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BBC News
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has lashed out at his opponents and vowed to pursue plans for constitutional reform despite his referendum defeat.
Speaking on state television, Mr Chavez used offensive language to heap scorn on the opposition's surpri..
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BBC News
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signalled he will not support a US plan for a missile defence system in Europe, at the start of key US-Russia talks.
He urged Washington "not to force" a planned deployment of a radar in the Czech Republic and inter..
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BBC News
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Plans to offer more drug treatments to sex offenders to try to stop them committing more crimes are being announced by the Home Office.
The treatment involving libido-reducing drugs or anti-depressants would be given on a voluntary basis.
Parents wi..
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Reuters
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to brief the U.N. Security Council about his country's civilian nuclear plans, which the West says is a covert attempt to make bombs, state media reported on Sunday.
The five permanent members of the Council..
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CNN
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Al Qaeda still has plans to target Western countries involved in the Iraq war, Osama bin Laden's chief deputy warns in an audiotape released Tuesday to answer questions posed by followers. The voice in the lengthy file posted on an Islamic Web site could..
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CNN
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British environmental activists climbed onto the roof of the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday in protest at plans for a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport. Five protesters had gained access to the roof, unfurling a banner reading "No third runway"..
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BBC News
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US President George W Bush is expected to set out plans to help millions of homeowners with sub-prime mortgages avoid defaulting.
Sub-prime mortgages are higher risk loans offered to people with poor credit ratings or on low incomes.
Rising numbers..
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BBC News
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President Hugo Chavez has presented his plans for changes to Venezuela's constitution, including an end to the presidential term limits.
Current rules mean Mr Chavez is unable to seek re-election and will have to step down when his term ends in 2012...
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BBC News
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A high-level US delegation is travelling to the Middle East, after confirming plans for massive arms deals for allies in the region.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defence Secretary Robert Gates are due to meet Arab ministers at the Red Sea re..
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BBC News
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The US and its European allies have put on hold plans for a UN Security Council resolution on Kosovo's future after encountering Russian opposition.
French Ambassador Jean-Marc de la Sabliere said discussions would now be renewed outside the UN.
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FOX News
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The Vatican on Saturday bid farewell to Tony Blair (search) as British prime minister, wishing him well on what it said were his plans to work for Middle East peace and interreligious dialogue.
Blair held long talks with Pope Benedict XVI (search), wit..
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FOX News
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North Korea plans to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor in the second half of July and proposes holding the next round of six-party talks on disarmament after it does so, the Interfax-China news agency reported Monday, citing an unidentified North Kor..
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BBC News
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The EU plans to resume direct economic aid to the Palestinian Authority to support the new Fatah-led government, foreign policy head Javier Solana says.
But direct payments will not resume for the moment as the EU wants to see proper financial mechanis..
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CNN
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Voters resoundingly endorsed President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to overhaul the French economy, giving his party a commanding lead Sunday in the first round of elections for parliament, according to preliminary official results.
With 82 percent of the v..
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BBC News
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Washington says it will not agree to climate change targets ahead of a G8 summit in Germany already marred by a row over US missile defence plans.
Rejecting proposals to slash emissions, a top US climate official said the G8 should not dictate members'..
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BBC News
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The Malaysian company with ambitious plans for a $7bn (�3.5bn) oil pipeline has signed deals with Indonesian and Saudi Arabian partners.
Trans-Peninsula Petroleum plans to build a 193 mile (310km) pipeline across Northern Malaysia.
The pipeline wo..
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BBC News
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Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have rallied in the streets of Caracas to protest against President Hugo Chavez's plans to close a private TV station.
The head of the RCTV station addressed the marchers, urging them to defend freedom and "free indepen..
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USA Today
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Venezuela will impose a limited smoking ban in bars and restaurants but has no plans to halt the production of cigarettes and tobacco, the health minister said Tuesday.
Starting May 31, lighting up in bars and restaurants throughout the heavy smoking c..
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FOX News
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French president-elect Nicolas Sarkozy plans to waste no time pushing through a weighty package of pro-market, anti-crime reforms — but the first battle is winning a majority in parliament in new elections next month.
Sarkozy, a pro-American conserva..
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BBC News
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The Vietnamese authorities have approved plans to build a $33bn (£15bn) rail link between the capital, Hanoi, to Ho Chi Minh City in the south...
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