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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...

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...

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...

Last updated on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009 3:12PM EST V enezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned the nation's private bankers on Sunday that they must comply with the law or face nationalization, regardless of their banks' size. “I'm telling the country's...

Obama during visit to China   Photo: Reuters Qom enrichment plant   Photo: AP Washington Post reports American warning caused Beijing to reconsider its stance on Iranian nuclear program, may lead to agreement on tougher sanctions against Islamic republic Yitzhak...

Vizquel, 42, batted .266 (47-177) with one home run and 14 RBI in 62 games with Texas in 2009, his 21st season in the major leagues. The 5-foot-9, 175-pounder did not commit an error in 207 total chances while playing...

Venezuela opposes the U.S. use of Colombian bases and calls it a preparation for a U.S...No new date for the vote has been set, but aides to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were busy calming emotions after the latest...

Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez is heaping praise on Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the Venezuelan better known as Carlos the Jackal and implicated in hijackings and terror attacks across Europe in the 1970s and ’80s, describing him in a speech here...

There are fears that the epidemic could sweep through the Yanomami territory and kill many more Indians. The Yanomami are the largest relatively isolated tribe in the Amazon rainforest, with a population of about 32,000 that straddle the Venezuela-Brazil border....

Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez is hailing the forthcoming arrival of 300 Russian-made tanks and armored vehicles, and urging civilians to join government-organized militias to be ready to defend Venezuela from a foreign invasion. Chavez called on his supporters to...