The New York Times — Police and health authorities say a holiday dessert distributed to homeless Colombians contained ground glass and poison that caused one death and sickened 44 others.

The Cali police commander, Gen. Miguel Angel Bojaca, says a traditional custard and pastry was handed out on New Year's Eve to impoverished people in the city's El Calvario neighborhood.

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The New York Times. "1 Dead, 44 Treated for Food Poisoning in Colombia," http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/01/world/AP-LT-Colombia-Holiday-Poisoning.html?_r=2; 01 Jan. 2010.