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  • 10 injured in police-farmer clash in Colombia

    At least 10 people were injured Wednesday in a clash between farmers and police officers in northeast Colombia, a local police official said.Five police officers were among the injured in the Ocana-Costa Atlantica Highway clash that began at 6 am local time (1100 GMT), said Col. Eliecer Camacho, commander of the police department of the northeast Norte de Santander state.Riot police were sent to ...

  • Venezuela plane missing since 2008 found

    Venezuelan authorities announced Wednesday the undersea wreckage of a small plane that disappeared in 2008 with 14 people on board has been found.Foreign Ministry press chief Jorge Galindo said the wreckage of the missing plane was found six miles (nine kilometers) off Los Roques archipelago at a depth of around 3,000 feet (900 meters).According to the Twitter posted by Attorney General Luisa ...

  • Peru Colombia agree to promote bilateral projects

    Authorities of both Peru and Colombia have agreed to promote bilateral development and cooperation projects till 2015, announced Luis Olivera, director of the Peruvian International Cooperation Agency (PICA), Wednesday.The agreement was reached at the seventh Meeting of the Peru- Colombia Joint Committee on Technical and Scientific Cooperation here Wednesday, Olivera said in a statement posted ...

  • Armed masked invaders torch buses building at Venezuela university amid funding protests

    CARACAS, Venezuela - A group of masked assailants has attacked a leading university in the Venezuelan capital, torching two buses and seriously damaging its rectory building. Amalio Belmonte is secretary-general of the Central University of Venezuela. He says about 20 people invaded the campus and shot firearms into the air Wednesday afternoon. Belmonte says they set one bus on fire near the ...

  • Venezuela Wreckage of plane that disappeared in 2008 located off Caribbean archipelago

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan authorities say the undersea wreckage of a small plane that disappeared five years ago with 14 people aboard has been found. Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz is announcing via Twitter the discovery of the aircraft with the ID code YV2081. The plane went missing Jan. 4, 2008. Aboard were five Venezuelans including the pilot and copilot, eight Italians and one ...

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X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

I have a theory--probably not a very good one, but a theory nonetheless--as to why many critics and viewers have so much trouble taking director Brett Ratner seriously. Its his name. Think about the great director-icons of the cinema, and they invariably have impressive-sounding nam ... ...

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  • Venezuela Plane that disappeared in 08 found

    Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) officers inspect the plane crash site on May 23, 2010 in Mangalore. An Air India Express Boeing 737-800 series aircraft arriving from Dubai, with 166 people onboard, overshot the runway on landing in Mangalore and crashed into a forest. Airline officials say 8 survivors have been rescued with 158 others dead. (Prashanth Vishwanathan, Getty ...

  • Andres Oppenheimer Carter will irk both sides in Venezuela

    When I interviewed former President Jimmy Carter on a wide range of issues a few days ago, I was especially interested in his views about Venezuela’s 2-month-old political crisis.In the past, Carter, whose Carter Center is known among other things for its international election monitoring missions, has drawn the fury of Venezuelan oppositionists by giving his blessing to several elections ...

  • Mango Festival in Trinidad and Tobago pays homage to the kings of tropical fruit

    The dual-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago is known for its superb cuisine and spectacular street food, but on July 4 and 7, the nation of foodies will pay homage to the king of tropical fruit. Sweet, juicy and versatile, delicious mangoes of every size and type will be the focus of Trinidad and Tobago's fourth annual Mango Festival which will be held on July 7. Featuring a ...

  • OAS and the Ministry of Education of Colombia Hold the International Meeting “Virtual Educa 2013”

    June 19, 2013 The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Ministry of Education of Colombia have organized this week until Friday, June 21 in Medellin, Colombia, the International Meeting ';Virtual Educa 2013,'; that brings together more than 6,000 students, teachers, authorities, and international experts in the areas of innovation and education, from twenty countries of the ...

  • US oil prices dip yet inventories build

    Analysts said the small price decline showed the oil market's continued bullishness.US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in August dipped 20 cents to $US98.24 ($A104.10) a barrel.In London European benchmark Brent crude for August added 10 cents at $106.12.The US Department of Energy on Wednesday said that US crude reserves last week climbed by 300,000 barrels to 394.1 million ...

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