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November 11th, 2010

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Chavez fights for control in congressional vote (AP)

September 26th, 2010

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez prepares to cast his ballot during congressional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Leonardo Ramirez)AP - Opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tried to break his long-standing monopoly on power Sunday in congressional elections, while the firebrand leader rallied his supporters urging them to…

Chavez aiming to keep control in legislative vote (AP)

September 26th, 2010

A poster of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez covers the side of a phone booth where a man uses a public phone in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. Venezuela will hold legislative elections on Sunday. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - President Hugo Chavez was seeking to hold on to his dominant control of Venezuela’s congress on Sunday in elections that put his popularity to a critical test.


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Chavez fights to keep control in legislative vote (AP)

September 26th, 2010

Accompanied by parliaments candidates of his party Freddy Bernal, left, and Cilia Flores, right, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, salutes as he campaigns in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010.  Venezuela will hold legislative elections on Sept. 26. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Going into Sunday’s legislative elections, President Hugo Chavez pitched his candidates like a salesman, promising Venezuelans he will give them low-interest credit cards and discounted appliances from washing…

Argentine president moves to control newsprint (AP)

August 24th, 2010

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez delivers a speech during a national address in  Buenos Aires, Argentina Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2010. Fernandez said leading newspapers, Clarin and La Nacion, used the newsprint company, Papel Prensa SA, to impose media monopolies on Argentina, stifling other viewpoints by refusing to sell paper at fair prices to competitors. (AP Photo/ Eduardo Di Baia)AP - The government moved Tuesday to take over Argentina’s only newsprint maker, alleging two leading newspapers illegally conspired with dictators to control the company three decades ago and then…

Air traffic control problem cuts European flights (AP)

August 20th, 2010

AP - A regional air traffic control system outage sharply limited flights around much of northern Europe Friday, causing delays for tens of thousands of passengers aboard some 700 flights.

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Russia admits some wildfires are out of control (AP)

August 3rd, 2010

A firefighter works to extinguish fire in a pine forest outside Voronezh, August 2, 2010. President Dmitry Medvedev declared a state of emergency in seven of Russia's 83 regions due to wildfires. REUTERS/Sergei KarpukhinAP - Some of the devastating wildfires sweeping western Russia are out of control, Russia’s emergency chief said Tuesday, as fears grew there were not enough firefighters to battle them.


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Memo portrays UN chief wanting control, secrecy (AP)

July 22nd, 2010

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2008 file photo released by the United Nations, Inga-Britt Ahlenius, Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), speaks at U.N. headquarters. A portrait of Ban Ki-moon as a secrecy-obsessed U.N. chief seeking to wrest control of internal investigations emerges from a blistering 50-page confidential memo by his former oversight chief, Inga-Britt Ahlenius. (AP Photo/United Nations, Mark Garten, file)AP - A portrait of Ban Ki-moon as a secrecy-obsessed U.N. chief seeking to wrest control of internal investigations emerges from a blistering 50-page confidential memo by his former oversight…

Dutch child care wants to keep control of sailor (AP)

July 20th, 2010

AP - Child care authorities are asking a Dutch court to extend their guardianship over 14-year-old sailor Laura Dekker for another year, a move that would further delay her plan…

Karzai calls for more control of funds, security (AP)

July 20th, 2010

An Afghan policeman keeps watch at a checkpoint in Kabul on July 19, 2010. Security is tight in the Afghan capital as a key binternational/b conference unfolds there.(AFP/Shah Marai)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is urging international partners to help his country move toward responsibility for its own security and for government programs as an international conference opens…