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/ 16 November 2003
At least 25 people were wounded in two explosions in an exclusive neighborhood of the Colombian capital late on Saturday. The explosions occurred seconds apart, just after 10.20pm, at a time when the area was crowded with restaurant- and bar-goers. Three of the wounded were United States citizens.
At least 50 people have been killed in a week of heavy fighting between Marxist rebels and right-wing paramilitaries in northern Colombia, defence officials said late on Friday.
More than one million copies of Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s memoirs have been published ahead of their release this week in Latin America and Spain — a testament to the enduring popularity of the pioneer of magical realism.