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A protester catches fire after trying to throw a molotov cocktail at riot policemen during the "week of indignation" — a protest against political reforms — in Bogota on Tuesday, October 30, 2012.
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Protesters take part in a march during the "week of indignation" in Bogota on Tuesday.
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Students wearing costumes face riot police as hundreds of teachers and students march during a protest in Medellin, Colombia, Sept. 5, 2012. Demonstrators were demanding better pay conditions and rejected the privatization of education.
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Protesters spit fire during a march by teachers and students in Bogota, Colombia, Sept. 5.
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A riot police officer, with a helmet stained by thrown paint, watches a march of teachers and students protesting a wide range of issues regarding the government's educational policies in Bogota, Colombia, Sept. 5.
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Hundreds of teachers and students march during a protest in Medellin, Colombia, Sept. 5.
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Teachers and students shout slogans during a protest against the Colombian National Education Ministry in Cali, Colombia, Sept. 5.
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Former Colombian Interior Minister Fernando Londono, who is injured, walks as he is guarded by a bodyguard after an explosion in a central avenue in Bogota on Tuesday. A bomb attack in a commercial district of Colombia's capital Bogota killed two people on Tuesday and injured Londono who was the target, President Juan Manuel Santos said.
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Pedestrians look at the scene after a bomb exploded in Bogota.
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Police officers, who are explosives experts, stand at the cordoned scene of an explosion in a central avenue in Bogota.
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Injured people, with blood on their faces, walk at the scene of an explosion in a central avenue in Bogota. A bomb attack in a commercial district of Colombia's capital Bogota killed two people on Tuesday and injured a former interior minister who was the target, President Juan Manuel Santos said.
Ian Johnston writes on msnbc.com's World News blog that 19 were injured in the blast in Bogota:
President Juan Manuel Santos condemned the attack. "This government will not be put off course by these terrorist attacks," he said, according to Reuters. "This was an attack against former minister Fernando Londoño."
The TV images showed Londoño being escorted, walking but stunned, from the SUV in a suit and tie with blood stains on part of his chest. One of his bodyguards was holding a gun.
"Fortunately, Dr. Londono is stable. He's in the hospital," Santos said, The Associated Press reported.
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Riot police officers in Bogota, Columbia use their shields to shelter from the rain while standing guard during the "Marcha Patriotica" demonstration on April 23. Supporters of Colombia's new leftist political and social movement, National Patriotic Council (CPN), gathered at Plaza de Bolivar square to celebrate the creation of the movement which aims to bring together social and student groups.
Fredy Builes / Reuters
A riot police officer attempts to take cover behind a passerby making a recording of the scene on his mobile phone, from protesters throwing stones during a student demonstration against what they say is the poor service of the TransMilenio bus rapid transit system in Bogota on March 9.
Fredy Builes / Reuters
Students take cover from tear gas canisters fired by riot police during a protest against what they say was the poor service of the TransMilenio bus rapid transit system in Bogota on March 9.
William Fernando Martinez / AP
A cyclist walks past a bus station that was damaged by protesters in Bogota, Colombia, on March 9.
Thousands of student clashed with police during spontaneous protests against the public transport system TransMilenio, in Bogota, Colombia. Protesters blocked bus lanes and stalled the city's traffic demanding improvements to public transportation. The demonstrations, which began early in the morning, saw 30 people detained, smashed windows and automotive traffic chaos.
-- Msnbc.com wire services contributed to this post
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Relatives of people missing after a landslide await in La Cruz, Narino Department, Colombia on Dec. 13, 2011. Colombian authorities say a landslide in a mountainous southwestern region has killed a child and left about 15 people missing.
AP reports:
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian authorities say a landslide in a mountainous southwestern region has killed a child and left about 15 people missing.
Persistent heavy rains since September have wrought havoc across the rugged South American nation.
Regional civil defense director Mario Fernando Orozco tells The Associated Press that the latest disaster buried three homes in the town of La Cruz in Narino state around sunset Monday.
He says the body of a child age 7 or 8 has been recovered and that another 15 bodies are believed to still be buried in mud and debris.
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Relatives of people missing after a landslide cry in La Cruz, Narino Department, Colombia on Dec. 13, 2011.
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Rescue workers carry the body of a person trapped after a landslide, in La Cruz, Narino Department, on Dec. 13, 2011.
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Police officers get married in a mass wedding at the Cathedral of Bogota, on Dec. 9, 2011. Ninety-six couples are getting married in the same ceremony.
Finding good pictures at an event like this is like shooting fish in a barrel.
John Vizcaino / Reuters
A boy wearing a police hat attends a collective police wedding ceremony in Bogota Dec. 9, 2011.
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A bride and groom use their mobile phones during a mass wedding of police officers at the Cathedral of Bogota, on Dec. 9, 2011.
John Vizcaino / Reuters
A child is seen during a mass police wedding ceremony in Bogota Dec. 9, 2011.
John Vizcaino / Reuters
A police officer kisses his bride during a mass police wedding ceremony in Bogota Dec. 9, 2011.
Fernando Vergara / AP
A police officer cries during a collective Catholic wedding for 97 police officers and their fiancees at the Cathedral in Bogota, Colombia, Friday Dec. 9, 2011.
Leonardo Munoz / EPA
A bride waves after getting married in a mass wedding where 95 police officers and their partners were married at the First Cathedral in Bogota, Colombia, on Dec. 9, 2011.
John Vizcaino / Reuters
Firefighters evacuate residents from a flooded neighborhood in Patio Bonito, southwest of Bogota on Dec. 7. At least 96 people have died as a result of heavy rains, authorities said. Colombia's weather office expects La Nina-related downpours to continue at least until the end of the first quarter of next year.
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Two men wait on their car in a flooded street of the Bella Vista neighborhood, following the overflowing of the Bogota River, on Dec 7 in Bogota, Colombia. Bogota's mayor Clara Lopez on Wednesday declared a state of emergency because of the floods and mudslides caused by heavy rains.
Heavy rains have caused severe flooding in Bogota, Colombia. Up to 10,000 people have been affected by the floods and the cresting of Bogota's river. According to Colombia's El Espectador, Clara Lopez Obregón, the mayor of Bogota, declared a state of emergency and has asked that people evacuate their homes and move to higher ground. The flooding has already reached historic levels, and could continue to rise.
John Vizcaino / Reuters
Firefighters evacuate residents from a flooded neighborhood in Patio Bonito, southwest of Bogota on Dec. 7.
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A woman carries her daughter on her shoulders as she wades through a flooded area of a residential complex in the Bella Vista neighborhood, following the overflowing of the Bogota River, on Dec. 7., in Bogota.
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A man stands on the ruins of his house, destroyed by a recent landslide on the oustskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Nov. 18. People living in the impoverished neighborhoods in the hills surrounding the Colombian capital live in constant fear of devastating mudslides which threaten not only their houses but their lives as well. At least 98 people have died since September as a result of Colombia's second annual rainy season, according to the Red Cross. State weather monitors have warned that the heavy rains, which began in September, will last through the first months of 2012 due to the cyclical La Nina weather phenomenon.
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A woman stands outside her house in an impoverished neighborhood on the oustskirts of Bogota, Colombia, on Nov. 18.
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A nearby hill is framed by a hole on the wall of a house in ruins after a recent landslide on the oustskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Nov. 18.
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Local residents walk down an "alley" in an impoverished neighborhood on the oustskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Nov. 18.
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Picture of a neighborhood on the oustskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Nov. 18.
See a PhotoBlog post of one of the devastating mudslides that occured in Colombia on Nov. 5.
When I see pictures of heavily armed riot police, something bad is usually happening. This offbeat situation in Bogota reminds me of the famous "flower power" image by the late Bernie Boston.
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Students hug riot policemen during a protest against an education reform bill, in Bogota on October 26. Thousands of students, on strike for the past two weeks, took to the streets to protest against the bill to reform higher education put forward by the government of President Juan Manuel Santos.
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A student hugs a riot policewoman during a protest against an education reform bill, in Bogota on October 26. Thousands of students, on strike for the past two weeks, took to the streets to protest against the bill to reform higher education put forward by the government of President Juan Manuel Santos.
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A plane that crashed lays in pieces along the runaway at the airport on San Andres island in Colombia on Monday, Aug. 16. The Boeing 737 operated by the airline Aires crashed on landing after departing from Bogota around midnight local time with 131 passengers. According to an Air Force official, at least one passenger died.
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