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AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Apostolic Vicar of Mitu resigns

Sep 17, 2009

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on September 15, 2009 accepted he renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Mitu (Colombia) presented by Bishop José Gustavo Angel...

List of Terrorist Acts Done by Farc

articleonramp.com

Sep 2, 2009 2 related

FARC Modus Operandi Considered to be the Americas? first established rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has been waging a mixture of conventional and unconventional warfare against the Colombian...

Safeguarding vanishing cultures

cam.ac.uk

Aug 27, 2009

Some of the world’s most endangered songs, chants and poems are being documented thanks to a new project launched at the University of Cambridge. Affiliated to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the World Oral...

Internet archive plan to save dying cultures

irishexaminer.com

Aug 26, 2009 2 related

By Theo Usherwood Wednesday, August 26, 2009 SOME of the world’s most endangered chants, poems and songs could soon be protected with the help of the internet, university experts said yesterday. Folk stories and myths from...

Colombian Indians flee threat of forcible recruitment in rebel ranks - UNHCR

reliefweb.int

Aug 20, 2009

Written by: Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA (AlertNet) - More than 100 indigenous families have fled their jungle reserves in Colombia's southeastern province of Vaupes since the beginning of the year, afraid that armed groups will...

Armed recruitment of children in Colombia forces indigenous off their land

alertnet.org

Aug 12, 2009

Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. MITU, COLOMBIA, August 12 (UNHCR) – In a distant corner of Colombia on the border with Brazil, the department of...