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Purdue's Global Food Security Center Hires Manager, Receives GrantsPURDUE'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY CENTER HIRES MANAGER, RECEIVES GRANTS Feb. 8, 2012 Source: Purdue University news release The recently created Center for Global Food Security at Purdue University has hired a managing director and received grants totaling $10 million for work to improve crops in Africa and train the next generation of global food ... (more)
topix.net | 08-Feb-2012 10:54
Jewish pressure at the UN
When the UN Secretary General announced on 2 August 2010 that a Panel of Inquiry had been established to investigate the Israeli attacks of 31 May on the Mavi Marmara and five other ships carrying humanitarian aid to the beleaguered people of Gaza there was widespread hope that international law would be vindicated and the Israelis would finally be ... (more)
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 22:36
Antioquia Gold Inc. Defines New Regional Gold Prospects at Cisneros Project, Colombia
Antioquia Gold Inc. announces that the Company has defined two new gold prospects with its 2011 year end drilling program.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 18:31
Reporting: PanamaSUPERMARKET Honcho Favored Over Labor in Panama's Elections
A ban on sales of alcohol and heightened securities greeted Panamanian voters Sunday as a frantic and factious three-year presidential campaign finally went to the voters.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 13:31
Man gets 24 years for Colombian journalist's killing
Bogota, Feb 7 : A former militiaman was sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role in the murder of journalist Alvaro Alonso Escobar, who was gunned down a decade ago in a coastal town in northern Colombia, authorities said Monday.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 07:06
Colombian ex-militia chief nabbed in Venezuela
One of Colombia's most-wanted former paramilitary commanders with suspected links to the cocaine trade has been captured in neighboring Venezuela, both nations said on Monday.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 05:01
Puerto Rico fisherman survives 20 days adrift
A Puerto Rican fisherman spent nearly three weeks adrift in the Caribbean, surviving on raw fish and trapped rainwater, before reaching the Colombian island of San Andres.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 01:47
Puerto Rich fisherman survives 20 days adrift before reaching Colombian island
A Puerto Rican fisherman spent nearly three weeks adrift in the Caribbean, surviving on raw fish and trapped rainwater, before reaching the Colombian island of San Andres.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 21:37
Mines Test Colombia's Commitment to Sustainable Development
Engineer Fernando Mauricio Castro illustrates the regional impact of mining using a map of Tolima.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 20:32
Fairfield's MESA the New Jewel in Palomino's Crown
Chef Rafael Palomino has been on a roll, expanding a restaurant empire that now includes Fairfield's MESA, labeled a "Modern Mexican and Urban Taqueria." The eatery, which opened in October at 2320 Black Rock Turnpike, has been growing in popularity with a local crowd that enjoys tasty Mexican cuisine in a relaxed vibrant atmosphere.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 14:13
Animal rights activists protest bullfighting in Colombia
Bogota, Feb 6 : Some 180 half-naked people in the northwestern city of Medellin positioned themselves to form the word "stop" to demand an end to bullfighting in Colombia.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 05:53
Where You Gonna Go When the Road Run's Out?
For many of us Expats, living in developing countries that once seemed so nice, cute even, with governments that seemed benign, relaxed banking rules, acceptable affordable health care, oppressive bureaucracy that we could usually buy our way around, but most of all, peace and economic security, times may be changing sooner rather than later.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 04:53
Colombian Emerald King Probed for Links to Paramilitaries
Colombian authorities are investigating Victor Carranza, a prominent businessman who dominates the nation's emerald industry, to determine if he had links to anti-government paramilitary groups.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 20:27
Sampling the flavors of Colombia
The old city of Cartagena is surrounded by an ancient wall that guards exquisite colonial buildings, romantic nooks and amazing food.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 19:22
A housewife tries to make a life on her own on 'Karen Cries on the Bus,' new on DVD
Karen, an unfulfilled housewife in Bogota, Colombia, loves to read novels. Her clueless husband of 10 years does not and only talks about his boring job.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 16:17
On Valentine's Day, show your love on a budget
Red tipped yellow roses are packaged for shipment to the U.S. for Valentine's Day at the Sagaro Flowers SA facility in Bogota, Colombia, on Wednesday, Feb.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 12:13
Life Rights of Notorious Drug Lord, Griselda Blanco, Optioned for Biopic the Godmother
When discussing cinema in the context of "best crime films," The Godfather is bound to come up.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 08:03
Panama denies request to extradite Colombia's former spy chief
Panama denies request to extradite Colombia's former spy chief Friday, 03 February 2012 15:42 Mary Cecelia Bittner Panama denied Friday Colombia's request for the extradition of the former head of Colombia's intelligence agency DAS who is charged with wiretapping political opponents of the government of former President Alvaro Uribe and the Supreme ... (more)
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 03:48
Second bomb blast kills 6, injures 34 at police station in Colombia
The Lincoln County Groundhogs Association made their annual visits to local school, nursing homes and dentist offices as part of their Groundhogs Day Celebrations on Thursday.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 03:48
Colombia rebel undergoes tests at Caracas hospital
A Colombian rebel commander who has been detained in Venezuela since May was taken to a military hospital because of health problems, Venezuelan authorities said Friday.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 01:44
Trek the Colombian Andes in El Cocuy National Park with Mountain Madness
Acclaimed Seattle-based adventure travel company and guide service Mountain Madness debuts its newest trip on February 4th: an excursion to Colombia's El Cocuy National Park .
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 21:29
In Colombia, a day without cars
A woman waits for transport in Bogota, Colombia, on Thursday. Many residents of Colombia's capital walked, biked or took buses and taxis to their destinations honoring the car-free day.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 18:15
Green light for migrating turtles
Cruising the eastern Pacific is everyone's dream, but the green turtle, the only herbivore among the sea turtles, seems to have it made in one sense.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 17:15
Colombia Agribusiness Report Q1 2012 - new market research report published
BMI View: On October 12 2011, the long-stalled free trade agreement between Colombia and the US was finally approved by the US Congress.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 13:05
Popular Colombian tourist spot becoming neo-paramilitary base: Report
Popular Colombian tourist spot becoming neo-paramilitary base: Report Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:13 Charles Parkinson Caribbean coastal city Santa Marta is beset by neo-paramilitaries who want to turn it in to a "second center of operations," reported Colombian daily El Tiempo Thursday.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 08:51
Entertainment - Urbanized
In Calgary, maybe it's because one may find it hard to believe the terrible bicycle infrastructure and plague-like urban sprawl were planned by rational human beings.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 04:36
6 dead, 20 wounded in new attack on Colombia cops
But President Juan Manuel Santos and his defense minister both said they had no doubt the authors were the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, the country's main insurgency.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 00:22
CuOro Receives Final Technical Report for the Santa Elena Project, Colombia
CuOro Resources Corporation announces that it has received the final technical report from Dr.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 23:22
Review: Colombian mystery eventually gets a clue
Not that it begins terribly. Right off the bat, there's a mystery: Orchestra conductor Adrian arrives home to learn his girlfriend, Belen, has moved out of their Bogota home.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 19:07
Colombia Drug Lords' Cattle Theft Rob Rally Benefit: Commodities
Latin America's oldest guerrilla group's penchant for cattle rustling is robbing Colombian ranchers of the benefits of the highest U.S.-traded futures prices since the 1960s.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 14:52
Blast kills seven in Colombia
Residents and police officers rush to the site where a bomb exploded outside a police station in Tumaco on Colombia's southern Pacific coast.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 10:28
Colombia capital tries trial ban on guns in public
As Bogota's new mayor, he wants to get firearms off the streets of this city where the conspicuous display of guns has long been the norm.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 08:28
Colombia capital tries trial ban on guns in public
A police officer frisks a man, looking for firearms, at a checkpoint in Bogota, Colombia, early Wednesday Feb.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 08:28
Colombia capital tries trial ban on guns in public
A police officer frisks a man, looking for firearms, at a checkpoint in Bogota, Colombia, early Wednesday Feb.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 08:28
ElectionMall Re-Opens Office in Mexico: Campaign Guru Predicts 2012...
ElectionMall.com , a non-partisan technology company that provides online services to campaigns of all sizes, announced today that it is re-opening its office in Mexico City for the upcoming Presidential Elections of 2012.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 07:28
Bogota: All Sorts of South America Travel News from LAN Airlines
Okay everyone, ready for some serious South America travel news? So LAN -which is really a group of airlines including LAN Chile, LAN Ecuador, LAN Argentina, LAN Express and LAN Colombia-made all kinds of changes, for the better, to their routes and in-flight service today, February 1. First off, LAN Colombia is now flying direct from Miami to ... (more)
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 01:14
Juan Valdez: 50-year-old symbol of Colombian coffee
When it comes to brands, few are as famous as Juan Valdez. While the face of Colombia's coffee growers has been around since 1959, he has changed to reflect the changing tastes of consumers.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 22:04
Colombia's capital experiments with gun ban
What might be one of the largest experiments in gun control ever attempted is currently under way in the Colombian capital, Bogota.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 17:00
Colombian Flower Growers Ready for Valentine's Day [SLIDESHOW]
Farmers in the South American country are gathering, picking and packing rose and other flower consignments to export to the US and other global markets, including the UK.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 16:00
Colombian rebels say promised release of captive soldiers, police delayed
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia's main rebel group says it is delaying the planned release of six security force members it has held for more than a decade.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 16:00
Novel Technology By BiOWiSH Helps Developing Nations Improve Wastewater Treatment
A novel technology named BiOWiSH is helping communities in emerging markets improve their wastewater treatment operations without building or expanding infrastructure, according to the findings of a new case study.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 09:40
Colombia Forecaster Who Foresaw Rate Increase Predicts More
Global Securities's Daniel Escobar, the only analyst surveyed by Bloomberg to predict Colombia's interest-rate increase yesterday, says policy makers will raise borrowing costs twice more by June to keep inflation in check.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 03:41
East Haven Latinos Want to Work with the Community
In the wake of the arrest of four East Haven policemen earlier last week and aA widely publicized remark by Mayor Joe Maturo A that, in the interests of the town's Latin residents, he might go home that day and eat a taco, Daisy Cruz says business is down at La Bamba on East Haven's Main Street.
topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 01:42
Colombian Intelligence was in the Service of Paramilitaries
Colombian Intelligence was in the Service of Paramilitaries The former head of the paramilitary United Self Defense Forces of Colombia Diego Fernando Murillo, alias Don Berna, assured that his organization received support from the secret police to spy on judges and journalists.
topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 18:32
Colombia guerrilla-turned-mayor bans guns from the streets of Bogota
Gustavo Petro's experiment may become permanent in city where firearms are a way of life - if it cuts the murder rate Colombia's Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla, being sworn in as mayor of BogotA .
topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 17:27
ESPN features Darlington soccer player Alejandro Martignon
Alejandro Martignon, a native of Bogota, Colombia, who is attending Darlington School , verbally commited to IUPUI on Friday, his family confirmed.
topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 15:22