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Aug. 31, 2009 / 8:59 AM

Colombian president contracts swine flu

Columbian President Alvaro Uribe, shown at the White House where he met with U.S. President Barack Obama June 29, 2009. (UPI Photo/Kristoffer Tripplaar/POOL)

Columbian President Alvaro Uribe, shown at the White House where he met with U.S. President Barack Obama June 29, 2009. (UPI Photo/Kristoffer Tripplaar/POOL) | License Photo

BOGOTA, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Colombia President Alvaro Uribe was diagnosed with swine flu following his participation in a regional summit in Argentina, his doctors said.

The Colombian leader was resting but continuing his duties as president, physicians said in a Monday report in the El Tiempo newspaper.

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Uribe, 57, had traveled to Argentina during the weekend for a summit of South American leaders to discuss the use of Colombian military bases by U.S. troops.

Nearly three-dozen people diagnosed with swine flu have died in Colombia.

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