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Hugo Chavez's legacy
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday of cancer at age 58, was beloved and reviled, bombastic and provocative, a flamboyant figure who was vastly influential in his country and throughout the region. The former paratrooper-turned-populist...
Tags: World Bank Group, Venezuela, Fidel Castro, Cuba, George W. Bush
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Funeral begins for Venezuela's Chavez
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.CARACAS, Venezuela -- The funeral ceremony for late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez got underway Friday at a military base in the capital before 32 heads of state and with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra directed by Los Angeles conductor Gustavo...Tags: Elections, Heads of State, Raul Castro, Government, Sebastian Pinera
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Obama in Israel: Can he overcome low expectations?
Later this month, President Obama will visit Israel, a country intended by an act of international law to be the reconstituted Jewish national home. The visit will be highly charged, but at the same time, many Israelis have low expectations for what could...
Tags: Elections, Israel, Judaism, United Nations, Barack Obama
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Body of Hugo Chavez to remain on view under glass
CARACAS, Venezuela -- After funeral services Friday with at least 33 heads of state expected to be in attendance, the body of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will be specially embalmed and ultimately placed on permanent public display in a glass case,...
Tags: Elections, Heads of State, Raul Castro, Government, Hugo Chavez
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Iran declares national day of mourning for Hugo Chavez
TEHRAN -- The Iranian government declared Wednesday as a national day of mourning for the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, praising the leftist firebrand as a foe of imperialism. In a cable to the Venezuelan presidential office, President...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), National Government, Venezuela, Government, Islam
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Ahmadinejad ally linked to human rights abuses arrested in Iran
TEHRAN -- Authorities arrested a former top Iranian prosecutor who was once labeled a “serial human rights abuser” and linked to the deaths in custody of three protesters following the nation’s disputed 2009 elections, according to...
Tags: Elections, Police Arrests, Tehran (Iran), Human Rights, Civil Rights
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Iran arrests more than a dozen journalists
TEHRAN - More than a dozen journalists were arrested in Iran on Sunday and Monday, reportedly detained for ties to foreign Farsi-language outlets, according to Iranian media. The wave of arrests marks a new crackdown on the media in Iran, five months...
Tags: Elections, Newspaper and Magazine, Freedom of the Press, Journalism, Police Arrests
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Iran's leader visits Cairo, easing long estrangement
CAIRO -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived to a red-carpet welcome and a kiss on the cheek by Egypt's new Islamist leader in a historic trip to strengthen relations between the two nations after decades of estrangement and suspicion. Iran...
Tags: Religious Conflicts, Tehran (Iran), Political Dissent, Bashar Assad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Ally of Iran's president released from jail
TEHRAN -- A key ally of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been released from jail, Iranian news services reported Wednesday, the latest development in a case that has highlighted internal political squabbles in advance of June’s presidential...
Tags: Police Arrests, Human Rights, Civil Rights, Parliament, Iran
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Connecticut school shooting: Latest developments
Newtown, Connecticut, was full of grief, full of horror and -- despite the emergence of new details -- full of questions Sunday, two days after a school shooting massacre rocked the New England community. Here are some of the latest developments about...
Tags: Executive Branch, Christianity, U.S. Congress, Government, Barack Obama
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Iran president blames 'psychological war' for dropping rial
World NowAs the Iranian rial tumbled to new lows on Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed the plummeting value of the currency on a “psychological war” waged against his government by the United States and his Iranian critics. The... -
Diplomat: Western officials see Iran's economy imploding quickly
World NowWestern governments believe that Iran’s economy is imploding so quickly that it could essentially collapse next spring under the combined pressure of international sanctions, an oil embargo and internal mismanagement by officials in Tehran, a...
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