Word: colombia
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...powerful earthquake toppled buildings, killing at least 23 people and injuring hundreds more in Colombia. Preliminary estimates place the magnitude of the quake, which was centered about 175 miles west of Bogota, as between 6.2 and 6.5 on the Richter scale. The city of Pereira (population 700,000) was hardest hit. Officials cut electricity there to avoid fires from possible gas leaks or downed power lines...
...midweek, Mexico got a measure of relief when the International Monetary Fund approved a $7.8 billion loan, the largest it has ever made, to help stabilize the peso. Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia also jointly opened a $1 billion credit line for Mexico. But the infusions were not large enough to solve Mexico's most serious challenge: finding sufficient funds to pay off or refinance $26 billion in mostly foreign-owned short-term bonds maturing during 1995. The government got a hint of the difficulties ahead last week when it put at auction $400 million in U.S. dollar-denominated bonds...
...Colombian jetliner crashed near Cartagena, killing all 53 of its passengers but one -- a nine-year-old girl who suffered only a broken shoulder after the crash landing in a swamp. It was "a miracle from God," according to Colombia's civil aviation director...
...other side of the Pacific, an earthquake with a 6.5 preliminary magnitude struck the eastern part of Colombia. At least one person was reported killed but the quake damaged buildings in several cities. Since it struck in relatively sparsely populated areas, casualties aren't expected to be high...
...Korea to curb its nuclear program in exchange for new light-water reactors financed by Japan and South Korea are shared by other Republicans. He will look into drug trafficking and human-rights violations in Burma, joined by Massachusetts Democrat John Kerry. He wants to withhold foreign aid from Colombia if Bogota shows favor to the Cali drug cartel, a position Kerry also embraces. He will probably call for close - scrutiny of arms sales by the Russians and the Chinese, a practice advocated by many...