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AP - In this photo released by the Colombia's Presidency, French Defense Minister Herve Morin, right, shakes hands with Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe during a meeting at the presidential palace in Bogota, Wednesday, Aug.

AP - Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, right, shakes hands with Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro during an anti-drug summit in the Caribbean port city of Cartagena, Colombia, Friday, Aug.

By Patrick Markey CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday urged the United States to slap severe sentences on drug traffickers extradited from his country, in a rare rebuke from a staunch U.S....

The number of people in Colombia who would consider voting for incumbent Álvaro Uribe in the next presidential election has dramatically increased, according to a poll by YanHaas released by RCN. 82.65 per cent of respondents...

AP - Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, left, speaks to Colombian singer Shakira, center, as army soldiers parade during celebrations marking Colombia's Independence Day in Leticia, Colombia, Sunday, July 20, 2008.

AP - Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, center, embraces an indigenous man during the Independence Day celebrations in Leticia, Colombia, Sunday, July 20, 2008.

Apparently the Colombian forces that rescued Ingrid Betancourt used the Red Cross symbol as part of their rescue efforts: "We regret that this occurred," President Alvaro Uribe said in a speech following reports that the Red Cross emblem was...

AP - Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe gestures during a military ceremony in Bogota, Wednesday, July 16, 2008.

Bogota - Some 10,000 members of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have deserted since 2002, when current Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was inaugurated, the government said T...

AP - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, speaks with the Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe at Paraguana refinery complex in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, Friday, July 11, 2008.