Colombia court decides against US treasure hunters
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Colombia&#39;s Supreme Court has ruled against US treasure hunters who claimed half of the estimated two billion dollars in gold, silver and emeralds aboard a Spanish galleon sunk in the Caribbean in 1708.
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Colombia&#039;s peace process with far-right paramilitaries faced uncertainty Friday after the country&#039;s constitutional court rejected key provisions of the deal that human rights groups had criticized as too lenient.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian President Alvaro   Uribe's U.S.-backed plan to disband right-wing militias has   been hit by charges he is too easy on paramilitaries and that   drug smugglers are posing as fighters to win short jail terms.
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A high court on Friday ruled in favor of a Cuban dissident who was recently deported from Bolivia for criticizing President Evo Morales, saying a law prohibiting foreigners from involvement in the Andean country's politics is unconstitutional.
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Colombia will allow no more international missions seeking the release of hostages held by leftist rebels after a Venezuela-led plan dissolved in a flurry of accusations last week, the government said on Monday.
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BOGOT&#xC1;, Colombia -- The Colombian Constitutional Court has ruled that same-sex couples are entitled to the same inheritance rights as heterosexuals in common-law marriages, marking a step forward for gay rights in the traditionally conservative, Catholic region.
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A Colombian court on Thursday sentenced three suspected members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to 17 years in prison and fined them a total of 426,000 US dollars for training Colombian rebels.
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Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled  on Tuesday that executing drug smugglers did not breach the  constitution, rejecting a bid by three Australians and two  Indonesians who are on death row to challenge the law.
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Spain launches legal action against US marine explorers over a wreck they have found laden with treasure.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian rebels on Wednesday  denied government accusations they plotted to kill President  Bush during a visit to the port of Cartagena last week.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia said on Friday that a  top Marxist guerrilla leader may avoid extradition to the  United States if his rebel group frees 63 hostages, including  three Americans and one German.
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A federal appeals court today upheld of a new law that strips federal courts of the authority to review the cases of foreign prisoners held at GuantÃ¡namo Bay.
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By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia  - The former boss of the Calidrug cartel, who once controlled most of the world's cocainetrade, was sent to the United States on Friday to facetrafficking and money laundering charges.
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A U.S. judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the case against a Colombian rebel leader who was charged with hostage-taking and giving material support to a terrorist group.
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A US judge confirms a $25m fine on banana group Chiquita for giving protection money to Colombian paramilitaries.
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A Colombian judge has ordered the seizure of dozens of properties, businesses, bank accounts and vehicles allegedly belonging to the jailed founders of the once-mighty Cali drug cartel, officials said Tuesday.
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A Colombian rebel leader being held  in custody in the United States on drug trafficking and other  charges will appear in court next week, a Justice Department  official said on Saturday.