Huge mudslide smashes into Mexican mountain town, but only 11 missing after disaster

Mexico: Mudslide proves less deadly than feared

Mexican authorities backtrack on landslide, say no deaths are confirmed and only 11 missing

Mexico: No confirmed landslide deaths, 11 missing

Rain hampers rescue work after mudslide kills several, destroys homes in southern Mexico

Rain hampers rescue efforts in Mexican mudslide

Colombians officials: recovering 30 bodies from mudslide will take a week

Colombian officials put mudslide death toll at 30

Mudslide sweeps over Colombians changing buses on mountain road, at least 20 people missing

At least 20 missing in Colombian mountain mudslide

Colombia says killing of No. 2 commander worst blow ever to FARC rebels

Colombia: death of feared No. 2 rebel a watershed

Colombia says No. 2 rebel commander killed in raid; major setback for insurgents

Colombia: No. 2 rebel commander killed in raid

Colombian officials say No. 2 rebel commander killed in raid; major setback for insurgents

Colombia: No. 2 rebel commander killed

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s military killed the field marshal and No. 2 leader of the country’s main leftist rebel group in bombing raids and combat at a major guerrilla encampment at the edge of the country’s eastern plains, authorities announced Thursday.

5 Colombian police officers killed, 4 wounded in roadside bombing blamed on leftist rebels

5 police officers killed by road bomb in Colombia

11-year-old girl dies of head injuries, 2nd to die from plane crash on Colombian resort island

Girl dies of injuries from Colombian plane crash

Colombia’s Galeras volcano erupts; scores evacuate from homes

Colombians evacuated as Galeras volcano erupts

Colombia’s president praises rescuers after plane crash, wreckage removed from runway

Colombian leader praises rescuers in plane crash

Plane crash wreckage removed from runway in Colombia while president prepares to visit

Colombian plane crash wreckage removed from runway

11-year-old girl in coma most seriously injured survivor of plane crash on Colombian island

Girl in coma worst injured from Colombia crash

Colombian ‘miracle’ plane crash survivor: Everything seemed fine, then ‘boom’

130 survive ‘miracle’ plane crash in Colombia

‘Miracle’ as Colombia jetliner crashes in thunderstorm: Woman dies, but 130 survive

‘Miracle’ in Colombia crash: Woman dies, 130 live

‘Miracle’ as Colombia jetliner crashes: 1 dies, but 130 survive

‘Miracle’ in Colombia jet crash: 1 dies, 130 live

Jetliner crashes, breaks up on Colombian island; officials say 130 survivors, 1 killed

Jetliner crashes on Colombian island; 1 killedy

Jerliner crashes, breaks up on Colombian island; officials say only 1 killed

Jetliner crashes on Colombian island; 1 killed

Colombia offers $260K in capital car bomb probe; authorities investigating who set off blast

Colombia offers $260K reward in Bogota car bombing

Car bomb hits office district in Colombia’s capital, damaging 30 buildings and injuring 9

Bomb wracks offices in Colombia capital, injures 9

Car bomb in Colombian capital injures at least 9; officials suspect rebels

Car bomb in Colombian capital injures at least 9

Car bomb near Colombian broadcaster injures at least 9; officials suspect rebels

Car bomb near Colombia radio injures at least 9

Explosion near Colombian broadcaster injures several people; police suspect car bomb

Explosion near Colombia radio injures several

As a hostage for 12 years, Colombian police colonel had the inside view of rebels’ decline

As hostage, officer saw Colombia rebels decline

Spanish train slams into Latin American summer solstice partiers, killing 13

Spain train hits summer solstice partiers, 13 dead

Death toll reaches 34 in Colombia mine blast; nearly 40 workers trapped with little hope

Death toll at 34 in Colombia mine blast

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian rescuers have retrieved the bodies of 34 miners killed in last week’s coal mine explosion.

Death toll reaches 32 in Colombia mine blast; 40 workers trapped with little hope of survival

Death toll at 32 in Colombia mine blast

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian rescuers have retrieved the bodies of 32 miners killed in last week’s coal mine explosion.

Colombian officials say chances of survival minimal for some 50 trapped in coal mine blast

Little hope for trapped Colombian miners

AMAGA, Colombia — Authorities held out little hope Friday for the dozens of workers trapped underground after an explosion ripped through a coal mine, killing at least 18 during a shift change.

Colombian officials: Survival chances minimal for dozens of workers trapped by coal mine blast

Rescuers: Little hope for trapped Colombian miners

Dozens still missing after explosion in Colombian coal mine kills at least 16

Vigil for dozens trapped in Colombian coal mine

Explosion in Colombian coal mine kills 16, leaves dozens trapped; methane buildup suspected

Colombian coal mine blast kills 16, traps dozens

Colombian officials: 16 dead and dozens trapped in coal mine explosion; methane gas suspected

16 dead, dozens trapped in Colombian mine blast

16 are dead, dozens trapped in Colombian coal mine explosion, President Alvaro Uribe says

16 dead, dozens trapped in Colombian coal mine

16 are dead, 72 trapped in Colombian coal mine explosion, President Alvaro Uribe says

16 dead, 72 trapped in Colombian coal mine

8 are dead, 72 trapped in Colombian coal mine explosion, President Alvaro Uribe says

8 dead, 72 trapped in Colombian coal mine

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s president says an explosion at a coal mine has killed at least eight people and trapped 72.

Helicopters collide at Colombian military base, killing general and 5 others

Helicopters collide at Colombia base, killing 6

12-year-old boy killed while carrying package bomb toward police station in Colombia

Package bomb kills 12-year-old boy in Colombia

Death toll from Colombia car bombing rises to 9; proscutors see no clear culprit in attack

In Colombia, car bombing death toll reaches 9 dead

Car bomb kills 6, wounds 32 in volatile Colombian port on Pacific, key cocaine smuggling hub

Car bomb kills 6 in Colombia’s main Pacific port

Car bomb kills at least 6 in volatile Colombian port

Car bomb kills 6 in Colombian port

BOGOTA — A car bomb exploded in the administrative center of Colombia’s Pacific port of Buenaventura on Wednesday, killing six people and wounding more than 30, authorities said.

Car bomb kills at least 4 in volatile Colombian port

Car bomb kills 4 in Colombian port

BOGOTA — A car bomb exploded in the administrative center of Colombia’s Pacific port of Buenaventura on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding at least 20, authorities said.

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A look at foreign aid for Haiti following its earthquake

A look at foreign quake aid for Haiti

Governments have pledged nearly $1 billion in aid to Haiti, according to an Associated Press estimate, including $575 million from the European Union’s 27 nations. Those promises include:

Colombia’s most active volcano erupts again; officials say no reports of casualties

Volcano erupts in Colombia; no reports of injuries