Election death threats hang over Colombian city
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VALLEDUPAR, Colombia  - The bodyguard business is booming in this northern Colombian city plastered with posters of rival political candidates, mostly tough-looking men with hard eyes and forced smiles.
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As random selection placed registered entrants on a ballot that is expected to be several pages long, officials worried that violence aimed at preventing the election is surging.
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A deadly blast in Mexico City raises fears that Mexican drug cartels are adopting the tactics of their Colombian allies
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - A delicate mission to free three hostages held by Colombian guerrillas appeared to collapse on Monday as the government and rebel leaders accused each other of trying to kill the deal.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Hundreds of far-right  Colombian paramilitaries turned in their guns on Tuesday at the  same time as a top human rights group said the demobilization  threatened to let killers go unpunished.
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should brace for even more losses as they pursue insurgents bent on wrecking an election scheduled for January. personnel have died here in the first three and half weeks of the month.
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MEXICO CITY, Jan. 4 -- Drug cartels are trying to influence the outcomes of major elections in Mexico by kidnapping and threatening candidates, according to Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora.
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Police in Colombia say they have thwarted a plot by rebels to kill President Alvaro Uribe, by hitting his plane.
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Political standoff erupts into violence as police use live rounds and teargas to snuff out protest plans
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With elections just days away, an increase of violence is casting doubt on the whether voters will show up at all.
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More post-election attacks are reported in Sierra Leone, despite assurances from the new president.
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The Colombian government warned Thursday it will extradite to the United States a top leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) if the guerrillagroup does not release 63 hostages.
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BOGOT&#xC1; - On the surface, the Democratic Colombia political party couldn't be in a worse position for today's local and regional elections.
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Former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto said late Tuesday extremists were trying to derail upcoming general elections after she received a death threat supposedly from a "friend of Al-Qaeda."
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Colombia has accused Venezuela of sheltering a Colombian rebel leader on its territory and said other Colombian terrorists and rebel camps are in the neighboring country.
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At least 23 people were killed on Thursday when a bus was strafed by machine gun fire, in what police suspect is a message from local gangs to an aspiring crime-busting presidential candidate.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Nov. 17 -- The government of President ÃÂlvaro Uribe is being shaken by its most serious political crisis yet, as details emerge about members of Congress who collaborated with right-wing death squads to spread terror and exert political control across Colombia's Caribbean coast.