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Would the Hugo Chavez diet work? Fat chance

Source: Dubuque Telgraph Herald

Maracaibo :: Venezuela | updated Sun Nov 29 08:21:06 -0800 2009 | technology-news

Now that I polished off a large bottle of acai berry sludge without the benefit of weight loss and received nasty e-mails from two cookie diet creators (yes, sadly, there is more than one), I'm ready for a new approach...

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Why Chavez hates your Xbox

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Sat Nov 28 21:55:38 -0800 2009 | technology-news

At a video arcade in the center of Venezuela's capital, the sound of tapping buttons and the rattle of virtual gunfire fills the room as young boys battle mercenaries and zombies on games such as "Target: Terror Gold" and "House...

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Venezuela turns to cloud-seeding to battle drought

Source: Seattle Times

Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Sat Nov 28 21:09:44 -0800 2009 | political-news

Venezuela — Hugo Chavez says he is going out to "bombard" clouds now that Cuba has provided Venezuela with cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought. The Venezuelan president said Saturday...

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Norman's champs, runners-up booted out --

Source: Trinidad Express

Tacarigua :: Venezuela | updated Sat Nov 28 19:10:02 -0800 2009 | sports-news

Tacarigua All Stars A and runners-up Spring Village were booted out of this year’s Norman’s Windball Cricket Competition playoffs at the quarter-final stage, following defeats to Players and Tacarigua All Stars B, respectively, at Bally Trace Community Centre Ground in...

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MLB commissioner plans to step down after 2012

Source: Chicago Tribune

Maracaibo :: Venezuela | updated Sat Nov 28 16:33:45 -0800 2009 | sports-news

Bud Selig, 75, wants time for other projects When Bruce Springsteen played the Bradley Center in Milwaukee earlier this month, he led into his encore with "No Surrender," sending its haunting refrain of "no retreat, no surrender" echoing around the...

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Marco Scutaro confirms Mariners have approached him

Source: Seattle Times

Maracaibo :: Venezuela | updated Sun Nov 29 00:01:10 -0800 2009 | sports-news

Geoff Baker covers the Mariners for The Seattle Times...He spoke to Marco Scutaro down there and the 34-year-old veteran infielder, who posted a .789 OPS with Toronto last season, confirmed the Mariners are one of four teams that have approached...

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21 Questions with Donelle Job --

Source: Trinidad Express

Maracaibo :: Venezuela | updated Fri Nov 27 20:15:33 -0800 2009 | political-news

Questions with Donelle Job Saturday, November 28th 2009 It’s official Donelle Job is the Digicel Rising Star 2009. At last Saturday’s show Job, of Belle Gardens Tobago, performed three numbers to the delight of the judges and audience present. A...

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Israeli settlement freeze not enough: Abbas

Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Fri Nov 27 21:59:12 -0800 2009 | travel-news

ET The Associated Press Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas receives a replica of Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar's sword from Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas on Friday. (Ariana Cubillos/Associated Press) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has dismissed as insufficient...

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Moderate quake shakes western Venezuela

Source: Hindustan times

Barquisimeto :: Venezuela | updated Fri Nov 27 07:02:39 -0800 2009 | green-news

A moderate 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit western Venezuela early Friday, damaging some homes but causing no known casualties, seismological officials said...Francisco Garces told Union Radio the quake was centered in the town of Siquisique in the northern part of the...

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Colombian paramilitary leader captured in Venezuela

Posted by: northsunm32

Maracaibo :: Venezuela | updated Sun Nov 29 00:03:57 -0800 2009 | political-news

Apparently the Colombian paramilitaries are equal opportunity employers since the leader Janeth Vega is a woman! Although the Colombian govt. hailed her arrest and asked for her extradition to face charges in Colombia there is little likelihood of that happening....

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