Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia - Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is taking his political expertise to Georgetown University in Washington, where he has been named a distinguished scholar.
BOGOTA - As Bogota's two-term mayor, Antanas Mockus dressed as a superhero to fight graffiti, soaped up in his skivvies on TV for water conservation and sent mimes into the capital's streets to chastise misbehaving motorists with a smile.

MIAMI - While their fellow college students recovered from the night's revelry, four South Floridians celebrated the New Year with a more active - and activist - approach.