UPI Almanac for Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007.

BOGOTA, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A former Colombian Justice Minister was convicted Thursday of playing a role in the 1989 assassination of a presidential candidate.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- "Shooter" director Antoine Fuqua is set to helm "Escobar," one of two upcoming U.S. bio-pictures about notorious Colombian drug trafficker Pablo Escobar.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Production on the long-gestating Hollywood film, "Killing Pablo," could begin by next June, Zap2it.com reported.

UPI almanac for Sunday, July 22, 2007.

UPI almanac for Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006

Today is Saturday, July 22, the 203rd day of 2006 with 162 to follow.

BOGOTA, June 28 (UPI) -- A trial in Colombia has begun for a former justice minister accused of orchestrating the death of a presidential candidate in 1989, El Tiempo said Wednesday.

BOGOTA, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A former Colombian minister was charged with plotting the assassination of a former presidential candidate 16 years ago, El Tiempo reported Thursday online.