VENEZUELA - Chavez, Lula clash over ethanol
PORLAMAR, Venezuela (Reuters): South America's political heavyweights clashed over ethanol, exposing a rift yesterday at the start of an energy summit that host Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hoped would cement anti-U.S. unity...
NIGERIA - Court clears way for late presidential bid
ABUJA, (Reuters): Nigeria's Supreme Court yesterday raised doubts over the results of flawed state elections last weekend and cleared the way for a last minute presidential bid by Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The court ruled that the official electoral body did not have the power...
ISRAEL pauses to pay respects to Holocaust victims and survivors
JERUSALEM (AP): On Israel's annual Holocaust memorial day yesterday, Michal Beer slowly read the names of dozens of relatives murdered in the Nazi death camps, pausing at times to choke back tears. As Israel's aging population of Holocaust survivors rapidly diminishes...
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