilitary groups. Relatives of former senator Jairo Merlano Fernandez told newspaper El Tiempo that the arrest was...
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Five workers of U.S. oil company Occidental Petroleum Corporation have been kidnapped in the east of Colombia, the company said Saturday. According to the company, the kidnapping took place Friday evening in the eastern...
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Former President Alvaro Uribe’s then chief of staff was sent to jail Saturday after victims of illegal wiretapping by state intelligence agency DAS successfully appealed the Supreme Court’s decision to allow him to...
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Three soldiers have been killed by members of guerrilla group ELN, the Colombian army announced Friday. According to the army, a roadside bomb was detonated at the time the soldiers’ armored vehicle, on patrol in the...
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