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Archive: November 2011

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Colombia dissolves troubled intel agency

Colombia’s president dissolved the country’s domestic intelligence service, an agency that had become embroiled in scandal during the term of his predecessor.
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Shallow quake hits off Mexican coast

An 6.5-magnitude earthquake 6.5 struck off Mexico’s Pacific coast Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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Ex-guerrilla elected mayor of Colombia’s capital

Voters have elected a former guerrilla who became a crusader against political corruption as the new mayor of Colombia’s capital.