The pueblo of grass roofed buildings, round river-stone plazas and pre-Colombian magic is off limits to camera-clad foreigners.

BBC: Colombia��s spiritual centre

"Whether it is a high water level or low, the Merced River flows year round and the current can pull anybody in, " said Gediman.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

In 1807, Robert Fulton's "North River Steam Boat" (popularly known as the "Clermont") began chugging its way up New York's Hudson River on its successful round-trip to Albany.

CNN: Saturday,

The latest round of fighting started as a spat over the waters of a small river in the eastern district of Trincomalee.

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The financing round was led by Egan-Managed Capital, and also included Kodiak Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures and Star Ventures Management.

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Funders in the Series A round were Greylock Partners (with LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman as lead investor), Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures nad Neoteny Labs.

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