Bogota, Colombia

A soldier leads a group of students, all wearing masks as a precaution against <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEDAI0000067" title="Swine Flu" href="/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/swine-flu-HEDAI0000067.topic">swine flu</a>, during a tour of the presidential palace in the capital. The government announced that <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO00000134" title="Colombia" href="/topic/intl/colombia-PLGEO00000134.topic">Colombian</a> President <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT007497" title="Alvaro Uribe" href="/topic/politics/alvaro-uribe-PEPLT007497.topic">Alvaro Uribe</a> has the swine flu.

( William Fernando Martinez / Associated Press / August 31, 2009 )

A soldier leads a group of students, all wearing masks as a precaution against swine flu, during a tour of the presidential palace in the capital. The government announced that Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has the swine flu.

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