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10 dead in car bombing at police academy in Colombia capital Bogota
World | Jan 18, 2019, 08:14 AM ISTThe scene outside the General Santander police academy in southern Bogota was chaotic in the aftermath of the midmorning attack, the biggest against a police or military facility in Bogota in years.
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FIFA World Cup 2018: England break penalty shootout jinx to beat Colombia
Football | Jul 04, 2018, 06:20 AM ISTEngland advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals by beating Colombia 4-3 in a shootout following a 1-1 draw on Tuesday.
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Falcao on target as Colombia rout Poland 3-0
Football | Jun 25, 2018, 08:29 AM ISTThe victory kept Colombia in the running for a spot in the round of 16 and knocked out Poland, the first European country to be eliminated.
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Japan fans win hearts by cleaning up stadium following Colombia victory
Football | Jun 20, 2018, 03:34 PM ISTJapan on Tuesday did what no other Asian team had ever done at a World Cup - beat a South American squad on the biggest stage in soccer.
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Colombia's Fabra ruled out of 2018 World Cup due to knee injury
Football | Jun 09, 2018, 11:38 PM ISTThe Colombian Soccer Federation had announced Fabra's injury earlier on Saturday and said that the whole team and coaching staffs are with him and are deeply saddened by the news.
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FIFA U-17 World Cup: We deserved a result, says Jeakson Singh
Football | Oct 10, 2017, 03:09 PM ISTJeakson's goal against Colombia on Monday will go down in the Indian sporting history as one of those moments which gave unbridled joy to millions that will be etched in the memory of every football fan.
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FIFA U-17 World Cup: Fighting India go down 1-2 against Colombia
Football | Oct 09, 2017, 11:16 PM ISTIndia scored their first-ever FIFA goal when Jeakson, the tallest player in the side, headed in a Sanjeev Stalin corner, sending the whole stadium into a state of delirium.
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3, including French woman, killed in explosion at Colombia mall
World | Jun 18, 2017, 04:48 PM IST"The French know perfectly how to respond to these terrorist attacks and we Colombians too have the will not to let ourselves be intimidated.”
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Colombia landslide toll rises to 273: President Santos
World | Apr 04, 2017, 10:31 AM ISTColombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday said that the death toll from the landslides in his country has risen to 273.
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Colombia mudslides claim 254 lives, including 43 children
World | Apr 03, 2017, 11:15 AM ISTAt least 254 people have been killed in devastating mudslides in the Colombian town of Mocoa.
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Many missing as Colombia mudslide kills more than 200
World | Apr 02, 2017, 09:32 PM ISTThe number of people killed in Colombia after a surge of mud and water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city has risen to 193.
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Pilot, airline directly responsible for footballers' plane crash in Colombia, says Bolivian investigation
World | Dec 21, 2016, 05:24 PM ISTInvestigations carried out by the Bolivian government into the plane crash that killed 71 people including most of a Brazilian football team last month has concluded that the Bolivian airline and pilot were directly responsible
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Colombia plane crash: Jet ran out of fuel, reveals leaked tape
World | Dec 01, 2016, 10:14 AM ISTThe pilot of the chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel and desperately pleaded for permission to land before crashing into the Andes, according to
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Black boxes found from Brazilian football team plane crash
World | Nov 30, 2016, 11:12 AM ISTEmergency department officials have found the black boxes with flight data and cockpit voice recordings from a plane that crashed in the Colombian mountains with a Brazilian football team on board.
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29th November News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Nov 29, 2016, 07:40 PM ISTImportant stories of the day
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75 killed as plane carrying football players from Brazil crashes in Colombia
World | Nov 29, 2016, 04:04 PM ISTA plane carrying finalists for the South American football championship has crashed in Colombia. It was carrying 72 passengers, The Associated Press reported.
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Colombia takes another shot at peace, government signs revised peace agreement with rebels
World | Nov 25, 2016, 04:17 PM ISTColombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Rodrigo Londono, the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC, signed a revised peace agreement here on Thursday, despite lingering opposition to the deal. Santos and
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Colombia’s President Santos to donate Nobel money to conflict victims
World | Oct 10, 2016, 10:28 AM ISTColombian President Juan Manuel Santos has said he will donate the money from the Nobel Peace prize to help the victims of the 52-year conflict in his country.
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Colombia reaches agreement with biggest rebel group FARC to end 50-year guerrilla war
World | Aug 25, 2016, 07:29 PM ISTColombia's government and Marxist FARC, the country's biggest rebel group, finally reached a peace deal on Wednesday evening to end a five-decade war in what has been one of the world's longest-running armed conflicts.
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Colombia finish third at Copa America
Football | Jun 27, 2016, 09:01 AM ISTA first half strike from Carlos Bacca earned Colombia a third place finish at the Copa America Centenario football tournament following a 1-0 win over hosts US at the University of Phoenix Stadium here.