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President Hugo Chavez spoke last night to the Venezuelan television from his convalescence in Cuba and admitted that he underwent an operation to remove cancer cells in his abdomen. In a message recorded in Havana, broadcast by Venezuelan radio and television, th...

The health of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, ailing in Cuba, forced the suspension of the heads of state summit scheduled in Venezuela on July 5 and 6 in which it was supposed to be created the Community of Latin American and Caribbean states (ECLAC). The Foreign Ministry said...

On a visit to the village of Brax, south of France, President Nicolas Sarkozy was attacked by an unknown man who pulled the lapel of his suit, while he greeted a group of citizens, which caused the president to lose his balance. Images show how the assailant was subsequently...

Thousands of Greeks marched to the gates of parliament to demonstrate their rejection to the cuts. The 48-hour strike began yesterday and continues today, banners reading “We can’t do this anymore” or “We won’t pay” are carried by some of the...

Mark Zuckerberg (27) is in the technology list of the richest ahead of Steve Jobs and Google founders, according to Forbes magazine. The founder of Facebook has increased his fortune to 12.508 million euros, thanks to recent sales of shares in the social network. Facebook has...

Yesterday Pope Benedict XVI has tweeted for the first time, announcing the launch of a Vatican news information portal. Benedict’s tweet on Tuesday read: “Dear Friends, I just launched News.va. Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings,...

On Tuesday, Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman for the UN’s Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) informed that more than ten million people suffer from the worst drought in 60 years in the Horn of Africa. The lack of rains has caused “a major food crisis in several regions...

The South American tour of Yukiya Amano (Japan), director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will begin today. During 12 days, Amano  will visit Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and Argentina and is scheduled to meet with the presidents Sebastian Pinera...

The first examinations were held today at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Chiba (downtown) with a group of ten people from the town of Namie, which is located in the exclusion radius of 20 kilometers around the center of Fukushima Daiichi, reported local news...

The judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ordered today the arrest of libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his second son, Saif al Islam, and his brother in law Abdullah al Senusi, who is also head of military intelligence regime. The arrest of the three Libyan leaders is...