Chávez calls Colombia bellicose; tapes detailed
CARACAS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez yesterday accused Colombia of seeking to provoke war, renewing regional tensions after a recent Colombian attack on a rebel camp in Ecuador sparked the worst Andes diplomatic crisis in a decade.
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A pro-West victory in Serbia
BELGRADE — A coalition of pro-Western parties unexpectedly came first in Serbia’s parliamentary election yesterday but faced an immediate challenge from the nationalist runners-up who said they too could form a government.
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Venezuela wanted the guerrillas to teach it ‘asymmetrical warfare’ against the US
Files show strategic Caracas-FARC links
herald staff with reuters, AP
FARC use of anti-aircraft missiles would seriously escalate a mostly low-intensity 44-year-old conflict.
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info on 6 million people posted on internet
Hacker shows ease with which Chilean data can be stolen
SANTIAGO, Chile — A hacker who identified himself as “Anonymous Coward” stole personal data of 6 million Chileans, reportedly including a daughter of the president, and posted it briefly on the Internet, authorities said yesterday.
“This is a serious and delicate issue,” said presidential spokesman Francisco Vidal.
Police Chief Jaime...
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Tadic’s alliance wins biggest packet of votes; opposition could still form gov’t
‘Serbia will be in the European Union’
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The pro-Western coalition’s surprisingly strong showing came just three months after protesters outraged by Kosovo’s Feb. 17 independence declaration set fire to the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade.
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day-after thoughts
Bush on his daughter’s wedding: ‘we’re mighty blessed’
WACO, TX — US President George W. Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but yesterday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau.
“Our little girl, Jenna, married a really good guy, Henry Hager,” Bush said, standing next to...
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Peace returns to the streets of the Lebanese capital
Hezbollah conquers Druse region
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“I don’t believe this is the end,” says an office worker. “They haven’t solved the problem yet. There will be another round.”
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death toll officially rises to almost 30,000
Burma allows US aid to fly in; relief ship sinks
YANGON — Burma’s monumental task of feeding and sheltering 1.5 million cyclone survivors suffered yet another blow when a boat laden with relief supplies — one of the first international shipments — sank on its way to the disaster zone.
The death toll jumped to nearly 29,000 yesterday amid warnings...
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News in brief
United States
SENECA, MO — Stunned tornado survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities after storms smashed through the Plains and South of the US over the weekend, killing at least 22 people in three states. At least 15 people died in southwestern Missouri. In the fading...
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Wrapping up in February was a reasonable assumption — in 2007
How did Clinton get to be on the ropes?
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton began her presidential quest armed with talent, tenacity, fame, money, connections and a team that knew how to win.
Many people believed her victory in the Democratic nomination race was a sure thing. Her ultimate failing may have been in believing it, too.
Clinton had...
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