A Colombian journalist was shot to death in front of his home after receiving death threats, colleagues said.

SUSPECTED rebels planned to assassinate Colombian President Alvaro Uribe with a huge bomb this weekend. But, when police discovered the device yesterday, the suspected rebels detonated it, killing 15 people and wounding dozens, authorities said.

A gang of hijackers seized a small Colombian airliner on a domestic flight today, before forcing it to land on a road and kidnapping several passengers.