Mayor Vows To Clean Up Venezuela's Filthy Capital - CBS News
... Venezuela ... Chavez himself has repeatedly weighed in on the issue, criticizing city authorities for failing to get rid of the heaps of refuse that line the capital's gritty downtown streets. Jorge Rodriguez, the mayor of Caracas' El Libertador ...
Venezuela Oil and Gas Report Q2 2010 - new market ... - PR Inside
The latest Venezuela Oil & Gas Report forecasts that the country will account for 8.78% of Latin America regional oil demand by 2014, while providing 25.49% of supply. Latin America regional oil use of 6.93mn barrels per day (b/d) in 2001 reached an ...
The anti-Venezuela election campaign - The Guardian
A fascinating example of this occurred last week at when Senator John McCain tried to get General Doug Fraser of the US Southern ... this morning on the topic of linkages between the government of Venezuela and the Farc. There is zero daylight ...
Venezuela asks for details of charges in ETA case - The Guardian
Venezuela asked Interpol in Madrid for details of the indictment naming Arturo Cubillas Fontan, who is among a group of ETA suspects wanted by Spanish authorities, Venezuelan Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami said Thursday. El Aissami expressed ...
Saudi: no change in OPEC output - Examiner
The Saudi oil minister says OPEC will keep output levels unchanged later today because the market is enjoying "good demand, reliable supply, beautiful prices." Ali Naimi spoke ahead of a ... But even Iran and Venezuela, which normally push for higher ...
OVL combine's Venezuela project gets clearance - Hindu Business Line
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its nod to ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) and its partners, Oil India Ltd (OIL) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to invest $2.181 billion in an oilfield in Venezuela. In February, the three public ...
Venezuela asks authorities in Spain for specifics of ... - Washington Examiner
CARACAS, VENEZUELA — Venezuela has asked authorities in Spain to detail their accusations against an alleged ETA operative accused of helping the Basque separatist group arrange explosives training with Colombian rebels in Venezuela. Venezuela ...
Pentagon says Venezuela a 'destabilizing force' - Reuters India
... Venezuela's socialist government is a "destabilizing force" in Latin America and continues to back leftist guerrillas in Colombia. General Douglas ... Fraser said Venezuela continues to provide the FARC a safe haven and "financial logistical ...
Oil Min: Venezuela Position At OPEC Will Be To Keep ... - NASDAQ
CARACAS -(Dow Jones)- Venezuela Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez reiterated Friday that Venezuela's position at next week's OPEC meeting will be to keep production levels steady. "Our position is to maintain production as it is right now, while continuing ...
OVL-led group's $2bn Venezuela plan gets nod - IndiaTimes
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Friday approved an ONGC Videsh-led Indian consortium to invest over $2 billion in an oilfield they last month won in Venezuela and cleared award of 33 exploration acreages -- half of which were won by ONGC and its partners ...
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World powers demand Israeli settlement freeze
 The so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators called on Israel to freeze all settlement activities and denounced Israel's aim to build new housing in East Jerusalem.
World Blog: Unplugged in Urumqi
Newsweek: How we're winning in Pakistan
President Obama gets much credit for changing America's image in the world. But if you asked even devoted fans to cite a specific foreign-policy achievement, they would probably hesitate. But in fact, there is a place where Barack Obama's foreign policy is working, and one that is crucial to U.S. national security—Pakistan.
Nuke deal with Russia is close, says Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that American and Russian negotiators are "on the brink" of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Push on for Mideast talks despite Jerusalem flap
With pressure on from global mediators Friday, Israel and the Palestinians appeared likely to resume American-mediated indirect peace talks despite a flap over east Jerusalem construction.
Lawyer to U.S. missionaries in Haiti arrested
A man who acted as a lawyer for U.S. missionaries who were detained in Haiti has now been arrested in the Dominican Republic on migrant-trafficking charges.
Munich diocese faces "tsunami" of abuse claims
Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese is facing new allegations of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis, the head of its new sex-abuse task force said Friday.
World Blog: Corruption is Iraq's latest enemy
Skier, who is the first Ghanaian to ever compete in the Winter Olympics, becomes a sensation.
Pakistan wants recognition for terror fight
Saying it has bowed far enough to U.S. interests, Pakistan will use next week's high-level talks with the Obama administration to seek more recognition for its part in the fight against terrorism.
Video: Iraq 'more peaceful,' but not stable yet
 "All the hard work we've done over the past few years has paid off," one U.S. soldier tells NBC News' Richard Engel in a discussion about the U.S. military's role in Iraq. He added that knowing his friends "didn't die in vain is a big pay off." (Nightly News)
A child's hope for a new limb, new life
 Two months after the ground shook in Haiti, 4-year-old Schneily Similien still needs a new leg. His greatest hope is at a small hospital in the rural heart of Haiti, he just needs to get there. Msnbc.com is heading to Haiti track the story of Schneily and other amputees as they work to build new lives.
Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq
 Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.
At least 200 killed as Sierra Leone mine collapses
At least 200 people were killed when a trench collapsed at an unofficial gold mine in Sierra Leone, the West African country's Ministry of Mineral Resources said on Friday.
Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban
The arrests of top Taliban figures in Pakistan abruptly halted secret U.N. contacts with the insurgency at a time when the efforts were gathering momentum, the U.N.'s former envoy to Afghanistan said Friday.
Losing the battle to keep female flesh off Afghan TV
 Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, who banned television and barred women from appearing in public without an all-enveloping burqa, the Afghan government is fighting a losing battle to keep female flesh off TV.
Heavy rains swamp Haiti’s homeless camps
 One of the heaviest rainfalls since Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake swamps homeless camps, sweeping screaming residents into eddies of water and flooding latrines.
Dutch: Gay troops not to blame for genocide
Dutch government officials reacted angrily to claims by a retired U.S. general that Dutch forces were overrun in Srebrenica in 1995 in part because of the presence of gay soldiers.
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