Colombia's president survives helicopter attack

Suspected rebels fired from the mountains at President Alvaro Uribe’s helicopter as he arrived at a village in north-west Colombia.

Suspected rebels fired from the mountains at President Alvaro Uribe’s helicopter as he arrived at a village in north-west Colombia.

No-one was injured in the attack at Granada village in Antioquia state, said Ricardo Galan, Uribe’s spokesman.

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