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Bombing next to police station in Colombia injures 11, days before presidential inauguration

At least 11 people were injured Saturday when a truck packed with explosives detonated next to a Colombian police station near the border with Venezuela, six days before President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella’s inauguration. AFP reporters saw the vehicle in flames, damaged building facades and police, and soldiers and residents gathering around the scene of…

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Tiny England village plans referendum on leaving U.K., joining U.S. to protest migrant housing plan

London — Residents of a tiny English village furious over plans to house hundreds of people seeking asylum in a nearby disused military barracks are preparing to hold a symbolic referendum calling for their community to declare independence from the U.K. and join the U.S.  The referendum, which would carry no weight under British law, is…

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