WORLD IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Bush to Attend Drug Talks Despite Perils
Despite concerns about security, the White House said that President Bush will go to violence-torn Colombia on Feb. 15 for a four-nation summit on illegal drugs. The meeting will be in Cartagena, a region infamous as a haven for cocaine drug lords, who are waging a campaign of violence in retaliation for a crackdown by the government of President Virgilio Barco Vargas.
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