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Olympic judo champion Douillet wins seat in French Parliament
He’s on the front page of Le Parisien: David Douillet, France’s newest MP. The former Olympic judo champion won 52% of the vote for the ruling UMP Party in a by-election in Yvelines.
Honduras - Hugo Chavez - Roman Polanski - USA
The increasingly close ties between Chavez and Gaddafi
In this edition: Honduras' political crisis is taking its toll on an already-fragile economy, Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski’s arrest on a U.S. extradition warrant; and the increasingly close ties between Chavez and Gaddafi.
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ASA SUMMIT
Chavez and Gaddafi call for 'balanced world'
At the Africa-South America summit in Isla Margarita, the host, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the new union would help create a "balanced world", while Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi pushed for the creation of a "NATO of the South".
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VENEZUELA
Chavez promotes Africa-South America ties at summit
In a move that is bound to raise alarm bells in Washington, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hosts the second Africa-South America summit this weekend in what he called a bid to build “a multi-polar world” to oppose US global hegemony.
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VENEZUELA
Chavez signs $16 billion oil deal with China
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday that China had agreed to invest 16 billion dollars over the next three years in an oil project in the Orinoco basin, a resource-rich region in eastern Venezuela.
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ARMS TRADE
Moscow to lend Caracas $2.2 billion for Russian arms purchases
Following his trip to Moscow last week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (pictured) agreed to the purchase of Russian tanks and a system that can shoot down cruise missiles. Moscow has agreed to lend Venezuela over $2 billion for the purchases.
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CAUCASUS
Chavez recognises Georgian breakaway regions
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has officially recognised the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent, during a visit to Russia. Georgia has dismissed the declaration as irrelevant.
Hugo Chavez - oil - politics - Venezuela
Chavez, a unique and controversial figure
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is nothing if not a controversial figure. Having just completed a world tour meeting allies of Venezuela, Chavez continues to stir up opposition at home and in the US, though popularity polls give him 57 percent.
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VENEZUELA
On star-studded world tour, Chavez seeks to create gas cartel
Stepping off the red carpet at the Venice film festival, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez heads for Belarus on Tuesday on his counter-current world tour to rally countries into forming a new natural gas cartel.
Hugo Chavez - Iran - oil - Venezuela
Hugo Chavez's World Tour : Playing oil politics
Venezuela's controversial president Hugo Chavez is again making waves - this time during a characteristically provocative tour that has taken him, among other places, to Libya, Syria and Iran.
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