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Safe advice to guide you through Colombia

26.09.11
Colombia distils the best of South America - and with the help of a good guidebook and advice from other travellers, you're very likely to stay safe... more

BAT buys Colombian tobacco firm for £277m

26.05.11
British American Tobacco agrees to buy Colombia's Protabaco, making BAT the country's second-biggest cigarette maker... more

Minister: Ban cars on Sundays so children can play in streets

04.05.11
EXCLUSIVE: Health minister suggests banning cars from streets on Sundays to revive outside play for children and tackle obesity... more

Six killed in raid on bank helicopter

02.03.11
Gunmen killed four policemen and two others as they stole cash that had just been delivered to a bank in Caloto, Colombia ... more

CDs of the week: British Sea Power's wave to the charts

07.01.11
Their profile may be low but after four albums the eccentric Brighton-based British Sea Power are slowly clambering up towards the mainstream... more

Landslides leave thousands homeless in Andes

06.12.10
Scores of people are feared dead and thousands have been left homeless after landslides swept away villages in Colombia and Venezuela... more

Plane crash 'miracle' as only one dies on lightning-hit jet

16.08.10
Plane crashes on landing in Colombia after being struck by lightning, killing at least one passenger... more

BP sells Colombia assets to help with oil spill costs

03.08.10
BP agrees to sell its operations in Colombia for $1.9 billion (£1.2 billion) to help cover the cost of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico... more

Prepare to party at Colombia Fest

07.07.10
Vinopolis' Colombia Fest is bringing the celebrations to London with traditional Colombian music, entertainment and food.... more

Peru is world’s biggest grower of coca leaf

23.06.10
Peru has overtaken Colombia as the main producer of coca leaf, the raw material for making cocaine... more

Colombia squad 'robbed by South Africa hotel workers'

28.05.10
Incident occurred at a five-star hotel in the plush northern Johannesburg suburbs - the same hotel where Slovenia will be based during the World Cup... more

Steven Pienaar confident ahead of World Cup

26.05.10
South Africa midfielder believes the host nation can reach the World Cup quarter-finals at the least... more

Video: 12-year-old bullfighter gored ... twice

05.02.10
The moment a 12-year-old boy is gored by a bull - twice - during a bullfight is caught on film... more

Bank shares turn downwards on worries over regulations

27.01.10
The City is underestimating the pain new regulations will inflict on Britain’s banks, warns Morgan Stanley... more

£60,000 appeal to airlift paralysed volunteer to UK

13.01.10
Friends of an 'exceptional' British charity worker paralysed in a diving accident in Colombia have raised more than £30,000 to airlift him home - but still need another £60,000... more

Colombia protests at Chavez war talk

09.11.09
Colombia says it will appeal to the UN Security Council and the Organisation of American States after Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez ordered his army to prepare for war in order to assure peace... more

My regrets, by jailed cocaine king

22.10.09
The former leader of one of Colombia's biggest drug cartels, who was once ranked alongside Osama bin Laden on the FBI's 10 most-wanted list, has been sentenced to 45 years in jail in the US... more

Modern-day 'Raffles' who escaped UK prison recaptured

30.09.09
Latest: Modern-day Raffles who targeted top London hotels is arrested in US after Catch Me If You Can-style four years on the run... more

Paraguay qualify for World Cup with impressive win

10.09.09
Paraguay became the 11th nation to make it into the World Cup finals thanks to a convincing 1-0 win over Argentina, whose qualification hopes took a further blow... more

High kicks in Colombia

02.09.09
Reckon you can salsa? Jane Cornwell did, before she tried to cut it on the dance floors of Cali, where being a salsero is a way out of the ghetto... more

Emerald Energy's earnings rise sixfold

16.03.09
Oil and gas explorer Emerald Energy's profits leaped sixfold last year as revenues almost doubled despite the oil price's sharp decline since July... more

Time bandits have hijacked my fridge

30.01.09
There should be a word — do the Germans have one? I bet the Germans have one — to describe the emotion of just having missed delivery of a fridge... more

Brazil can do without Ronaldinho

26.09.08
Football: Brazil have called up the Manchester City trio of Robinho, Jo and Elano for next month's World Cup qualifying games against Venezuela and Colombia... more

Compelling show from La-33

09.07.08
La-33 showed off their old-school salsa dura with the sort of telepathic musicality hoped for in a 12-piece salsa orchestra.... more

My Family star's caution over drugs

10.06.08
...despite Met chief's call for celebrity users to face a jury... more

Juanes is Colombia's pop prince

03.06.08
The vocal power of the hyperappreciative sold-out crowd at Juanes's Apollo concert almost matched the decibel-heavy PA.... more

Immigrants sent to the Tower... to become Brits

26.02.08
They came from 16 different countries, each with a different history - but now they all have a common future, as British citizens ... more

CDs of the week

14.09.07
James Blunt returns with some expertly played new material, and Deborah Harry ends a 14-year spell between albums.... more


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