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French president picks envoy for rescue of reporter kidnapped in ColombiaFrance's new President Francois Hollande has appointed a personal envoy to join a negotiation committee and work for the early release of Romeo Langlois, a French journalist kidnapped in ...
venezuelastar.com | 18-May-2012 09:37
World Briefing | The Americas Canada Quebec Seeks to End Protests
Quebec’s legislators on Thursday night began to debate an emergency bill that the provincial government hopes will end a 14-week student strike over tuition increases. Student groups that block ...
venezuelastar.com | 18-May-2012 09:16
Violence eases at overcrowded Venezuelan jail
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities on Thursday restored order at a notoriously overcrowded Caracas jail after shots rang out earlier in the day in the latest outbreak of violence in the ...
venezuelastar.com | 18-May-2012 07:06
Gunfire erupts at Venezuela prison where armed inmates have kept authorities out
Relatives of inmates protesting against measures taken by authorities to control a riot at the La Planta prison run from tear gas fired by National Guard soldiers during clashes outside the jail in ...
venezuelastar.com | 18-May-2012 06:59
Gunfire tear gas at Venezuelan prison
More than 100 prisoners filed out of a Venezuelan prison among National Guard troops on Thursday night after heavy gunfire erupted amid a nearly three-week standoff pitting armed inmates against ...
venezuelastar.com | 18-May-2012 06:59
NCSU scientists help discover giant pre-historic turtle in Colombia
RALEIGH -- A team of paleontologists including scientists from N.C. State University has discovered the fossil remains of a new species of dining table-size freshwater turtle that apparently lived ...
venezuelastar.com | 18-May-2012 06:44
Hollande appoints envoy on Colombia kidnap reporter
French President Francois Hollande on Thursday appointed an envoy to a group set up to help secure the release Romeo Langlois, a reporter kidnapped by FARC rebels, the French ambassador to Colombia ...
venezuelastar.com | 18-May-2012 06:06
Hugo Chavez's Enemy No. 1
In the ramshackle town of Anaco in eastern Venezuela's oil-rich AnzoA tegui state, three yellow-shirted bodyguards rush a trim, perspiring, boyishly handsome 39-year-old in a baseball cap from house to shabby brick house through 500 cheering, flag-waving fans.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 04:55
Gunfire erupts at Venezuelan prison
Relatives of inmates protesting against measures taken by authorities to control a riot at the La Planta prison run from tear gas fired by National Guard soldiers during clashes outside the jail in ...
venezuelastar.com | 18-May-2012 04:26
Violence engulfs another Venezuelan prison
CARACAS (Reuters) - Shots rang out and smoke rose over a Caracas jail on Thursday in the latest outbreak of violence in one of Venezuela's notoriously violent and overcrowded jails. Authorities ...
venezuelastar.com | 18-May-2012 03:17
Venezuelan Links Mora Escobar Cervelli
Jonathan Costa Hernndez at Lder en Deportes . Mora said his agent received offers from both teams last week, but he didn't yet know the ...
venezuelastar.com | 18-May-2012 03:09
Shots fired inside Venezuelan jail
Caracas - Shots rang out and smoke rose over a Caracas jail on Thursday in the latest outbreak of violence in one of Venezuela's notoriously violent and overcrowded ...
venezuelastar.com | 18-May-2012 01:52
Venezuelan Open Championships: Octavio Alesi, Albert Subirats,...
MARACAIBO, Venezuela, May 17. THE Venezuelan Open Championships being held in Maracaibo kicked off with the first day of finals action.
topix.net | 18-May-2012 00:45
Fossil of giant turtle found in Colombia
Paleontologists say they've found fossilized remains of an ancient turtle with a shell the size of a small car that lived 60 million years ago in South America. Dubbed Carbonemys cofrinii, or ...
venezuelastar.com | 18-May-2012 00:38
New research indicates Hugo Chavez favored
Prensa LatinaThe president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, has a 32 percentage point advantage over the conservative candidate heading toward elections next October in Zulia state, according to the ...
venezuelastar.com | 18-May-2012 00:03
France Appointed Delegate for Release of Journalist in Colombia
Bogota, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The International Red Cross Committee said today it is ready for the eventual release of French journalist Romeo Langlois and is just awaiting confirmation of where and ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 23:39
Crude oil prices rise to above US$93 as traders consider Europe consequences
SINGAPORE--Oil prices rose slightly to above US$93 a barrel Thursday in Asia as traders mulled whether concern over Europe's debt crisis justifies extending a sharp two-week ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 22:05
World Briefing | The Americas Investigators Interview Prostitute From Secret Service Scandal
Nearly four weeks after the Secret Service prostitution scandal erupted, American government investigators have interviewed the Colombian prostitute at the center of the affair, which cost eight ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 21:48
Violence engulfs another Venezuelan prison
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topix.net | 17-May-2012 20:35
Gunfire erupts at Venezuelan prison controlled by armed inmates
heavy gunfire is due to clashes between inmates. Clouds of tear gas were floating over the prison, and smoke were billowing from a fire inside the compound.The shooting at La Planta prison in Caracas ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 20:27
Violence engulfs another Venezuelan prison
government says a dialogue is underway with prisoners about their transfer. He accuses opposition media of exaggerating and fanning the situation. Critics of the socialist president counter that ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 20:27
Venezuelas planning minister predicts economy to grow as much as 7 percent in 2012
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's planning minister says the South American country's economy grew 5.6 percent during the first three months of 2012. Jorge Giordani says the ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 20:17
Gunfire Erupts at Venezuelan Prison
Gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks. Top prisons official Iris Varela said the ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 20:11
Venezuela Economy Could Grow as Much as 7 Percent
Venezuela's planning minister says the South American country's economy grew 5.6 percent during the first three months of 2012. Jorge Giordani says the economy could grow by as much as 7 ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 20:11
UN envoy hails workshop related to Guyana-Venezuela border dispute
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) with Norman Givran, his Personal Representative on the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. UN Photo/Mark ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 19:40
Gunfire erupts at Venezuelan prison controlled by armed inmates
Gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 19:31
Gunfire erupts at Venezuelan prison
Gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 19:31
Venezuelan Economy Grew More Than Expected in First Quarter
Hugo Chavez to boost fiscal spending on construction ahead of elections this year. The economy expanded 5.6 percent in the first three months from a year earlier, Finance ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 19:03
Former Colombia lawmaker arrested for allegedly betraying colleagues to rebel kidnappers
BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombian authorities have arrested a former provincial lawmaker for allegedly telling leftist rebels in detail how to kidnap his fellow lawmakers. Sigifredo Lopez himself ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 18:55
Venezuelan Open Championships Octavio Alesi Albert Subirats Cristian Quintero Among Top Swimmers on Day One
MARACAIBO, Venezuela, May 17. THE Venezuelan Open Championships being held in Maracaibo kicked off with the first day of finals action. Octavio Alesi claimed the men's 50 fly title in 23.95, ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 18:15
Top Business Interests from Central America and Caribbean Gather in OASTrinidad and Tobago Hosted Meeting
Top Business Interests from Central America and Caribbean Gather in OAS/Trinidad and Tobago Hosted Meeting May 17, 2012 More than sixty business leaders from Central America and the Caribbean met ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 18:11
Colombia’s free-trade deal Carnation revolution
David Ricardo's lunch SHORTLY before midnight on May 14th a planeload of freshly cut roses, carnations and lilies took off from Bogot and headed for Miami. By the time it landed a free-trade ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 17:59
Stuck in Airport Limbo for Four Months in Venezuela
Viktor Navorski of fictious Eastern European country, Krakozhia, is stuck living in a terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport when he is denied entry into the U.S. for lack of a visa, but he cannot return to his native country due to war.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 17:26
Lower Oil Prices Ease Load on Obama
By JONATHAN FAHEY and PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - What only weeks ago was seen as a serious threat to the economic recovery could now turn into a stimulus everyone can love. Oil ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 17:01
Presidents of Panama and Guyana in UN Economic Meeting
United Nations, May 17 (Prensa Latina) the Presidents of Panama and Guyana, Ricardo Martinelli and Donald Ramotar, respectively, lead the representation of Latin America and the Caribbean in the high ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 16:54
Gasoline oil prices continue to drop
Benchmark U.S. crude on Wednesday fell by $1.17 to finish at a seven-month low of $92.81 per barrel in New York. Oil is down nearly 13 percent since the beginning of ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 16:50
Crossword Puzzle Stirs Controversy in Venezuela
LIMA, Peru - Among the answers to a crossword puzzle that ran in a Venezuelan newspaper on Wednesday were A-D-A-N, the first name of ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 16:25
Oil proceeds Venezuelan driver wins F1 race with $66 million from Chavez
Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, sponsored Formula One champion Pastor Maldonado, stirring controversy over the PR campaign at home, writes a guest ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 16:02
Lower oil prices ease load on consumers and Obama
NEW YORK -- What only weeks ago was seen as a serious threat to the economic recovery could now turn into a stimulus everyone can love.Oil and gasoline prices are sinking, giving relief to businesses ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 14:55
Crossword blog Chavez assassination plot - the evidence
A Venezuelan crossword compiler has been questioned by intelligence agents after being accused of hiding a coded assassination message in a puzzle.Neptali Segovia denies using his crossword in the ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 13:46
Bomb revives Colombias bitter memories
Only a couple of days have passed but the scene of the first deadly bombing in Bogota in three years already looks pretty much like any other busy spot in the Colombian capital. There are a few ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 13:41
Colombia’s oil company overtakes Petrobras as Latam’s largest company in market value
Colombia’s national oil and gas corporation Ecopetrol has become Latin America's biggest company by market value, overtaking Brazil's mighty ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 13:39
Just Released: "Manufacturas de Papel, C.A. - Strategic SWOT Analysis Review"
The company's product and services include: printing and writing, boxes and wrapping paper, hygienic products like tissue paper, and packaging.
topix.net | 17-May-2012 11:12
Venezuelan-born academic named president of MIT
View Photo Massachusetts Institute of Technology President-elect L. Rafael Reif (C) speaks to faculty and students during an MIT Community Reception after his election to the post of President was ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 08:01
A 13 percent drop in oil prices this month is helping drivers and businesses
NEW YORK – What only weeks ago was seen as a serious threat to the economic recovery could now turn into a stimulus everyone can love. Oil and gasoline prices are sinking, giving relief to ...
venezuelastar.com | 17-May-2012 06:45
M 4.5, Sucre, Venezuela
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topix.net | 17-May-2012 05:57