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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Venezuela Star.com http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/262fd6adf564928c/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:10:08 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:10:08 -0500 30 Argentine oil company YPF, a unit of Spain's Repsol-YPF, announced Wednesday that its investments in the South American country rose last year by 50 percent to a record 13.3 billion pesos ($3.06 billi http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203344720/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203344720/cs/1/ Quito, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez said that the commemoration of the 100 years of the murder of Ecuadorian General Eloy Alfaro by groups of power of that time, ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203339496/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:57 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203339496/ Caracas, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) More than 22 000 young Venezuelans are working as volunteers with plans for prevention of early pregnancy, against drugs and for the promotion of culture and sport in ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203343538/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:54 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203343538/ Havana, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) Colombian Foreign Minister, Maria Angela Holguin, on Wednesday ratified her country´s support to Cuba in the fight against U.S. economic, trade and financial ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203341369/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:47 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203341369/ Havana, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) The foreign minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, and Colombia, Maria Angela Holguin, agreed on Wednesday here to commit to increase the potential of bilateral ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203341374/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:38 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203341374/ Espaol (IPYS-Venezuela/IFEX) - On February 3, 2012 six men attacked a group of journalists seeking information pertaining to the killing of a 16-year old girl. This happened outside of the Ave de ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203341836/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:32:52 -0500 IFEX http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203341836/ NEW YORK — Oil prices climbed to near $99 per barrel Wednesday following government reports that U.S. supplies didn't grow as much as expected last week. Benchmark U.S. crude rose by 30 ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203343534/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:09:55 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203343534/ Rafael Correa after finding them guilty of defamation for reporting on contracts the president’s brother was accused of having with the state. Judge Mercedes Portilla levied the fines against ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203338775/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:31:03 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203338775/ Guess what? The division made popular by Sugar Ray Robinson more than a half century ago suddenly is getting interesting again. Sergio Martinez has dominated the 160-pound class the past two years ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203343537/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:48:49 -0500 USA Today http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203343537/ Crude oil prices extended gains this morning as traders reacted to a forecast that global demand was set to grow and hopes for a Greek debt deal. US crude jumped $1.06 to $99.47 a barrel and Brent ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203333458/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:06:42 -0500 RTE http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203333458/ The last of Colombia's paramilitary leaders were captured in Venezuela, marking the end for a group that dominated Colombia's drug trade, writes guest blogger Jeremy ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203331982/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:34:42 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203331982/ Opposition leader Henrique Capriles is heading into Venezuela's first opposition primary warning that Hugo Chavez's foes must choose a strong candidate if they want to win back the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203333456/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:27:04 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203333456/ (MENAFN) Venezuela's Central Bank said that annual inflation rate dropped to 26 percent in January, compared with 27.6 percent at the end of 2011, reported AP.The bank added that last ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203333455/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:04:40 -0500 General Sources http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203333455/ Caracas, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) Minister of Petroleum and Mining and president of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (Pdvsa) Rafael Ramirez has announced that Venezuela will invest $236 billion USD in the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203324886/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:06:14 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203324886/ CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader Henrique Capriles is heading into Venezuela's first opposition primary warning that Hugo Chavez's foes must choose a strong candidate if ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203324883/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:54:47 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203324883/ President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said Tuesday that Argentina would formally complain to the United Nations Security Council that Britain has created a serious security risk by ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203323356/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:10:08 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203323356/ February 7, 2012 The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today recalled that in April 2009, ';at the conclusion of the Fifth Summit of ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203318701/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:04:21 -0500 OAS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203318701/ The sister of former Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning says her hospitalized brother is recovering well from a stroke suffered earlier this ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203317078/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:58:18 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203317078/ Espaol (IPYS-Venezuela/IFEX) - On January 28, 2012, Alberto Rodrguez, director of online weekly newspaper 6to Poder reported that his Twitter account was attacked after he posted pictures on his ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203317391/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:49:31 -0500 IFEX http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203317391/ CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Outmatched time and again at the polls by President Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan's opposition leaders are trying a new strategy to unseat the populist leader this year, ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203317392/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:58:14 -0500 Associated Press http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203317392/ Hector Buitrago Parada, known as 'Martin Llanos', and his brother Nelson Orlando Buitrago Parada, known as 'Caballo' (Horse), who are believed to be the leaders of a rightwing ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203316891/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:47:39 -0500 The Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203316891/ By msnbc.com staff SAN FRANCISCO, Colombia -- A farmer hopes his hen's enormous egg will make it into the record books.The farmer's daughter got a real surprise recently when she found the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203317382/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:11:34 -0500 MSNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203317382/ Petro Vista Energy Corp. announced that its wholly-owned Barbados subsidiary, Petro Vista Energy Colombia (Barbados) Corp. ("PTV Barbados"), has completed the sale (the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203309291/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:11:36 -0500 Rigzone http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203309291/ Caracas, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela is on track to reach 20 million voters this year with a view to the coming elections of October 7, said on Tuesday Sandra Oblitas, vice president of the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203309281/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:16 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203309281/ Bogota, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Citizens of the Colombian department of Nariño started a civic strike on Tuesday to bring the government's attention to the violence and neglect prevailing ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203309282/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:15 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203309282/ Assailants in pickup trucks fired homemade mortars at a police station in this western town Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding more than 20, the regional police chief ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203307552/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:14 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203307552/ NEW YORK -- Oil prices climbed nearly 2 percent Tuesday after Iran again threatened to cut off supplies to Europe.Iranian lawmakers are pushing a plan to halt crude exports crude to Europe before ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203309103/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:00 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203309103/ CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan health authorities are investigating the deaths of 11 newborns within four days at a single public hospital.Regional health officer Angel Melchor says the babies ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203309285/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:02:31 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203309285/ FILE - In this Monday Jan. 23, 2012 file photo, presidential opposition candidates Henrique Capriles, right, and Diego Arria speak during a televised debate in Caracas, Venezuela. In the run-up to ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203310582/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:08:10 -0500 General Sources http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/203310582/