Mr. Uribe received the diagnosis of the H1N1 swine flu after he returned from a meeting on Friday of South American leaders. His government urged other leaders who had attended the meeting, in Bariloche, Argentina, to check if they had been infected.
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Colombian Leader Getting Over Flu
Sept 01--President Álvaro Uribe is recovering from the swine flu, but now his defense minister is showing some symptoms of the same illness, officials said Monday.
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1 de septiembre de 2009, 12:00 a. m.