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A Severed Pig's Head, a Friend's Dead Body and Other Things Not to Bring to a Soccer Game
By Matthew Hall - AOL NewsYou 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. Christopher Jacome, 17, was shot and killed on Saturday while playing soccer in his local park. The following day, friends took his coffin and carried it into the 42,000-capacity General Santander Stadium in Cucuta for a match between Cucuta Deportivo and Envigado. It ...
Soccer Player Apologizes for Kicking and Killing Owl [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsA 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 been stunned after being hit by the soccer ball moments before -- was a mascot for the Atletico Junior squad. Fans of Atletico Junior have been calling Moreno a "murderer," and the Panamanian player may face legal ramifications for kicking the bird. "My family is very ...
Guard Parrots? Talking Birds Avert Burglary, Cops Say
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsThis 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 Herald. ...
UN Declares 2011 the 'International Year of Forests'
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsUNITED 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 and breathing out, about 25 hectares [62 acres] of forests are lost," Joseph Deiss, president of the U.N. General Assembly, said at the global launch of the event. "Ultimately, as history reminds us, in the past, entire civilizations collapse due to deforestation." There ...
21 Workers Killed in Colombian Mine Blast
By not in system - AOL NewsSARDINATA, 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 afternoon two bodies had been removed from the mine with another 14 left to recover, said the provincial Colombian Red Cross director, Johel Enrique Rodriguez. He told The Associated Press that rescuers had seen the rest of the bodies, which he said were covered in burns and ...
Jail Bird: Drug-Smuggling Pigeon Caught in Colombia
By Hugh Collins - AOL NewsIs it a bird? Or is it a ... mule? Colombian authorities say they have captured a pigeon that was being used to smuggle drugs into a prison. Guards became suspicious after spotting a bird with a package on its back near the prison in Bucaramanga, in the north of the country, The Telegraph reported. The bird was carrying 1.6 ounces of marijuana, along with 0.2 ounces of crack cocaine. "This is a new case of criminal ingenuity," said Gen. Jose Angel Mendoza, commander of Bucaramanga Metropolitan Police. The bird had been trained to deliver the narcotics. Unfortunately, the prisoners' ...
Bulls Attack Amateur Bullfighters [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsA weeklong bullfighting festival in Colombia sees 48 people injured. ...
Scores Feared Dead After Colombian Landslide
By Theunis Bates - AOL News
(Dec. 6) -- Up to 200 people are believed to be buried beneath rubble from a deadly landslide that destroyed at least 10 homes in the northwestern Colombian city of Medellin. Emergency teams using sniffer dogs have so far rescued seven people, the BBC reported, and one body has been recovered. However, the scale of the tragedy means that the death toll from Sunday's landslide will almost certainly climb in the coming days. "We are focused on moving rubble to see if we find survivors," Cesar Uruena, a Red Cross operations deputy director, told Agence France-Presse. "The landslide buried 10 ...
A Monkey Riding a Parrot? It Happens!
By David Moye - AOL News
(Nov. 19) -- The phrase "I've got a monkey on my back" is being taken literally among animals in captivity. Recently in San Agustin, Colombia, a lazy monkey started doing the animal kingdom's version of shacking up with a male and female parrot at a countryside hotel. The owners of the hotel says the squirrel monkey eats and plays with his bird-brained roommates. http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=624098&pid=624097&uts=1290026277 ...
Richard Lugar: GOP Can't Just Be the Party of 'No'
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Shakh Aivazov, AP Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. (Nov. 15) -- The substantial gains this November present Republicans with enormous opportunities and, correspondingly, great responsibilities to an electorate demanding substantial changes in public policy from a Congress that will be responsive to its concerns. Many analysts attribute the strong Republican trend to the visible anger of millions of Americans. Among some in Democratic leadership and the media, "anger" is shorthand for dismissing the scope and legitimacy of frustration -- which found expression in the tea party movement -- with the ...
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