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...vote. Following the 2000 fiasco, Florida spent $32 million on a new computerized voting system. But the machines rejected many voters' identification cards. Said election supervisor Gisela Salas: "Many election workers did not know how to operate the machines." COLOMBIA Words of Warning A rebel leader said that the Colombian government's refusal to agree to a prisoner exchange has jeopardized the lives of dozens of hostages. But President Alvaro Uribe has insisted that the unilateral release of all hostages, including an ex-defense minister, a state governor and 12 legislators, is a prerequisite for talks with the Revolutionary Armed...
Though each obituary read yesterday brought a tear to the eyes of those gathered at Ground Zero, one of the more incredible moments was when it was announced that a Colombian family had asked to have the obituary of their loved one, Sonya Artiz, read aloud. As it was read, a cell phone was held up so that the obituary could be broadcast on a local radio station and heard by the family...
COLOMBIA Kidnappers Caught Law-enforcement officials said they have dismantled a kidnapping ring that abducted people in south and central America to fund the country's second-largest rebel group. A total of 13 suspected guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) were arrested in the Colombian cities of Bogotá, Cali and Medellin following a two-year investigation. Meanwhile, the first two people to win rewards for informing on rebels appeared in disguise on live television. The government gave the pair $800 each for informing on Oswaldo Diaz Alfaro, who tried to assassinate Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in April...
Coke came under fire from student activists earlier this year when Harvard Students Against Sweatshops put up posters on campus denouncing the corporation’s alleged involvement in the murder of Colombian trade unionists, for which the company is currently being sued...
...BEST HAIR Carlos Valderrama set the bar too high in Italia '90 and USA '94?nobody even came close to the Colombian's golden dreadlocks. Amid a riot of bad hairstyles at this Cup, the most distinguished look was bald. Take your pick from Sweden's Henrik Larsson, Brazil's Roberto Carlos and England's Ferdinand...