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A Severed Pig's Head, a Friend's Dead Body and Other Things Not to Bring to a Soccer Game

You can add the dead guy at a pro game in Colombia last weekend to a list of crazy behavior by soccer fans at games. In the now infamous story, fans in Colombia stole the body of a murdered friend from a funeral home and took his corpse to the stadium to cheer on their favorite team -- a whole new twist on Pro Zombie...

Soccer Player Apologizes for Kicking and Killing Owl [VIDEO]

A soccer player is trying to convince fans in Colombia that he gives a hoot after kicking and killing an owl that was a mascot for a rival team. Luis Moreno, a defender for the Deportivo Pereira team, booted a live owl that landed on the field during a game over the weekend, The Telegraph reports. The bird -- which had...

Guard Parrots? Talking Birds Avert Burglary, Cops Say

This time it wasn't the birds that flew the coop. Police in Florida say a homeowner's pet birds scared off two would-be burglars on Monday. A woman and her grandson were in their home in Palmetto at around 10:55 a.m. when they heard someone knock on the front door -- then try to open it, according to the Bradenton...

UN Declares 2011 the 'International Year of Forests'

UNITED NATIONS -- Some 380 million years after the first trees grew on Earth, the United Nations today declared 2011 to be the "International Year of Forests," saying that forests and the 1.6 billion people who depend on them for their livelihood need to be protected. "Each minute that we spend on this planet breathing in...

21 Workers Killed in Colombian Mine Blast

SARDINATA, Colombia -- An explosion likely caused by a methane gas buildup ripped through an underground coal mine in Colombia during a shift change Wednesday, killing 21 workers, officials said. A similar fatal blast occurred at the same mine four years ago. Five of the victims died at the mine's entrance and by...

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02/10/12 Arrest warrant issued for close Uribe associate Source: Green Valley News - Green Valley AZ This Feb. 3, 2009 file photo, shows Colombia's former Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, center, arriving for a press conference in Villavicencio, Colombia.
02/10/12 Sagres Energy Announces Reserves and Resource... Source: Sys-Con Media CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/09/12 -- Sagres Energy Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SGI) ("Sagres" or the "Company") announced the results of an independent evaluation of the reserves and resource potential of the El Triunfo Block (the "Block") located in the Llanos Basin, Colombia.
02/09/12 Discovery inks deal with Colombia gov't Source: Variety Discovery Communications has forged a co-production partnership with Colombia's Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (TIC) to produce content for and about Colombia as well as to promote and spur television production training programs in the country.
02/09/12 Venezuela deports paramilitary warlord to Colombia Source: Beloit Daily News - Beloit WI Venezuela turned over a prominent Colombian paramilitary warlord to Colombian authorities on Thursday.
02/09/12 Debate on Cuba's attendance to the coming Americas... Source: MercoPress "I met with Foreign Affairs minister Bruno Rodriguez and President Raul Castro and they told me they were interested in attending the Summit of the American", said Holguin who pointed out that the decision does not belong only to the host but is "a consensus decision among the member countries involved in the summits' process".