Hugo Chavez calls doctor ‘a liar’ after saying he has 2 years left to live
October 28th, 2011 - 3:44 am ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has described a doctor who claimed to be part of his former medical team as 'a big liar'. The doctor previously said Chavez ... Read more...
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Eight missing after military helicopter crashes into sea off Venezuela
August 19th, 2011 - 4:18 am ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) -- A Venezuelan military helicopter carrying 10 people crashed into the sea on Wednesday afternoon, officials said on Thursday. One person has been confirmed dead.The accident happened at ... Read more...
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Heat sensors help bats home in on blood sources
August 4th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 4 (IANS) A sensitive, heat-detecting molecule covering nerve endings on their noses is the reason how vampire bats know which part of the victim's skin to home on ... Read more...
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Hugo Chavez to start chemotherapy treatment
July 18th, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Caracas, Venezuela, July 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has flown to Cuba to start chemotherapy. The 56-year-old was in Cuba almost a month ago where he underwent a surgery to ... Read more...
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Venezuela to increase minimum wage by 26.5 percent
April 27th, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday announced an increase in the minimum wage by 26.5 percent, the state-run AVN news agency reported.The rise will benefit public and ... Read more...
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Venezuela confirms 239 cases of cholera
February 4th, 2011 - 2:24 pm ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) --Venezuela's Health Ministry on Thursday confirmed 239 cases of cholera in the country, after a group of nationals contracted the disease during a trip to the Dominican Republic ... Read more...
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Russell Crowe Turns Desperate In ‘Next Three Days’
December 10th, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Russell plays the role of a college professor called John Brennan, who turns aggressive to bring his wife out of the prison. Elizabeth Banks plays his wife Lara Brennan, who has ... Read more...
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Venezuelan anti-Chavez farmer dies after hunger strike
August 31st, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) – A Venezuelan farmer died on Monday after 8 hunger strikes and six years of protest against President Hugo Chavez and his government's land policies, Globovision Television reported ... Read more...
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Chilean senators barred from entering Venezuela
July 18th, 2010 - 7:57 am ICT by IANS
Caracas (Venezuela), July 18 (IANS/EFE) Chilean senators who were planning to observe Venezuela's general elections in September will not be allowed to enter the country, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said.
The institutions ... Read more...
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60 Minutes: Gustavo Dudamel Has A Musical Mission
May 17th, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 17, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): While conversing about his music with ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent, Bob Simon, the Venezuelan conductor and violinist, Gustavo Dudamel, divulged that music is something that he ... Read more...
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Venezuelan President Chavez says raids expected in currency probe
May 15th, 2010 - 4:05 am ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) -- Leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday said that its government will likely carry out raids on people linked to currency websites, as part of a fight ... Read more...
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Gas rig sinks off Venezuelan coast; no injuries
May 13th, 2010 - 11:16 pm ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) -- A natural gas rig sank off Venezuela's Sucre state coast on Wednesday, causing no casualties or environmental damage, local media reported on Thursday.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced ... Read more...
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Hugo Chavez to nationalize Venezuelan private university
May 13th, 2010 - 1:34 am ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) -- Leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Tuesday night on his Twitter account his plans to nationalize a private university."I inform, attention Barinas, students of the Univ. ... Read more...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to join Twitter
April 27th, 2010 - 11:54 pm ICT by ANI
Caracas (Venezuela), Apr 27(ANI): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will be the latest politician to start using Twitter, a social networking and microblogging service, being extensively used by world leaders."Comandante Chavez is ... Read more...
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China gives $20 bn to Venezuela in exchange for fuel
April 19th, 2010 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Caracas (Venezuela), April 19 (IANS/EFE) China would provide $20 billion to Venezuela for a "large volume and long term" financing plan in exchange for more petroleum, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said.
China ... Read more...
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Venezuela to buy arms worth $5 bn from Russia
April 6th, 2010 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 6 (IANS/EFE) Venezuela will buy new arms from Russia valued at more than $5 billion, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said.
"Our delegation has just returned from Venezuela and ... Read more...
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President of anti-Chavez TV channel arrested in Venezuela
March 26th, 2010 - 2:41 am ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) -- The president and owner of the Venezuelan TV channel Globovision, Guillermo Zuloaga, was arrested Thursday as he attempted to leave the country, the Caracas-based channel said.When Zuloaga ... Read more...
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Venezuela forgives any debt held by Haiti
January 27th, 2010 - 1:32 am ICT by BNO News
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (BNO NEWS) – Venezuela President Hugo Chavez on Monday announced that the Venezuelan government will forgive any debts held by Haiti.During a meeting of the Political Council of Bolivarian Alliance ... Read more...
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Venezuela’s Chávez seizes golf clubs in drive to defeat the ‘bourgeoisie’
October 18th, 2009 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Caracas (Venezuela), Oct.18 (ANI): Wealthy Venezuelans have often luxuriated in the vistas of the Caribbean from the terrace of the Caraballeda Golf Club, relaxing with a whisky before teeing off amid tropical ... Read more...
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Pre-Columbian graves found in Peru
October 11th, 2009 - 11:06 am ICT by ANI
Caracas (Venezuela), October 11 (ANI): A team of archaeologists with Peru's National Institute of Culture, or INC, discovered a dozen graves and an equal number of pre-Columbian earthen enclosures at a complex ... Read more...
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Miss Universe 2009: Venezuela does it in a row
August 24th, 2009 - 10:12 pm ICT by IBNS
By Samrat BanerjeeAug 24 (IBNS) Venezuela does it in a row, the first-ever time for a country in the globe’s history!The country kissed the recognition second time in a row after ... Read more...
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Stephania Fernandez Crowned ‘Miss Universe 2009′
August 24th, 2009 - 6:02 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Eighteen year old, Miss Venezuela Stephania Fernandez took away the crown of Miss Universe 2009 on Sunday, at the Atlantis Paradise Island resort in Bahamas. Last year too a South ... Read more...
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Now, Venezuela’s Chavez says, “Golf is a bourgeois sport
August 13th, 2009 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Caracas (Venezuela), Aug.13 (ANI): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has already identified the United States as the "Yankee Devil", but now he has turned his attention to a still more infuriating `Yankee' target ... Read more...
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15th century Peruvians sacrificed humans to appease El Nino
July 16th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Caracas (Venezuela), July 16 (ANI): Archaeologists have found evidence that a woman from the Chimu culture was buried alive in the 15th century at the Chan Chan archaeological complex in Peru to ... Read more...
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`We may have been wrong in not engaging with the US,’ says Castro
April 18th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Caracas (Venezuela), Apr.18 (ANI): Raul Castro, the brother of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and de facto leader of the island nation 90 miles south of Florida, has admitted that his country may ... Read more...
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Surgeons announce worlds first successful transvaginal nephrectomy using intra-umbilical Tri-port
March 14th, 2009 - 10:58 am ICT by ANI
Washington, March 14 (ANI): Doctors at Instituto Medico La Floresta in Caracas, Venezuela, have successfully performed the worlds first live human transvaginal nephrectomy using the Tri-port multi-channel port supplied by Advanced ... Read more...
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Venezuelas Chavez urges Obama to turn socialist
March 8th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Caracas (Venezuela), Mar.8 (ANI): President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has urged US President Barack Obama to turn to socialism because capitalism in America has "failed."
"I recommend to Obama -- they''re ... Read more...
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Scientists team with curators to stem decay of humanitys greatest art and cultural treasures
February 9th, 2009 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): Biotechnology scientists have teamed up with curators and heritage experts to find innovative ways to stem the decay of some of humanitys greatest art and cultural treasures.This ... Read more...
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Chile win in World Cup qualifiers endangers Brazil
June 20th, 2008 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
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Caracas (Venezuela), June 20 (DPA) Chile beat Venezuela 3-2, with a goal from Humberto Suazo in injury time, which pushed Brazil out of the positions that give South American teams direct access ... Read more...
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Scientists search for elusive chemicals that make a beer taste bad
June 3rd, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 3 (ANI): A new research by scientists will help to find the elusive chemicals that make a beer taste bad.According to a report in Nature News, the taste ... Read more...
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India, Venezuela sign a landmark oil sector cooperation agreement
April 9th, 2008 - 3:39 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): India's ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) has entered into a major partnership with Venezuela's Petroleos De Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) for jointly developing the San Cristobal oil field. ... Read more...
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Colombian rebels to free four hostages: France
February 21st, 2008 - 3:07 pm ICT by admin
Caracas (Venezuela), Feb 21 (IANS) Colombia's largest leftist insurgent group has agreed to free four hostages, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has said. Addressing media persons at the Miraflores Palace here, Kouchner ... Read more...
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