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Castro 'in charge' again, Chavez says
Apr 29 2007 11:56PM (CT)
BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez said Sunday his friend and political ally Fidel Castro is "in charge" again nearly nine months after undergoing intestinal surgery.
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Chavez and Big Oil gear up for struggle
Apr 29 2007 10:05PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Forcing Big Oil to give up control of Venezuela's most promising oil fields this week will be relatively easy for President Hugo Chavez, but he will face a more delicate challenge in getting the world's top oil companies to stay and keep investing.
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Chavez vows oil, financing for leftists
Apr 29 2007 8:54PM (CT)
BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuela hopes to gradually sell off its refineries in the United States and build a new network of refineries in Latin America, part of a plan to offer his leftist allies in the region a stable oil supply.
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Photographer plans Mexico nude shoot
Apr 29 2007 5:57PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - American photographer Spencer Tunick said Sunday he was hoping to draw his largest crowd of nude people for a shoot next month in Mexico City's enormous Zocalo plaza.
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Vigilantes impose peace in Rio slums
Apr 29 2007 12:30PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - For as long as anyone can remember, the cracked asphalt soccer field in the Roquete Pinto slum was off-limits to children _ "reserved" by gangs selling marijuana and cocaine. Then, a few months ago, a mysterious squad of beefy men with submachine guns started patrolling on foot, and the drug dealers disappeared.
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