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| Oscar winner latest to visit with Chavez |
| On 04-08-2007. |
By IAN JAMESThe Associated Press The Associated Press/Howard Yanes Actor Sean Penn, left, rides in one jeep with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Penn said he was in Venezuela to write, working as one freelance journalist.
LA GRITA, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez reveled in his role as host to Hollywood star Sean Penn as they traveled through the Venezuelan countryside in an open jeep, stopping to greet ... |
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| Big Ten commish hopes to halt expansion talk |
| On 31-07-2007. |
CHICAGO — Big Ten Conference commissioner Jim Delany on Tuesday downplayed one report in an Iowa newspaper last week that suggested the conference was considering expansion to support its fledgling television network.
"It's interesting as it gets out there and gets reiterated, you might think that Big Ten was announcing it was going to expand when really that is not the case," Delany said. Extras Latest ... |
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| Asian bond prices slide to 2007 lows |
| On 27-07-2007. |
HONG KONG -- Asian bond prices slumped on Friday and the cost of insuring debt in the region surged as investors took fright at one global equities sell-off, with concern about one credit crunch adding to the gloom.
Cash bonds tumbled across the board to the year's lowest levels while credit default swaps moved out to their widest for 2007, but trade was thin as the difference between bid and ask quotes rose, ... |
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| Moldova president: First union with Transnistria, then ... |
| On 23-07-2007. |
| peacekeepers leave _Moldova's president Vladimir Voronin wants to dismantle the peacekeeping effort in the buffer zone with Transnistria (Pridnestrovie). But not before the conflict has been solved. He wants the status settlement to end with "re-unification" and then removal of the peacekeepers afterwards. By Times staff, 23/Jul/2007__The president of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin, is the local Communist Party boss and ... |
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| Accidental poisoning cause of child fatalities |
| On 19-07-2007. |
| Ads By Google ALSO READ Seated babies are vulnerable to sudden death July 19, 2007 90 kids sick due to poisoning July 28, 2006 YOU WERE READING Seated position may be fatal for tots Keeping less than one month-old tots in one seated position could make them vulnerable to sudden death, avers one study. ... |
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