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• Secret Service boss to discuss prostitute scandal

  -- The head of the Secret Service testifies for the first time Wednesday about the humiliating prostitution scandal in Colombia that tarnished his historic agency's image. Congress wants to know whether the incident was an isolated case or a pattern of bad   Read more »

• King: No talk to prostitute in Secret Service case

  chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is refusing to meet with a Colombian prostitute involved in the U.S. Secret Service scandal.Rep. Peter King tells CNN that a meeting with the woman, identified by her lawyer as Dania Londono Suarez, would merely   Read more »

• Letter: Politics and Secret Service probe

  Security, Rep. Peter King (R- Seaford ) is certainly adamant regarding the alleged misconduct of U.S. Secret Service staff in Colombia and whether classified information or federal property were compromised ["Calling for answers," News, April 23]. He insists   Read more »

• What happened in Colombia didn't stay in Colombia

  lapse that could have had grave consequences if pulled off by people other than two social climbers from Virginia .Whether the Colombian shenanigans were part of a "cultural blueprint," as Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina suggested, or closer   Read more »

• Chaperones among new Secret Service conduct rules

  attempt to respond to the scandal that surfaced as President Barack Obama was headed to a Latin American summit in Cartagena, Colombia, earlier this month.The embattled Secret Service director, Mark Sullivan, urged agents and other employees to "consider your   Read more »

Around the web

• French journalist freed by the Farc says he was treated well

  French journalist freed by the Farc rebels of Colombia has said he was treated well during his 33 days in captivity but criticised their use of his release for propaganda. The Farc handed over Romeo Langlois on their movement's 48th anniversary on a specially 5/30/12 from Guardian Unlimited Read more »

• Colombia: Asistencia en Magdalena

  Cruz Roja Colombiana Seccional Magdalena realizo este miercoles una jornada de asistencia humanitaria entregando mercados, colchonetas, sabanas y toldillos que beneficiaron a 200 familias de los barrios Chimila y Ondas del Caribe de la ciudad de Santa Marta 5/30/12 from Humanitarian News Read more »

• Red Cross confirms French reporter Langlois released by FARC rebels

  Spaniard Jordi Raich. The correspondent for television channel France24 and the daily Le Figaro was accompanying a task force of Colombian police and army troops on April 28 when the contingent was ambushed by FARC units, sparking a battle that left four members 5/30/12 from Fox News Latino Read more »

• Colombian acid attack victims seek justice

  for better medical care and work opportunities for acid survivors, as well as for a reform of the penal code. Under current Colombian legislation, dousing a woman in acid is a "personal attack", a crime punishable with a maximum of 10 years in prison but one 5/30/12 from BBC News Read more »

• Colombia: Langlois Case Raises Questions About Status of Journalists in War - Part 1

  ABUJA, Nigeria - While some Nigerian politicians are talking about negotiating with Boko Haram, the military is preparing for battle with the militant group. Seventeen countries have signed on to help Nigeria increase security. The Nigerian military is acq 5/30/12 from Humanitarian News Read more »