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6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Colombian Capital
A strong earthquake shook the Colombian capital Bogota on Thursday, setting off sirens and sparking brief panic, including in one woman who died after jumping from a building, authorities said.
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On Camera, Toxic Foam Clouds Float Through Streets Of Colombian Town Of Mosquera
A vast blanket of foul-smelling toxic foam overflowed a polluted river in a town just outside the Colombian capital Bogota. It is believed that detergents dumped in the local rivers generated the white foam.
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Colombia's Capital Issues Environmental Alert As Air Quality Deteriorates
Forest fires that have raged for days in Colombia's Amazon on Saturday put its Andean capital, Bogota, on an environmental alert as bad air quality spanned an area the size of greater Paris, authorities said.
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$7,000 Bounty Was Placed On This 6-Year-Old Dog. Find Out Why
Sombra works for a crack anti-narcotics police squad in Colombia's capital Bogota, has helped recover millions of dollars in illegal drugs, and like many of her colleagues, has faced threats.
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Bullfighting Returns To Colombia's Capital Amid Protests
Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police and harassed spectators attending a bullfight in Bogota on Sunday as the "fiesta brava" returned to Colombia's capital for the first time in four years.
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Small Plane Crashes Into Bogota Bakery, 4 Killed
A small plane crashed Sunday into a bakery in a crowded area of Colombia's capital, killing four people and injuring several others, authorities said.
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2 Blasts Hit Colombian Capital, 10 Hurt
At least 10 people were hurt when two minor blasts rattled the Colombian capital Bogota on Thursday, officials said, putting authorities on alert amid an uptick in violence.
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Woman Carrying Cocaine in Breast Implants Arrested at Airport
A Honduran woman carrying 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs) of liquid cocaine in her breast implants was arrested at the airport in Colombia's capital Bogota on Friday, police said.
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Karachi Wants an Image Make-Over, Gets Advice From This Expert
As mayor of Bogota, Enrique Penalosa transformed Colombia's crime-ridden, traffic-clogged capital and now he is helping Pakistan's sprawling metropolis Karachi as it seeks to shed its violent, chaotic image.
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Strong Earthquake Shakes Colombia
A deep 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook northeast Colombia on Tuesday and was felt as far away as the capital Bogota, in the center of the country, where some buildings were evacuated.
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Novice Matadors' Hunger Strike over Bullfight Ban in Colombia
Two years after Bogota's leftist mayor suspended bullfights at the capital's history-steeped bullring, a clutch of apprentice matadors is pressing for their reinstatement with a hunger strike.
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Colombia's Capital Weighs Easing Drinking Curfew
Partiers in Colombia's capital may soon be able to extend their late-night revelry thanks to the easing of a drinking curfew widely credited with reducing violence.
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6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Colombian Capital
A strong earthquake shook the Colombian capital Bogota on Thursday, setting off sirens and sparking brief panic, including in one woman who died after jumping from a building, authorities said.
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On Camera, Toxic Foam Clouds Float Through Streets Of Colombian Town Of Mosquera
A vast blanket of foul-smelling toxic foam overflowed a polluted river in a town just outside the Colombian capital Bogota. It is believed that detergents dumped in the local rivers generated the white foam.
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Colombia's Capital Issues Environmental Alert As Air Quality Deteriorates
Forest fires that have raged for days in Colombia's Amazon on Saturday put its Andean capital, Bogota, on an environmental alert as bad air quality spanned an area the size of greater Paris, authorities said.
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$7,000 Bounty Was Placed On This 6-Year-Old Dog. Find Out Why
Sombra works for a crack anti-narcotics police squad in Colombia's capital Bogota, has helped recover millions of dollars in illegal drugs, and like many of her colleagues, has faced threats.
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Bullfighting Returns To Colombia's Capital Amid Protests
Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police and harassed spectators attending a bullfight in Bogota on Sunday as the "fiesta brava" returned to Colombia's capital for the first time in four years.
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Small Plane Crashes Into Bogota Bakery, 4 Killed
A small plane crashed Sunday into a bakery in a crowded area of Colombia's capital, killing four people and injuring several others, authorities said.
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2 Blasts Hit Colombian Capital, 10 Hurt
At least 10 people were hurt when two minor blasts rattled the Colombian capital Bogota on Thursday, officials said, putting authorities on alert amid an uptick in violence.
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Woman Carrying Cocaine in Breast Implants Arrested at Airport
A Honduran woman carrying 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs) of liquid cocaine in her breast implants was arrested at the airport in Colombia's capital Bogota on Friday, police said.
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Karachi Wants an Image Make-Over, Gets Advice From This Expert
As mayor of Bogota, Enrique Penalosa transformed Colombia's crime-ridden, traffic-clogged capital and now he is helping Pakistan's sprawling metropolis Karachi as it seeks to shed its violent, chaotic image.
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Strong Earthquake Shakes Colombia
A deep 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook northeast Colombia on Tuesday and was felt as far away as the capital Bogota, in the center of the country, where some buildings were evacuated.
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Novice Matadors' Hunger Strike over Bullfight Ban in Colombia
Two years after Bogota's leftist mayor suspended bullfights at the capital's history-steeped bullring, a clutch of apprentice matadors is pressing for their reinstatement with a hunger strike.
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Colombia's Capital Weighs Easing Drinking Curfew
Partiers in Colombia's capital may soon be able to extend their late-night revelry thanks to the easing of a drinking curfew widely credited with reducing violence.
