AFP, Bogota. When Uribe, independent candidate of the Columbian hardline wing, was sworn in as the President today, explosions erupted near the Presidential palace, killing at 15 people and injuring 24.

• (法新社波哥大电)哥伦比亚强硬派独立候选人尤瑞比今天宣誓就任总统时，在总统府附近发生炸弹爆炸事件，造成至少十五人死亡，二十四人受伤。