National News
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- Fight over landfill rights in Bogotá
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The selection of a Brazilian/Canadian company to manage the Doña Juana landfill turned into a fight on Tuesday.
At the moment the contract was awarded, a lawyer from a competing firm shouted that the process was an "injustice," and that judges would have the last word on who managed the landfill.
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- Colombia has 8 million internet users
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The Colombian Ministry of Information and Communications Technology said that the country has 8 million internet users on 3.3 connections as of March 2010.
The ministry's "Quarterly Connectivity Report," released this week, said that suscriptions to internet services went up four percent since the end of last year, increasing by about 130,000.
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- 13 injured in Pasto DAS attack
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Three police detectives were among the 13 people injured in a bomb attack in the Colombian city of Pasto on Wednesday afternoon.
All those injured in the bombing are in local hospitals, with none in critical condition.
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- China loans Colombia $1 million for military
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera met with Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie in Bogotá to arrange military cooperation between the two countries.
The Chinese government will loan Colombia about US$1 million for military equipment purchases.
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- September 20, 2010
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Fans of Cuban musicians the Buena Vista Social Club will be excited to hear that one of their most popular members, Omara Portuondo, will be giving a concert in Bogotá on October 1st.
"Feeling's Girlfriend" and "The Voice of Cuba" are just two of the nicknames given to the singer, who has been performing for over fifty years.
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- September 20, 2010
U.S. President Barack Obama will meet his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos for the first time on September 24th in New York, at a United Nations General Assembly meeting.
The two leaders plan to have a conversation about the future relationship between the two countries.