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A man hugs statues as he prays in the Central Cemetery during ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man hugs statues as he prays in the Central Cemetery during The Day of the Dead in Bogota November 1, 2009. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA RELIGION SOCIETY)

A pigeon stands on a gravestone in the Central Cemetery during ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A pigeon stands on a gravestone in the Central Cemetery during The Day of the Dead in Bogota November 1, 2009. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA RELIGION SOCIETY)

Nilson Pinilla, head of Colombia's Constitutional Court, speaks ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Nilson Pinilla, head of Colombia's Constitutional Court, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Bogota October 29, 2009. Picture taken October 29, 2009. Colombian judges may not rule on President Alvaro Uribe's re-election bill until February or later, the top justice examining the case said, laying out a tight schedule for the popular leader to run next year. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Nilson Pinilla, head of Colombia's Constitutional Court, gestures ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Nilson Pinilla, head of Colombia's Constitutional Court, gestures during an interview with Reuters in Bogota October 29, 2009. Picture taken October 29, 2009. Colombian judges may not rule on President Alvaro Uribe's re-election bill until February or later, the top justice examining the case said, laying out a tight schedule for the popular leader to run next year. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez speaks during a news ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez speaks during a news conference at the military airport in Bogota October 30, 2009. Colombia and the United States signed a pact on Friday increasing U.S. access to Colombian military bases, the Colombian government said, deepening its standing as Washington's main ally in the region. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA POLITICS)

Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez (2nd L) and U.S. ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:32:00 GMT

A U.S. military officer walks in between Colombian soldiers ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A U.S. military officer walks in between Colombian soldiers at the entrance of the San Carlos palace during the signing of a military agreement in Bogota October 30, 2009. Colombia and the United States signed a pact on Friday increasing U.S. access to Colombian military bases, the Colombian government said, deepening its standing as Washington's main ally in the region. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (COLOMBIA POLITICS MILITARY)

Colombia's Interior Minister Fabio Valencia Cossio (L) and Defense ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia's Interior Minister Fabio Valencia Cossio (L) and Defense Minister Gabriel Silva (R) sign a military agreement accompanied by U.S. ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield (2nd L) and Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez at San Carlos palace in Bogota October 30, 2009. Colombia and the United States signed a pact on Friday increasing U.S. access to Colombian military bases, the Colombian government said, deepening its standing as Washington's main ally in the region. REUTERS/Marina Maldonado-Foreign Minister press office/Handout (COLOMBIA POLITICS MILITARY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Colombia's Interior minister Fabio Valencia Cossio (L) and U.S. ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia's Interior minister Fabio Valencia Cossio (L) and U.S. Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield (2nd L) shakes hands after signing a military agreement while accompanied by Foreign minister Jaime Bermudez (3rd L) and Defense minister Gabriel Silva at San Carlos Palace in Bogota October 30, 2009. Colombia and the United States signed a pact on Friday increasing U.S. access to Colombian military bases, the Colombian government said, deepening its standing as Washington's main ally in the region. REUTERS/Marina Maldonado-Foreign Minister press office/Handout (COLOMBIA POLITICS MILITARY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez (2nd L) and U.S. ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez (2nd L) and U.S. Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield (3rd L) sign a military agreement accompanied by Interior minister Fabio Valencia Cossio (L) and Defense minister Gabriel Silva at San Carlos Palace in Bogota October 30, 2009. Colombia and the United States signed a pact on Friday increasing U.S. access to Colombian military bases, the Colombian government said, deepening its standing as Washington's main ally in the region. REUTERS/Marina Maldonado-Foreign Minister press office/Handout (COLOMBIA POLITICS MILITARY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Colombian National Police escort drug trafficker Cristian Borda ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombian National Police escort drug trafficker Cristian Borda (2nd R) and two of five accomplices, all of whom will be extradited to the United States, at a military airport in Bogota October 27, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA SOCIETY CRIME LAW)

Workers clean the exterior of a building in Bogota October 26, ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:40:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Workers clean the exterior of a building in Bogota October 26, 2009. Some new housing projects continue to be built despite the country's recession, which has clamped down on the construction sector. Demand for Colombian exports has fallen under the weight of the global financial crisis, which has in turn pressured construction and other economic activity in Colombia. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION)

Colombian policemen escort crime boss suspect Diego Montoya ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombian policemen escort crime boss suspect Diego Montoya as he is being extradited to the U.S. at the military airport of Catam in Bogota December 12, 2008. REUTERS/National Police/Handout

This Sept. 10, 2007 file photo shows Colombian drug trafficker, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:19:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - This Sept. 10, 2007 file photo shows Colombian drug trafficker, Diego Montoya Sanchez, at the military base in Bogota, Colombia. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Fernando Vergara, file)

A student gestures toward riot police during a protest against ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A student gestures toward riot police during a protest against Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe in Bogota October 20, 2009. The students also demanded an increase in public university funding during the protest. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA POLITICS CONFLICT EDUCATION IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A student takes part in a march against Colombia's President ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A student takes part in a march against Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe in Bogota October 20, 2009. The students also demanded an increase in public university funding during the protest. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA POLITICS CONFLICT EDUCATION)

Students take part in a march against Colombia's President Alvaro ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:07:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Students take part in a march against Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe in Bogota October 20, 2009. The students also demanded an increase in public university funding during the protest. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA POLITICS CONFLICT EDUCATION)

Students protest during a march against Colombia's President ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Students protest during a march against Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe in Bogota October 20, 2009. The students also demanded an increase in public university funding during the protest. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA POLITICS CONFLICT EDUCATION)

Riot police stand guard during a protest by students against ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Riot police stand guard during a protest by students against Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe in Bogota October 20, 2009. The students also demanded an increase in public university funding during the protest. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA POLITICS CONFLICT EDUCATION)

A Colombian student touches the statue of liberator Simon Bolivar ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Colombian student touches the statue of liberator Simon Bolivar during a protest march against the re-election of Colombian president Alvaro Uribe in Bogota October 14, 2009. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA POLITICS CONFLICT)

A Colombian indigenous person looks on during a protest march ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Colombian indigenous person looks on during a protest march against the government of president Alvaro Uribe in Bogota October 14, 2009. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA POLITICS CONFLICT)

Colombian indigenous people shout during a protest march against ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombian indigenous people shout during a protest march against the re-election of Colombian president Alvaro Uribe in Bogota October 14, 2009. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA POLITICS CONFLICT)

Colombian students react against riot policemen during a protest ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombian students react against riot policemen during a protest march against the re-election of Colombian president Alvaro Uribe in Bogota October 14, 2009. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Colombian singer Juanes and his wife Karen Martinez pose on ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombian singer Juanes and his wife Karen Martinez pose on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Latin Music Awards in Bogota October 11, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino(COLOMBIA ENTERTAINMENT)

Colombian singer Fonseca poses on the red carpet at the 2009 ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombian singer Fonseca poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Latin Music Awards in Bogota October 11, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA ENTERTAINMENT)

Colombian singer Fanny Lu poses on the red carpet at the 2009 ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombian singer Fanny Lu poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Latin Music Awards in Bogota October 11, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA ENTERTAINMENT)

Singer Alejandro Saenz poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Singer Alejandro Saenz poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Latin Music Awards in Bogota October 11, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA ENTERTAINMENT)

Rock band Dr Krapula poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Rock band Dr Krapula poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Latin Music Awards in Bogota October 11, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA ENTERTAINMENT)

Rock band Adammo poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Latin ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Rock band Adammo poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Latin Music Awards in Bogota October 11, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA ENTERTAINMENT)

Colombian singer Carlos Vives poses on the red carpet at the ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombian singer Carlos Vives poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Latin Music Awards in Bogota October 11, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA ENTERTAINMENT)

Rock band Kudai poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Latin ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Rock band Kudai poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Latin Music Awards in Bogota October 11, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA ENTERTAINMENT)

Rock band Diva Gash poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Rock band Diva Gash poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Latin Music Awards in Bogota October 11, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA ENTERTAINMENT)

Rock band The Veronicas poses on the red carpet at the 2009 ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Rock band The Veronicas poses on the red carpet at the 2009 MTV Latin Music Awards in Bogota October 11, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA ENTERTAINMENT)

Colombian singer Shakira speaks during a news conference in ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombian singer Shakira speaks during a news conference in Bogota October 11,2009. Shakira is promoting her new album 'Loba.' REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA)

Martin Gore of Depeche Mode performs during their concert at ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:58:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Martin Gore of Depeche Mode performs during their concert at Simon Bolivar Park in Bogota October 10, 2009. The concert is part of the band's 'Tour of The Universe 2009'. Picture taken October 10, 2009. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA ENTERTAINMENT)

Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode performs during their concert at ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode performs during their concert at Simon Bolivar Park in Bogota October 10, 2009. The concert is part of the band's 'Tour of The Universe 2009'. Picture taken October 10, 2009. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA ENTERTAINMENT)

British Minister for Consular Affairs Chris Bryant speaks during ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - British Minister for Consular Affairs Chris Bryant speaks during a news conference in Bogota October 9, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA POLITICS)

Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez (L) shakes hands ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez (L) shakes hands with British Minister for Consular Affairs Chris Bryant during a news conference in Bogota October 9, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA POLITICS)

Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez (L) and British Minister ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez (L) and British Minister for Consular Affairs Chris Bryant attend a news conference in Bogota October 9, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA POLITICS)

Avianca owner Colombian-Brazilian businessman German Efromovich ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Avianca owner Colombian-Brazilian businessman German Efromovich embraces TACA chief executive Roberto Kriete (L) during a news conference in Bogota October 7, 2009. Latin American airlines Avianca and TACA said on Wednesday they will merge and AeroMexico said it is looking at deals with rivals as carriers around the world struggle with a deep downturn. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

Avianca owner Colombian-Brazilian businessman German Efromovich ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Avianca owner Colombian-Brazilian businessman German Efromovich speaks at a news conference in Bogota October 7, 2009. Latin American airlines Avianca and TACA said on Wednesday they will merge and AeroMexico said it is looking at deals with rivals as carriers around the world struggle with a deep downturn. REUTERS/John Vizcaino(COLOMBIA TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

TACA chief executive Roberto Kriete(L) listens to Avianca owner ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:27:00 GMT

(Reuters) - TACA chief executive Roberto Kriete(L) listens to Avianca owner Colombian-Brazilian businessman German Efromovich during a news conference in Bogota October 7,2009. Latin American airlines Avianca and TACA said on Wednesday they will merge and AeroMexico said it is looking at deals with rivals as carriers around the world struggle with a deep downturn. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva speaks during a news ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva speaks during a news conference in Bogota October 6, 2009. Silva said on Tuesday Colombia has evidence that Colombian Marxist rebels are camped inside neighboring Ecuador, and asked leftist President Rafael Correa to take action against the drug-running guerrillas. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA POLITICS MILITARY)

Pedestrians and cyclists use a bridge, which is used for the ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Pedestrians and cyclists use a bridge, which is used for the Transmilenio mass transport system, in Bogota September 29, 2009. Construction of Bogota's Transmilenio mass transport system was initiated in 1998 by then Mayor Enrique Penalosa. The busses started running two years later. Currently 1,46 million citizens (Bogotanos) use the system every day and the network is scheduled to be completed in 2016 by then it is hoped that 80 percent of Bogota's public transport riders will be using the Transmilenio. Picture taken on September 29, 2009. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (COLOMBIA POLITICS SOCIETY TRANSPORT)

Transmilenio passengers queue on a pedestrian bridge before ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Transmilenio passengers queue on a pedestrian bridge before boarding their bus in central Bogota September 22, 2009. Construction of Bogota's Transmilenio mass transport system was initiated in 1998 by then Mayor Enrique Penalosa. The busses started running two years later. Currently 1,46 million citizens (Bogotanos) use the system every day and the network is scheduled to be completed in 2016 by then it is hoped that 80 percent of Bogota's public transport riders will be using the Transmilenio. Picture taken on September 22, 2009. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA BUSINESS POLITICS TRANSPORT)

Transmilenio buses travel along a central street during the ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Transmilenio buses travel along a central street during the rush hour in Bogota September 29, 2009. Construction of Bogota's Transmilenio mass transport system was initiated in 1998 by then Mayor Enrique Penalosa. The busses started running two years later. Currently 1,46 million citizens (Bogotanos) use the system every day and the network is scheduled to be completed in 2016 by then it is hoped that 80 percent of Bogota's public transport riders will be using the Transmilenio. Picture taken on September 29, 2009. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (COLOMBIA BUSINESS POLITICS TRANSPORT)

Colombian singer Carlos Vives gestures during an interview with ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombian singer Carlos Vives gestures during an interview with Reuters in Bogota October 1, 2009. Picture taken October 1, 2009. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA ENTERTAINMENT)

Colombia presidential candidate of Cambio Radical party German ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:27:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colombia presidential candidate of Cambio Radical party German Vargas Lleras speaks during a Reuters interview in Bogota September 30, 2009. Colombia will hold presidential elections in May 2010. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (COLOMBIA POLITICS ELECTIONS)

A Colombian soldier stands at the entrance of a bunker belonging ...

(AFP) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Colombian soldier stands at the entrance of a bunker belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in a rural zone in Colombia, in July. A Colombian court sentenced 11 leaders of the leftist guerrilla group FARC to 57 years and 11 months each in prison for a 2005 attack in which six people were killed, the attorney general's office said. Photo:Luis Ramirez/AFP

This April 2005 file photo released by London's Metropolitan ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:44:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - This April 2005 file photo released by London's Metropolitan Police shows Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt, a Colombian, at Southwark Crown Court, in London. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Metropolitan Police