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  United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The AUC is considered to be a terrorist organization by multiple countries and organizations, including the United States and the European Union.
The AUC claims its primary objective is to protect its sponsors and its supporters from insurgents and their activities, including kidnapping, murder and extortion, because the Colombian state has historically failed to do so.
Acting AUC commanders claim to believe that there was an accidental exchange of gunfire between his bodyguards and a separate group of paramilitary fighters, but that he may still be alive and possibly in hiding.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Autodefensas_Unidas_de_Colombia   (2295 words)

  
 United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
AUC forces are strongest in the northwest in Antioquia, Cordoba, Sucre, and Bolivar Departments.
In his campaign to have the AUC represented in on-going peace talks between the government and the leftist rebels, Castano resigned from the leadership of the AUC on 6 June 2001, saying that he would henceforth devote his energies to the “political directorate” of the AUC.
The AUC is believed to be responsible for most of the atrocities committed in Colombia, in particular against the country’s civilian population.
www.ict.org.il /inter_ter/orgdet.cfm?orgid=91   (1102 words)

  
 AUC Connections magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In 2002, AUC added another amenity overlooking Cupecoy Bay near the French St. Martin border — fully furnished one- and two-bedroom apartments in the 80,000 square foot on-campus apartment building.
AUC graduates have consistently placed higher compared to the national average placement for all foreign medical students entering the National Residency Match Program.
The AUC name is gaining more recognition with the help of every doctor it graduates.
www.aucmed.edu /aucconnections/campuswelcome.htm   (334 words)

  
 United Self-Defense Forces/Group of Colombia (AUC)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The AUC, commonly referred to as "the paramilitaries," is an umbrella organization formed in April 1997 to coordinate the activities of local paramilitary groups and develop a cohesive paramilitary effort to combat insurgents.
The AUC’s affiliate groups and other paramilitary units are in negotiations with the Government of Colombia and in the midst of the largest demobilization in modern Colombian history.
AUC forces are strongest in the northwest of Colombia in Antioquia, Cordoba, Sucre, Atlantico, Magdelena, Cesar, La Guajira, and Bolivar Departments, with affiliate groups in the coffee region, Valle del Cauca, and in Meta Department.
library.nps.navy.mil /home/tgp/auc.htm   (218 words)

  
 Authenticated User Community (AUC)
In addition, libxml2 is no longer required for AUC (it's packaged internally).
Finally, in addition to numerous bug fixes and translation updates, AUC should compile and install more easily on modern redhat 7.x and glibc 2 systems.
AUC's development pages (bug tracking, mailing lists, etc.) at Sourceforge.
auc.sourceforge.net   (254 words)

  
 American Unitarian Conference
The new AUC holds that the traditional Unitarian faith is uniquely suited for modern men and women seeking to grapple with the difficulties of applying religious faith to modern life.
The new AUC is not so vain or arrogant as to think that all that has been done before us is of little or no value and that religious truths need to be entirely rediscovered with each new generation.
New pages on the AUC website may not yet be indexed by Google, so please try again in a few days if you don't find what you're looking for.
www.americanunitarian.org   (834 words)

  
 Terrorism - In the Spotlight: United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)
The size of the AUC has reportedly tripled in the last three years, mainly due to its deepening involvement in the drug trade, and is said to have anywhere between 8,000 and 15,000 members.
In 2001, the AUC killed at least 1,015 civilians, a statistic that greatly surpasses the 197 civilians killed by the FARC.
The AUC also committed over 100 massacres in 2001, a typical terror tactic used to displace large portions of the peasant population in order to better control major coca-growing territories.
www.cdi.org /terrorism/auc-pr.cfm   (1034 words)

  
 AUC, American University of the Caribbean Medical School
American University of the Caribbean's mission is to provide qualified students with the opportunity to acquire a sound basic education in medicine, and to foster the development of lifelong habits of scholarship and service.
AUC is dedicated to preserve, transmit, and apply humanity's accumulated knowledge and skills to develop graduates whose accomplishments attest to their intellectual discipline.
The school is committed to a quality medical education that can provide assurance to society and to the medical profession that its graduates are competent to meet society's expectations, and assure students that they will receive a useful and valid education.
auc.valuemd.com   (202 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Colombia's Civil War: AUC
The United Self-defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) is the umbrella organization for right-wing paramilitaries operating in northern parts of the nation.
The Colombian National Police hold the AUC responsible for at least 804 assassinations, 203 kidnappings and 75 massacres with 507 victims in 2000.
The AUC traces its roots to Colombia's regional "self-defense" movement of the 1950s when wealthy landowners commissioned regional militias to defend their property and business interests from marauding bandits, peasants, and early leftist groups.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/latin_america/colombia/players_auc.html   (850 words)

  
 Information about the combatants
The AUC even dissolved briefly in 2002, with Carlos Castaño's decision to resign from the AUC's leadership because "everyone does as he wishes".
The Northern Bloc - Run by current AUC military leader Salvatore Mancuso, the Northern Bloc incorporates Fidel and Carlos Castaño's original ACCU, controlling municipalities in a swath of territory stretching from the Panamanian to the Venezuelan borders.
A former Córdoba rancher, Mancuso is currently the "Maximum Comandante" of the AUC and chief negotiator in Santa Fe de Ralito.
www.ciponline.org /colombia/infocombat.htm   (2485 words)

  
 math lessons - AUC
AUC is a Latin abbreviation for calculation of dates.
AUC is an abbreviation for Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, the name of the main paramilitary group in Colombia.
AUC (or sometimes, probably wrongly, AuC) is a the Authentication Center in a GSM network.
www.mathdaily.com /lessons/AUC   (112 words)

  
 BBC News | AMERICAS | Colombia's growing paramilitary force
Formed in 1997, the United Self Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC) like to trace their roots back to legal local self-defence groups formed under legislation passed in 1968, which allowed citizens to be used by the government to restore normality.
But more accurately the AUC has its roots in the paramilitary armies built up by drug lords, most notably Jose Rodriguez Gacha of the Medellin cartel, and the AUC present leader's brother, Fidel Castano.
In 1997, he formed the AUC as an umbrella group under which all were welcome: local warlords, drugs traffickers and disaffected members of the security forces - in short anyone prepared to kill guerrillas.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1746943.stm   (688 words)

  
 AUC Cairo
Three-quarters of AUC's 4200 degree students are Egyptian; the rest come from elsewhere in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and North America.
In order to apply for the AUC program, you must be a graduating senior (coterminal students are eligible) at Stanford University at the time of application.
Essay: A short essay (not to exceed two pages double spaced) which should present your interest in the AUC internship program a nd describe any special skills, talents, or experience that would help you contribute to the positions applied for and the AUC community as a whole.
www.stanford.edu /dept/icenter/orc/scholarships/aucairo.html   (844 words)

  
 American University of the Caribbean
Sunday, May 1st, AUC student Valnet Gédéon was able to achieve one of his life-long dreams of running in the Vancouver International Marathon with the goal of raising money for AUC.
AUC was pleased to partner with Christian Veterinary Mission to co-host a visiting team of veterinarians and vet students.
Activities ranged from training third year AUC Ag students on animal health, to providing seminars for local veterinary agents, to working with local animal health groups.
www.auchaiti.org   (410 words)

  
 Online NewsHour Update: Colombian Congress Approves AUC Leniency Bill -- June 24, 2005
The AUC, classified by the U.S. State Department as a foreign terrorist organization, has been responsible for some of the worst massacres in Colombian history in its primary goal to eliminate the left wing FARC guerrillas and has helped finance its rightwing agenda and paramilitary organization through kidnapping, extortion and, especially, the drug business.
By 2004, Restrepo persuaded the AUC to agree to the "Santa Fe de Ralito accord" in which the government would suspend arrest warrants in the AUC's northwestern safe haven of Santa Fe de Ralito and protect AUC leaders from extradition to the United States.
The AUC threatened to pull out of the peace talks if the government prosecuted Murillo for murder and if their demands outlined in the peace accord were not met.
www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/colombia_06-24-05.html   (1891 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Each year, students from dozens of college and universities across North America and around the world enroll at AUC for one or more terms, usually during the third or junior year.
AUC's Study Abroad program is one of direct enrollment, meaning that students select courses from general undergraduate listings and are not limited to a fixed set of courses.
Since AUC is accredited in the US as well as in Egypt, students from US universities are usually able to transfer AUC credits to their home institutions.
www1.aucegypt.edu /admissions/study_abroad.htm   (240 words)

  
 AUC AMSA - Welcome!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The vision of the American University of the Caribbean Medical School (AUC) chapter of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) is to be the most recognized organization on the AUC campus, and to serve as an example and resource to other AMSA chapters dedicated to assisting in the formation of physicians in training.
AUC AMSA is working to enhance and improve life on the AUC campus and on the island of St. Maarten/St. Martin as a whole.
Through organization, improved communication, and the implementation and sponsorship of programs which are structured to improve the clinical preparedness of every AUC student, AUC AMSA seeks to achieve our goals.
www.aucamsa.org   (166 words)

  
 Alumni & Friends :: AUC-NUC
Please contact Blaine Sylvester at AUC (403-410-2907 or bsylvester@auc-nuc.ca) with any questions about the conference.
Please call Velma Warnock at AUC (403-410-2938 or vwarnock@auc-nuc.ca) with any questions about the registration process.
Our AUC (home of CBC/CTS) and NUC Alumni Directory allows you to reconnect with old friends, view news from other alumni and send us your own update using the online Alumni Directory form.
www.auc-nuc.ca /alumni   (118 words)

  
 Website Design by AUC | Aplin Uno Creative
With a combination of our marketing background and ongoing experience in website design, AUC has the foundation to produce effective websites and Flash presentations that will meet and fulfill all your marketing needs.
We can help at any level of design or website development, from a simple static website to development of a fully interactive e-commerce solution.
Whether you need to refresh an existing website or produce a new website, AUC has the knowledge, the tools and the experience to give you a site you will be proud of.
www.auc.com /samples/web.htm   (110 words)

  
 Carboplatin dose clearance calculator Area under the curve AUC.
Carboplatin dose clearance calculator Area under the curve AUC.
Carboplatin dosage is calculated from sex, age, weight, serum creatinine and AUC (Area Under the Curve) of carboplatin.
For obese patients : if total body weight (TBW)/ ideal body weight (IBW) >= 1.2, weight is corrected by the mean between TBW and IBW.
www.thedoctorslounge.net /calc/carboplatinauc.htm   (176 words)

  
 Presentación AUC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
n - AUC) is a progressive independent organization, whose main aim is to defend the interests of citizens as users of the mass media, receivers of the messages disseminated by them and possible "targets" of their content.
At present the association has over 10,000 members and a large number of supporters, on account of the growing importance of communication in daily life, thanks to both its technological advances and the risks involved in the abuse of these developments, made it advisable to return to our original situation of independence in 1994.
To take part in all consultative or arbitration bodies created by the Authorities in Spain, both at central government level and in the Autonomous Regional Communities.
www.auc.es /Frames/frpreing.htm   (321 words)

  
 AUC Alumni.com - Events
I meet people all the time who say that they never read works by fl writers when they were in school.
I meet these people, in their late twenties and thirties and they are just figuring out that they belong to a literary tradition,” Jones said.
For more information about Tayari, her novels and her upcoming appearances, please visit her website, www.tayarijones.com, which includes a blog that is updated several times a week.
www.aucalumni.com /press.asp?nk=56   (640 words)

  
 AUC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Authentication Center in a GSM mobile phone network
Aalborg University was formerly called Aalborg Universitetscenter, and used AUC as the official abbrevation.
A user community used by Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland to track assignments and classes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AUC   (195 words)

  
 The AUC Robot Camera Head   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The AUC robot head is a 12 DOF camerahead.
Examples of experiments involving the AUC head have been described in A Control Theoretical Approach to Active Vision By H.I. Christensen, J. Horstman, and T. Rasmussen, 2nd Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Singapore, December 1995.
Information about other camera heads can be found at the "Binocular Camera Platform Home Page".
www.vision.auc.dk /~hic/auc-head.html   (297 words)

  
 AUC Libraries |
The proxy server allows authorized AUC library users to access selected databases, online journals, e-books, and other library resources and services from any Internet connection, regardless of location.
If you are attempting to access one of these tools from off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your name and barcode from the back of your AUC ID card.
Once you do so you will be connected to the database or tool that you selected.
library.aucegypt.edu /databases/offcamp.htm   (359 words)

  
 AUC
At the AUC Big Cities Section Meeting, held in Dnipropetrovsk on June 9, 2006,
The AUC Board Meeting will take place on May 19, 2006
Venue: AUC Executive Office, Kyiv, Esplanadna str.,4, room 727.
www.auc.org.ua /activities/news/amu/?ln=en   (441 words)

  
 American Unitatian Conference Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
- The AUC Discussion Forum is a place for discussion of topics of interest to members and friends of the AUC.
One thing the AUC has in common with fundamentalist Christianity
Re: One thing the AUC has in common with fundamentalist Christianity
www.americanunitarian.org /aucforum/list.php?f=1&r=1   (243 words)

  
 Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC)
Admite Castaño: En las Auc, cada cual hace lo que quiere
Comunicado de las AUC acerca de la ruptura del proceso de paz
Fiscalía confirmó asesinato de importante jefe de las Auc
www.latinamericanstudies.org /auc.htm   (818 words)

  
 AUC - Download   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The current version of AUC is 0.7.4, released October 1, 2001.
It is available here as both tar.gz and RPM format under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Check out the README file for information on what the API is capable of.
auc.sourceforge.net /download.shtml   (200 words)

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