Britain defends minister's photo with Colombian paramilitary-linked unit
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The British government has defended a photograph published on the foreign office website showing a junior minister smiling with a Colombian army unit accused of links with private paramilitary squads, after criticism from rights campaigners on Monday.
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Photographs that appear to show British soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners were published Wednesday by newspapers in Britain, setting off a new debate about this country's role in the war.
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A recently declassified cable from the U.S. embassy in Colombia in 1979 indicates that Colombia's military created a paramilitary group linked to human rights abuses.
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With a cast of leering far-right paramilitaries, smiling skeletons climbing from mass graves and a buffoonish George W. Bush, an animated Internet cartoon that criticizes Colombia's peace process has prompted a rebuke from the nation's foreign minister.
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By FRANK BAJAK  BOGOTA, Colombia - A political ally of President Alvaro Uribe is under investigation for allegedly doing business with illegal right-wing militias.
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BOGOTA/CARACAS  - A top Colombian guerrilla was  protected by Venezuelan officials before his capture, an action  that has triggered the worst dispute in years between the  Andean countries, Colombia said on Sunday.
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Colombian Finance Minister Alberto   Carrasquilla voiced concern on Tuesday about recent large   weapons purchases by neighboring Venezuela.
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Home Secretary Jacqui Smith defended the government&#39;s anti-terror measures Monday after the head of cross-border police agency Interpol warned it was not doing enough to secure its borders.
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The United Kingdom government investigated the possibility that British firms were involved in a plot to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea several weeks before last March's attempted putsch.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has defended himself against criticism of a decision to stop a probe into a British weapons deal with Saudi Arabia, saying he was promoting national strategic interests.
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BOGOT&#xC1; -- The Colombian government, the recipient of billions of dollars in US aid to fight drugs and a leftist insurgency, is under siege as evidence mounts of links between right-wing death squads and dozens of officials loyal to President &#xC1;lvaro Uribe.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - The chief of international  relations for Colombia's biggest leftist rebel group, who once  sought support from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was arrested  after a months-long manhunt, police said on Wednesday.
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The Pentagon defended its months-long detention of an Associated Press photographer in Iraq, asserting that it has authority to imprison him indefinitely without charges because it believes he had improper ties to insurgents.
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The British government on Monday condemned the purported killing of an American hostage in Iraq, stressing that this kind of &quot;appalling crime&quot; would only strengthen its resolve in Iraq.
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A Metropolitan Police commander defends action taken last week against crime gangs thought to be involved in child trafficking.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia's government is   leaving human rights workers vulnerable to attacks by armed   groups by discrediting their work and failing to arrest those   responsible for assaults on them, Amnesty International said in   a report released on Thursday.
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Politicians fear UK soldiers could suffer a backlash after photos of troops allegedly abusing Iraqis are released.