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Colombia rolls out flight simulator for drones

Agencia EFEMay 10, 2013 12:20
Apiay, Colombia, May 10 (EFE).- Colombian authorities presented the country's first domestically produced flight simulator for training operators of unmanned drones. The simulator is the debut project to emerge from Colombia's Corporation for High Technology in Defense and involved collaboration between military and civilian engineers, Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said in an event at Apiay airbase in the central province of Meta.

Football: Colombia thrash Bolivia in S. American qualifying

March 22, 2013 18:46
Colombia remained firmly on course for an automatic World Cup berth on Friday after sweeping aside Bolivia 5-0 in South American qualifiers. Goals from Macnelly Torres, Carlos Valdez, Teofilo Gutierrez, Radamel Falcao and Pablo Armero secured an easy win as Colombia moved to within one point of leaders Argentina, who play Veneuzuela in Buenos Aires later Friday. Revelling in the humid conditions, Barranquilla's Metropolitano Stadium rocked before kick-off as the home crowd paid an emotional tribute to former national keeper Miguel Calero, who died in December aged 41.

UPDATE 3-Strong quake hits Colombia: 6 hurt, but no major damage

February 9, 2013 11:45
* Five adults, one child suffer minor injuries * 124 homes, 3 schools, health clinic damaged (Updates with people injured, damage to homes) BOGOTA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake rocked southwestern Colombia on Saturday, damaging more than 100 homes and causing minor injuries to six people, but sparing serious damage to roads and bridges, authorities said.
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