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Christian Escobar Mora / EPA
Colombian army members throw tear gas canisters toward a group of indigenous at the Alto de Berlin hill in Toribio on July 18.
By Associated Press
TORIBIO, Colombia — Colombian authorities say they’ve retaken a strategic hill in the country’s turbulent southwest from Nasa Indians who had forcibly dislodged soldiers.
The action early Wednesday by a squad of riot police came a day after Indians armed with clubs and rocks dragged six soldiers off the hilltop. Read more here
Christian Escobar Mora / EPA
Indigenous stand clear of tear gas thrown by Colombian army forces from the Alto de Berlin hill in Toribio, Colombia, on July 18.
Christian Escobar Mora / EPA
Colombian army members examine indigenous on the Alto de Berlin hill in Toribio, on July 18.
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How the hell are you supposed to respect a news source that can't even get the correct spelling of the name of the country they are writing about? It's C-O-L-O-M-B-I-A not COLUMBIA idiots.
Where does it say 'columbia'?
MSNBC,
I am a constant reader of your international news coverage and I feel compelled to read news about Latin America. However I get very upset when I see a headline with "Columbia", instead of Colombia. Documents written by governments, international agencies, the UN, IMF, among many others, respect the name of the country. Still media, an institution with a great responsibility towards people across borders, makes no distinction between how is right or wrong to write the name of a country. Today I am doubting about your credibility as a news source, because if you can't write the name of a country, many facts must also be mistaken. Is there an online editor or proofreader? All these questions make me doubt about the quality of the information you provide. This is a question not only for you, but to all other media incurring in this same name, an inexistent one, Columbia. At least in United States you might be familiar with it, due to the state, the university... but it does not mean that because you already have a reference in mind, other people in the globe must adjust to it. I hope this headline is corrected soon and actions are taken for this to never happen.
MSNBC,
I am a constant reader of your international news coverage and I feel compelled to read news about Latin America. However I get very upset when I see a headline with "Columbia", instead of Colombia. Documents written by governments, international agencies, the UN, IMF, among many others, respect the name of the country. Still media, an institution with a great responsibility towards people across borders, makes no distinction between how is right or wrong to write the name of a country. Today I am doubting about your credibility as a news source, because if you can't write the name of a country, many facts must also be mistaken. Is there an online editor or proofreader? All these questions make me doubt about the quality of the information you provide. This is a question not only for you, but to all other media using this same name, an inexistent one, Columbia. In United States, "Columbia" is a familiar word, given the state, the university... but it does not mean that because there is an existing reference in mind, other people in the globe must adjust to it. I hope this headline is corrected soon and actions are taken for this to never happen again.
MSNBC,
I am a constant reader of your international news coverage and I feel compelled to read news about Latin America. However I get very upset when I see a headline with "Columbia", instead of Colombia. Documents written by governments, international agencies, the UN, IMF, among many others, respect the name of the country. Still media, an institution with a great responsibility towards people across borders, makes no distinction between how is right or wrong to write the name of a country. Today I am doubting about your credibility as a news source, because if you can't write the name of a country, many facts must also be mistaken. Is there an online editor or proofreader? All these questions make me doubt about the quality of the information you provide. This is a question not only for you, but to all other media using this same name, an inexistent one, Columbia. In United States, "Columbia" is a familiar word, given the state, the university... but it does not mean that because there is an existing reference in mind, other people in the globe must adjust to it. I hope this headline is corrected soon and actions are taken for this to never happen again.
ximp,
I think they got the message dude.
They got it in the spelling below the picture. The strange thing by looking at the photos is what they are fighting. It looks loke people holding water bottles and walking sticks. How was this a hard battle against an Army with gun and tear gas. Not a big fight, at all. From this it does not look like a big win for C-O-L-O-M-B-I-A.
Wow! I was unaware Columbia had an army. Watch out Penn, you're getting invaded!
Oh yeah they do. Check out the first pic where the guy is throwing their latest high tech military weapon....
A ROCK!
Creek Dog, it looks like a tear gas grenade to me. A perfectly reasonable weapon to use if you want to stop people doing thing but not do any serious or permanent harm.
Since when do they make tear gas grenades that look just like rocks?
C-O-L-O-M-B-I-A!!!!!
Get it right please.
So sayeth Goliath!
Well, that did not last too long.
To everybody posting, you're all correct. But you forget one thing, times have change and anybody can call themselves journalist. Media is about entertainment not news. Those days are long gone.
Yep, just look at Faux.