Santos elected president of Colombia
Top story: Former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos has declared victory in Colombia's presidential runoff. Santos, who has pledged to continue to intensify the fight against the country's FARC guerillas, won in a landslide with more than 69 percent of the vote. Former Bogota mayor and Green Party candidate Antanas Mockus' Internet-driven campaign was unable to garner more than 29 percent on election day.
Santos was able to capitalize on the high approval ratings of outgoing president Alvaro Uribe. He was one of the primary architects of Uribe's popular and largely successful campaign against the FARC.
Unfortunately, election day was also marred by violence as seven soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected National Liberation Army guerrillas in northern Colombia on Sunday. In an unrelated incident, three soldiers were killed during a confrontation with the FARC in the south.
Oil spill: A report by the New York Times finds that lax oversight led to the failure of a crucial failsafe device on board the Deepwater Horizon rig.
Milestones: More than 300 British troops have now died in Afghanistan.
Santos was able to capitalize on the high approval ratings of outgoing president Alvaro Uribe. He was one of the primary architects of Uribe's popular and largely successful campaign against the FARC.
Unfortunately, election day was also marred by violence as seven soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected National Liberation Army guerrillas in northern Colombia on Sunday. In an unrelated incident, three soldiers were killed during a confrontation with the FARC in the south.
Oil spill: A report by the New York Times finds that lax oversight led to the failure of a crucial failsafe device on board the Deepwater Horizon rig.
Milestones: More than 300 British troops have now died in Afghanistan.
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