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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies after bout with cancer
President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against U.S. influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America, died Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. Vice...
Tags: Cancer, Venezuela, Argentina, Human Interest, Chemotherapy
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Kidnapped Nationals catcher happy to be alive after rescue
The Associated PressThe kidnapping ordeal of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos ended after two days when Venezuelan police commandos swooped in to rescue him in a flurry of gunfire and arrested five alleged abductors. Ramos said he was happy and thankful to be...Tags: Venezuela, Major League Baseball, Wilson Ramos, Crimes, Kidnapping
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Maryland Correctional Institution inmates display artwork at Valley Mall
maegan.clearwood@herald-mail.comThe artwork at this year's Maryland Correctional Institution-Hagerstown art display might not be for sale, but it's original. The display by the inmates at the state prison south of Hagerstown, between the Old Navy and Hallmark at Valley Mall,...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Arts and Culture, Maryland, Arts
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Tags: Justice and Rights, Russia, Libya, Human Interest, Washington (U.S. state)
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Baghdad bombings reflect sectarian tensions
BAGHDAD — A string of bombings in Shiite Muslim neighborhoods in eastern Baghdad left as many as two dozen people dead and reflected Iraq’s heightened sectarian tensions in the wake of nearly two months of Sunni protests. The bombs went...
Tags: Explosions, Demonstration, Political Dissent, Emergency Incidents, Baghdad (Iraq)
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Chavez's spirit will guide Venezuela - until leftist unity frays
Even in death, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez will be a powerful force guiding his countrymen to elect Vice President Nicolas Maduro to replace him. Some call the widely predicted victory of Chavez’s handpicked successor a “sympathy vote&...
Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Venezuela, Health and Safety at School, Inflation and Deflation, Robin Hood
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Hugo Chavez: Admired and despised by readers
For just as many reasons readers found to sneer at Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer, others found reasons to praise the late strongman. While several readers slammed Chavez for behaving like a dictator and...
Tags: Economic Organization, Venezuela, Jimmy Carter, China, Trade Agreements
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Thousands of Venezuelans line street for Hugo Chavez procession
CARACAS, Venezuela-- In a massive outpouring of grief for Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, hundreds of thousands of his red-shirted, fervent and often tearful followers lined a route through the capital where his coffin was being carried on its way...
Tags: Venezuela, Caracas (Venezuela)
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Hugo Chavez death: South Florida reacts to Venezuelan leader's demise
Sun SentinelVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday, had a substantial impact on South Florida, driving thousands of his citizens here to escape his reign. Middle-class and affluent Venezuelans, fearing they would lose their wealth and freedom, fled to...Tags: Business, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Health and Safety at School, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Colleges and Universities
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Iran declares national day of mourning for Hugo Chavez
TEHRAN -- The Iranian government declared Wednesday as a national day of mourning for the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, praising the leftist firebrand as a foe of imperialism. In a cable to the Venezuelan presidential office, President...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Venezuela, Iran, Tehran (Iran), Islam
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3/7/2013-Hugo Chavez
I can't say I followed Hugo Chavez that closely. What I knew of him was that he was a buffoon who delighted in using over-the-top-rhetoric blasting the United States. He had a weekly TV show on Venezuelan TV that lasted from four to eight hours while he...
Tags: Fidel Castro, Rush Limbaugh, Joe Kennedy, George W. Bush
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Sheryl Sandberg backlash: Actually, there's a lot to like about Facebook's feminist
It would be a shame if women beat up on female leaders such as Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer and Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg for taking a different path than the one laid out by “movement feminists.” Never mind that Mayer and Sandberg...
Tags: The Washington Post, Social Media, Marissa Mayer, The New York Times, Feminism
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