<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</link><description>Post</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Long Fall in Ecuador: Populist to Pariah]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10416-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10416-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former president Lucio Gutierrez wasn't always the political pariah who this week inspired street riots and a vote by the legislature to overthrow him.]]></description><author> Monte Reel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51851-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51851-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Lebanon's Pro-Syrian Premier Resigns <br>    BEIRUT  --   Omar Karami, Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister, stepped down Wednesday, saying he was unable to form a new government after nearly seven weeks of deadlock. The move raised doubts about whether upcoming elections would be held on time.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Juanes's Full Heart]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27334-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27334-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The 32-year-old singer has just kicked off the first leg of his 40-plus city tour of the United States; he's got nine Latin Grammy awards to his name; a happy union with his  wife, actress Karen Martinez; a baby daughter, Luna, and another baby girl on the way.]]></description><author> Teresa Wiltz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FACE TIME : Local Tech Events]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22150-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22150-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Friday, March 11,    Federal Executive Breakfast  with Tom Hughes, Social Security Administration's chief information officer. Speech on information technology at the Social Security Administration, key challenges the agency faces and how the private sector can help find solutions.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Report Warns of Afghan Drug State]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8878-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8878-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Heroin production in Afghanistan represents "an enormous threat to world stability," and the country is "on the verge of becoming a narcotics state," the State Department said in a report released yesterday.]]></description><author> Arshad Mohammed</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colombia Killings Imperil U.S. Aid]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8870-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8870-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  BOGOTA, Colombia, March 4 -- A Colombian army unit blamed for the massacre of eight civilians denied responsibility for the killings Friday, even as the United States called for a swift investigation. The slayings have raised doubts about the military's commitment to human rights and jeopardized part of Washington's huge military aid package to this embattled nation.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36675-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36675-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Canada Mulls Banning Patented Drug Exports <br>        OTTAWA --  The Canadian government is considering a ban on all exports of patented drugs as a way to preserve the country's lower prices for medicine, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said Friday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN 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The Kuwaiti sources said an Egyptian had driven into a parked U.S. truck as the soldiers were fixing a flat tire on the road to Nuwaiseeb.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6365-2004Dec16.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6365-2004Dec16.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Bogota Court Convicts IRA Rebel Mentors <br>   BOGOTA, Colombia --  A court on Thursday convicted three men with links to the Irish Republican Army of training Colombian rebels in terrorist tactics and sentenced them to up to 17 1/2 years in prison.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56479-2004Dec10.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56479-2004Dec10.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Italian Court Acquits Premier of Bribery <br>    ROME --  An Italian court acquitted Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday of charges he bribed judges to secure a favorable ruling on a 1980s business deal, ending a four-year trial that clouded his governing of Italy.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mexican Inmates on Death Row Win Review]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55262-2004Dec10.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55262-2004Dec10.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether the federal courts must give a hearing to a Mexican inmate on Texas's death row who says the state violated international law by trying him on murder charges without first notifying Mexican diplomats who might have helped him.]]></description><author> Charles Lane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATION IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36064-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36064-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/colombia/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Colombian Drug Cartel Founder Is Jailed in Fla. <br>    MIAMI --  A founder of a Colombian drug cartel that became the world's chief supplier of cocaine in the 1990s was transported to a Florida jail on Saturday after being extradited from Colombia.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>