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'Shottas' vs 'Spartanos': Colombian town gripped by gang terror
'Shottas' vs 'Spartanos': Colombian town gripped by gang terror
by  AFP

Long marred by poverty and neglect, the port city of Buenaventura on Colombia's Pacific coast must now also contend with the daily terrors of a merciless and escalating war between rival drug gangs. Colombia's first leftist president Gustavo Petro has expressed concern about the "serious situation of violence" in Buenaventura, which he blamed on decades of state neglect.

Cambodia Khmer Rouge court upholds conviction in final ruling
Cambodia Khmer Rouge court upholds conviction in final ruling
by  AFP

Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes court gave its final verdict Thursday, upholding the genocide conviction and life sentence imposed on the regime's last surviving leader. It is the last verdict that will be issued by the tribunal, which has cost more than $330 million and prosecuted only five Khmer Rouge leaders, two of whom died during proceedings.

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