| Venezuela's Chavez Rules Out Internet Controls CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denied that the government plans to impose controls on the Internet, saying Sunday that his administration aims to increase Web access... | |
| Oil Prices Lower In Asian Trade SINGAPORE: Oil prices dipped to near 80 dollars a barrel in Asian trade Monday, extending last week's losses caused by gains in the US ... |
| Venezuelan Oils Reserves Rose By 23% In 2009 Venezuela said its 2009 oil reserves rose by 23% to over 211 billion barrels thanks to the addition of more than 39 billion barrels of new reserves, the bulk of which came from the country's Orinoco... |
| Oil Prices Extend Last Week's Losses Oil prices dipped to near $80 a barrel in Asian trade today, extending last week's losses which were caused by gains in the US dollar. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for April delivery... |
| Six Die In Light Plane Crash In Venezuela Caracas - A small plane crashed in a residential area in an eastern Venezuela city, leaving six people dead, according to local radio stations. The plane crashed in a densely populated poor... |
| Standard Chartered Appoints Ceo, Middle East, Africa, The Americas And Europe Standard Chartered has appointed V. Shankar (Shankar) as CEO, Middle East, Africa, the Americas and Europe with effect from 1 May 2010. He will be based in Dubai and becomes the Bank's most senior... |
| Light Plane Crashes In Venezuela, Killing Three People gather around the scene where a L-39C plane crashed at a slum 300 meters away from the international airport Antonio Jose de Sucre in Cumana, capital of Venezuelan state of Sucre, March 21,... |
| 2009 Fourth Quarter Profits Rise 31% On Higher Oil Prices: Petrobras Petroleo Brasileiro SA says lower operating costs and a bump in domestic demand also contributed to the US$4.5 billion in profits. The company earned US$3.4 billion in profits in the fourth quarter... |
| Venezuela Punishes 80 Firms For Power Use By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuela announced on Sunday 24-hour power cutoffs for dozens of companies that have failed to reduce usage in the first punitive measures of a... |
| Venezuela's Chavez, Says 'i'm Pro-internet' By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- President Hugo Chavez denied on Sunday that he planned to censor or limit the Internet in Venezuela, saying on the contrary Web use had shot up... |
| Venezuela Punishes 80 Firms For Big Power Use CARACAS: Venezuela announced on Sunday 24-hour power cutoffs for 80 firms that have failed to reduce electricity usage in the first punitive measures of a nationwide drive to save energy amid an... |
| Tourist Bus Crash Kills 16, Injures 42 In Colombia At least 16 people were killed and 42 injured in a major traffic accident some 50 km from the Colombian capital Bogota, the country's Caracol TV said on Monday. A tourist bus en route from Bogota to... |
| [03/21] Venezuela's Chavez Rules Out Internet Controls CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denied that the government plans to impose controls on the Internet, saying Sunday that his administration aims to increase Web access... |
| Venezuela's Chavez Denies Plans To Control Internet, Backtracks On Talk About Regulations CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is denying that his government plans to impose controls over the Internet. Chavez recently raised concerns of a forthcoming crackdown on Web... |
| Venezuela's Chavez: "i'm Pro-internet" CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez denied on Sunday that he planned to censor or limit the Internet in Venezuela, saying on the contrary Web use had shot up more than nine fold during his... |
| Trinidad Revitalizes High-school Performing-arts Program TRINIDAD - It was just two months ago that the new performing arts class began at Trinidad High School. It was reintroduced to the school after a hiatus from the curriculum. Now, students from the... |
| Oil Prices Stay High Despite State Order Dealers in the region have increased fuel prices by between Sh3 and Sh4 per litre due to shortages. The move to lower the costs was announced after the government suspended a petroleum inspection... |
| Venezuela Announces Power Penalties Venezuela has said it will cut the power for a 24-hour period to 80 firms that have failed to meet electricity usage reduction targets. Caracas announced the measures on Sunday as part of a... |
| Venezuela Fines Firms For "excessive" Power Use Venezuela announced on Sunday 24-hour power cutoffs for 80 firms that have failed to reduce electricity usage in the first measures of a nationwide drive to save energy amid an electricity crisis.... |
| Newspaper Publisher Shot Dead In Colombia Clodomiro Castilla, 49, publisher of El Pulso del Tiempo newspaper was shot dead as he sat reading on his balcony in the city of Monteria, local newspaper Meridiano de Cordoba reported. Castilla was... |
