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BOGOTA (Dow Jones)--Colombia's central bank Monday requested a $10.4 billion flexible, one-year credit line from the International Monetary Fund, as its economy falters.

Colombia becomes the third country to line up for the fund's new program to provide a backstop for sound economies in the crisis. Central Bank governor Jose Dario Uribe said he expects an answer from the IMF board with the next few weeks.

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