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Cuba: Bush chat with dissidents a 'show'
AP - Cuba on Monday dismissed a videoconference between President Bush and three key dissidents as a stunt to bolster the U.S. leader's low approval ratings, claiming there would be no political opposition on the island without funding from Washington.
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AP - Cuba on Monday dismissed a videoconference between President Bush and three key dissidents as a stunt to bolster the U.S. leader's low approval ratings, claiming there would be no political opposition on the island without funding from Washington.
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NZ Stocks: Lower dollar, corporate activity lifts market
New Zealand's sharemarket was bolstered by a rise in Telecom, a lower dollar and increases in the Australian banking sector.The NZSX-50 benchmark index rose 1 per cent or 36.66 points to 3637.83 on mild volume worth $92 million....
New Zealand Herald – May 12, 2008 06:32 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
New Zealand's sharemarket was bolstered by a rise in Telecom, a lower dollar and increases in the Australian banking sector.The NZSX-50 benchmark index rose 1 per cent or 36.66 points to 3637.83 on mild volume worth $92 million....
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Venezuelan president criticizes German chancellorAP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lashed out at Germany's chancellor on Sunday, suggesting that her party shares the political ideals of Adolf Hitler.
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Venezuela's Chavez slams Germany's Merkel commentsReuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday almost told German Chancellor Angela Merkel to go to hell, but stopped short of insulting the woman leader on Mother's Day.
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Storied Paper Bets on a Daily Future in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia, May 11 -- El Espectador, Colombia's oldest newspaper, has been bombed, torched and occupied by troops, and its most legendary editor, Guillermo Cano, was slain in a hail of gunfire. The paper published Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez's first stories, long before he became a Nobel Prize w...
Washington Post – May 12, 2008 12:07 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
BOGOTA, Colombia, May 11 -- El Espectador, Colombia's oldest newspaper, has been bombed, torched and occupied by troops, and its most legendary editor, Guillermo Cano, was slain in a hail of gunfire. The paper published Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez's first stories, long before he became a Nobel Prize w...
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Thousands protest violence in Mexico
AP - Thousands of white-clad people marched silently Sunday to protest a surge of drug-related violence in a Mexican city across from Texas where the No. 2 police officer was shot dead.
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AP - Thousands of white-clad people marched silently Sunday to protest a surge of drug-related violence in a Mexican city across from Texas where the No. 2 police officer was shot dead.
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'Anonymous coward' hacks government computers, leaks data
CHILE - Authorities have said a hacker who identified himself as 'Anonymous Coward' stole personal data of 6 million Chileans - reportedly including a daughter of the president - and posted it briefly on the internet.Presidential...
New Zealand Herald – May 11, 2008 11:27 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
CHILE - Authorities have said a hacker who identified himself as 'Anonymous Coward' stole personal data of 6 million Chileans - reportedly including a daughter of the president - and posted it briefly on the internet.Presidential...
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Chavez say Colombia's Uribe trying to spark warReuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday accused Colombia of seeking to provoke war, renewing regional tensions after a Colombian attack on a rebel camp in Ecuador sparked the worst Andes diplomatic crisis in a decade.
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Real-life skull worship inspires new 'Indy' film
AP - There is a legend that the ancient Maya possessed 13 crystal skulls which, when united, hold the power of saving the Earth — a tale so strange and fantastic that it inspired the latest Indiana Jones movie.
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AP - There is a legend that the ancient Maya possessed 13 crystal skulls which, when united, hold the power of saving the Earth — a tale so strange and fantastic that it inspired the latest Indiana Jones movie.
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Venezuela's Chavez to buy Chinese K-8 planes
Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday the OPEC nation will buy Chinese military training planes, expanding recent arms purchases and further cementing a growing relationship with China.
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Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday the OPEC nation will buy Chinese military training planes, expanding recent arms purchases and further cementing a growing relationship with China.
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