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  • May 2008

    • Portugal PM Gets Heat for Smoking on Plane

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 16, 08 2:41 AM CDT

      Portugal PM Gets Heat for Smoking on Plane

      (Newser) - Portugal banned smoking in public places five months ago but the country's prime minister appears to have forgotten the rule his own government enacted. Jose Socrates—known to be a smoker in private—stunned passengers and triggered an uproar when he blithely lit up in the first-class cabin of a TAP flight from Lisbon to Caracas. More »

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      Venezuela  • Spain  • Portugal  • smoking ban  • Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero  • Lisbon  • Caracas  • secondhand smoke

  • March 2008
  • November 2007

    • Chavez Foes Stage Mass Rally

      Associated Press  |  Nov 29, 07 4:24 PM CST

      Chavez Foes Stage Mass Rally

      (Newser) - Tens of thousands took to the streets in Caracas today to protest Hugo Chavez's proposal to bolster his power and institute socialist changes. Venezuelans will vote Sunday on 69 constitutional reforms, including the eradication of presidential term limits. "We can't be a communist Venezuela," one opposition leader told the AP. Polls show the outcome too close to call. More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • Latin America  • referendum  • constitutional amendment  • Caracas

  • September 2007

    • Bush Hooked On FON-iks at UN

      ABC News  |  Sep 26, 07 5:17 AM CDT

      Bush Hooked On FON-iks at UN

      (Newser) - A draft of President Bush's speech to the United Nations included phonetic spellings to help him pronounce difficult names like sar-KOzee, according to a copy of the speech accidentally posted for a time on the UN website. It was up long enough for reporters to see it, much to the embarrassment of the White House, reports ABC. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Robert Mugabe  • White House  • Dana Perino  • Harare  • Caracas  • Mauritania  • UN General Assembly

  • March 2007

    • Urbina Gets 14 Years

      ESPN  |  Mar 28, 07 4:57 PM CDT

      Urbina Gets 14 Years

      (Newser) - All-star pitcher Ugueth Urbina, who's been in a Venezuelan jail for a year and a half awaiting trial for attempted murder,  has been convicted and sentenced to 14 years. He was also found guilty of illegal deprivation of liberty and unlawfully taking justice into his own hands in a violent incident involving five workers on his ranch in Venezuela. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • murder  • Venezuela  • Philadelphia Phillies  • Caracas

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