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...Colombia was roiling today over allegations that President-elect Ernesto Samper won last Sunday's election with the help of drug money. But in a bizarre twist to the tale, TIME Daily reports, the evidence seems to exonerate Samper. Local TV stations buzzed over what appeared to be the biggest political scandal in the South American nation's history, set off by a "smoking gun" audiotape of leaders of the world's largest drug cartel discussing putative campaign contributions to Samper and the loser, Andres Pastrana. But TIME Latin America bureau chief Laura Lopez says a source close...
...magnitude earthquake followed by a massive avalanche killed hundreds of people in a mountainous region of Colombia 180 miles southwest of the capital of Bogota. Rescuers were hampered by the area's remoteness; the quake cut all roads, and the only access is by helicopter...
...Colombia's new President, economist Ernesto Samper, has no plans to take on the kingpins of South America's most formidable cocaine cartel without international help, he declared after winning Sunday's election. Conservative opponent Andres Pastrana, who wanted to push for greater free-market reforms but lost with 48.6 percent of the vote, intimated in his concession speech that Samper's reticence may have something to do with rumors that he accepted campaign contributions from the drug traffickers...
...tournament's biggest upset so far: the Irish victory over Italy, 1-0. The Yanks held their own, tying Switzerland 1-1. Other scores: Saturday, June 18 -- Romania 3, Colombia 1 . . . Sunday, June 19 -- Cameroon 2, Sweden 2 . . . Norway 1, Mexico 0 . . . Belgium 1, Morocco 0 . . . Monday, June 20--Brazil 2, Russia...
...rolled leaf filled with tobacco), the smoking characters in Hindi films and soap operas are almost always bad guys. Cigarette ads have been banned from television in most countries and from the print media in many. Even in South America, where antismoking zeal has yet to catch fire, Colombia and Brazil restrict TV ads for cigarettes to "adult" viewing hours...