Positive news from Colombia
New hummingbird species discoveredBogota, Colombia - There's a new chirp in the forest. |
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Microsoft to open computer training centers in Colombia for former paramilitary fightersBogota, Colombia - Software giant Microsoft Corp. has agreed to donate more than US$300,000 (euro240,000) to open computer centers where former paramilitary fighters will receive free training for civilian jobs, the government said Thursday. |
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Groups find colorful bird in ColombiaBogota, Colombia - A colorful new bird has been discovered in a previously unexplored Andean cloud forest, spurring efforts to protect the area, conservation groups said Monday. |
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Shakira to build school in her hometownBogota, Colombia - Pop diva Shakira will donate the proceeds from a concert in her hometown to build an arts school for 1,800 children forced to flee their homes by Colombia's civil war. |
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Frogs thought to be extinct rediscoveredEl Dorado, Colombia - Two rare species of tropical frogs that were thought to have gone extinct have been rediscovered in a remote forest region of South America that was destined to be developed for holiday homes. |
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‘Extinct’ frog comes back to lifeColombia - Scientists have sighted a spectacular South American frog which had been feared extinct for a decade. |
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Passengers Freed on Hijacked Colombian JetBogota, Colombia - A father in a wheelchair and his son used two grenades to hijack an airliner Monday, but peacefully surrendered five hours later after allowing the crew and passengers, including one American, to leave the plane, authorities said. |
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News from South America
- Brazil says Amazon deforestation at record low
- new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest
- Brazil humpback population on the rebound
- Human Rights Court Rules in Favor of Community Over Ecuadorian Government
- Venezuela Ends Shark Finning, Creates Protected Area
- Peru Aims To End Child Labour
- Indigenous group and NGO establish crucial corridor in vanishing Atlantic Forest
- Peru is latest developing nation to adopt climate change initiative
- GM crops banned in Peru
- New rainforest and indigenous reserve established in Peru