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Villegas will be focus of fiesta at Doral

2010-06-11T18:52:55Z

MIAMI (Reuters) - Colombian Camilo Villegas is the fans' favorite at Doral this week but he is keen to keep his focus on the course and not on the legions of Spanish speaking supporters who follow him.

Villegas heads into Thursday's WGC-CA Championship, ...

Colombia Flooding

2010-12-23T11:32:02Z

A resident walks through debris left by homes destroyed by a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gramalote, northeastern Colombia, Wednesday Dec. 22, 2010. Weeks of rainfall have caused flooding and landslides that have killed more than 250 people and left tens of thousands homeless this year. (AP Photo/Efrain Patino)

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Colombia Landslide

2010-12-07T12:32:24Z

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, center in blue vest, walks at La Gabriela neighborhood in Bello, northwestern Colombia, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Thirty bodies have been recovered but over 100 people remain missing following a Sunday landslide that buried a large area of the Medellin sub...

Colombia Mudslide

2010-12-06T17:32:42Z

Soldiers walk up a street covered in mud after a landslide in Bello, northwestern Colombia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. At least 30 houses were buried and dozens trapped beneath mud and rubble by a landslide Sunday, following weeks of drenching rains. The Red...

APTOPIX Colombia Mudslide

2010-12-06T12:01:22Z

Residents of La Gabriela neighborhood who lost their homes when a landslide buried some 30 houses and trapped dozens beneath mud and rubble following weeks of drenching rains, sit on the sidewalk while rescue workers search for survivors in Bello, northwestern Colombia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. At least 12 bodies were dig out the mud. The Colombia's northeastern border with Venezuela, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. An exceptionally wet rainy season has caused floods and landslides that have killed more than 170 people throughout Colombia this year. Meteorologists attribute the rise in precipitation over the country to the "La Nina" climatic phenomenon, which is caused by a cooling o...