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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 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:34:09 -0500 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:34:09 -0500 30 CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's state oil company is suspending a much-promoted program that provided free heating oil to hundreds of thousands of poor people throughout the U.S., the company annou... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20886834/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:26:22 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20886834/ NEW YORK: Oil prices rose sharply on Monday as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict intensified and major crude producer Iran said OPEC would hold a special meeting next month. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20887826/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:14:48 -0500 Times of India http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20887826/ Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip are genocidal and called on governments around the world to demand a cease-fire in the Middle Eastern conflict. Chavez sa... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20887487/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:52:22 -0500 Deseret News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20887487/ Posted on: Monday, 5 January 2009, 13:59 CST The mystery of why ancient South American peoples who created the mysterious Nazca Lines also collected human heads as trophies has long puzzled scholar... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20881709/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:06:33 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20881709/ CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Monday that a constitutional referendum proposed for February to lift limits on presidential re-election will also include a measure to end... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20881712/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:35:38 -0500 Reuters http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20881712/ Venezuela's international reserves were $42.2 billion at the end of 2008, the highest level on record because of lofty oil prices for most of the year. The central bank's international reserves jumpe... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20873778/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:17:06 -0500 Rigzone http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20873778/ CARACAS -- The Venezuelan government on Sunday condemned a tear gas attack last week at the studios of an opposition-aligned TV station.Information Minister Jesse Chacón said President Hugo Ch... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20874274/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:12:39 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20874274/ S5N ) today announced that it has completed rationalization of its extensive portfolio of mineral properties in Guyana, South America. Over the past three years, the Company has conducted field exp... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20873870/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:12:28 -0500 Market Wire http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20873870/ Oil prices rose and then fell in morning trading Monday as analysts shifted views on which global hot spot would affect commodity markets more in the coming months. Oil prices popped by $1.15 US a ba... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20872702/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:50:22 -0500 CBC News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20872702/ BOGOTA -- Una mujer, su hija y dos nietas pequeñas fueron asesinadas a la llegada del Año Nuevo y sus cuerpos encontrados recién el domingo, informaron el lunes las autoridades."... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20875059/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:12:29 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20875059/ Thailand's annual inflation rate fell sharply to 0.4 percent in December due to cooling oil and consumer products prices, the commerce ministry said.The figure was down from November's figure of 2.2 p... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20873249/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:22:27 -0500 Daily Star http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20873249/ VIENNA, Austria - Oil prices rose above US$47 a barrel Monday on evidence that OPEC production cutbacks were taking hold and news of more unrest in oil-rich Nigeria. A dispute between Ukraine and Rus... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20870643/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:54:36 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20870643/ BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Transferred from Africa by the threat of terrorism, the Dakar Rally starts on Friday with a symbolic drive in Argentina's capital before heading out on an adventure... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20869900/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:49:07 -0500 USA Today http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20869900/ Meron Reuben, the Israeli ambassador to Colombia, said Sunday that his country's air strikes against Hamas are necessary despite an international outcry against the violence in the Gaza Strip. "W... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20869909/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:43:56 -0500 People's Daily http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20869909/ World oil prices rose in Asian trade today, fuelled by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East after Israel stepped up its military onslaught on Gaza. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20866590/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:15:58 -0500 RTE http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20866590/ Bogota, Jan 4 : The Colombian Army has seized a huge cache of explosives belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in southwestern part of the country, EFE reported. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20865908/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:12:27 -0500 New Kerala http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20865908/ By Daniel Cancel CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg): Venezuela’s US dollar reserves closed 2008 at a record of $42.2 billion after climbing $5.1 billion during the last two days of the year, accordi... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20863369/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:19:07 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20863369/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Transport and Harbours Department (THD) in Guyana has sent termination letters to 40 of its employees at New Amsterdam and Rosignol who are employed ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20862706/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:19:05 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20862706/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Heavy rainfall continues to create havoc in Guyana and the Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, has issued a statement that his ministry will be forced to... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20862708/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:19:03 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20862708/ Oil jumped more than 4 percent on Monday after an Iranian military commander reportedly called for an oil boycott over Israel's ground offensive in the Gaza Strip and on concerns over the deepening Ru... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20859355/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:08:23 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20859355/ The British economy and consumers are set to benefit from falling oil prices over the coming three years, according to a think tank. The Ernst & Young ITEM Club said that the fall in growth expected ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20859061/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:56:47 -0500 BBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20859061/ Israel’s escalating ground offensive inside the Gaza Strip is expected to push up oil prices further this week.Concern the conflict could disrupt supplies from the region was one of the factors cite... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20860509/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:11:54 -0500 Financial Times http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20860509/ MOSCOW, January 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law to ratify the convention to avoid double taxation and tax dodging between Russia and Venezuela, the Kremlin said Su... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20851184/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:37:46 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20851184/ Guyana says it might postpone the first day of classes at 60 public schools if record rains persist.Education Minister Shaik Baksh said Saturday he is asking authorities to inspect schools along the c... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20846768/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:32:11 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20846768/ CARACAS -- Venezuela says it is sending food, water and medicine to Zimbabwe to help combat a cholera epidemic that has claimed more than 1,500 lives.Justice Minister Tarek El Aissami says Venezuela ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20838546/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:48:02 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20838546/ CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela hopes to save some $2.3 billion in foreign currency by reducing the amount of dollars travelers can spend abroad.Currency controls that aim to stem capital flight requ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20834319/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:15:43 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20834319/ Rewards of up to 5 billion Colombian pesos (2.5 million U.S. dollars) will be set aside for direct delivery or information leading to the capture of FARC (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) g... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20832376/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:12:10 -0500 People's Daily http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20832376/ One year ago Friday, crude prices eclipsed $100 a barrel for the first time, a day largely lost to history because of the year that followed.In the first trading day of the new year, crude rebounded t... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20830663/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:24:44 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20830663/ HOUSTON - Exactly one year after crude eclipsed US$100 a barrel for the first time, 2009 trading began Friday with prices roughly half their year-ago levels, and some believe oil could be headed even ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20821163/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:25:11 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20821163/ Guyana's president Bharrat Jagdeo was the victim of a Facebook hoax. Photograph: Andres Leighton/AP There are hundreds of George Bushes, scores of Fidel Castros, and dozens of Hugo Chávezes, all wi... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20819042/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:34:55 -0500 The Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20819042/ The president of Guyana has asked police to investigate who is impersonating him on Facebook, the social networking website. A government statement said that Bharrat Jagdeo was not a Facebook member,... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20819646/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:33:46 -0500 General Sources http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20819646/ January 2, 2009 · This week, we're talking with foreign thinkers and scholars about the end of the Bush presidency and the beginning of the Obama administration. In our final conversation in th... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20815462/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:35:12 -0500 NPR http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20815462/ SINGAPORE - Oil prices fell below US$42 a barrel Friday in Asia after Russia and Ukraine said a dispute over natural gas payments wouldn't affect shipments to Western Europe. Light, sweet crude for F... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20815536/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:26:57 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20815536/ BOGOTA: Five people died and 65 were wounded when a grenade exploded during a New Years party in a remote region of northern Colombia, local authorities said on Thursday. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20815479/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:24:24 -0500 Times of India http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20815479/ Guyana has seen its rainiest December on record with nearly 40 inches (1 meter) of rainfall.The previous record is from December 2005, when only 20 inches (51 centimeters) fell. It is not clear how fa... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20812995/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:54:38 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20812995/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Piarco Airport in Trinidad will be refurbished and retasked to become the operating hub to move heads of government from 24 countries and other ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20810780/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:20:18 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20810780/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Former Chancellor of the Judiciary in Guyana, Desiree Bernard, who is now a judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice, has called for Justices of the Peace... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20810470/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:20:10 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20810470/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com ST JOHN’S, Antigua: The opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) said it is distressed at what it called the government’s hoodwinking of the disabled community in A... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20810789/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:20:09 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20810789/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Henry Greene, who has been acting as Guyana’s police commissioner for the past two and a half years has been confirmed in the post by President Bha... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20810364/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:20:10 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20810364/ Bolivia will export with zero duty the first batch of textile to Venezuela before Jan. 15, President Evo Morales said Thursday. Venezuela granted a zero-duty treatment to Bolivia after the United Stat... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20810565/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:26:15 -0500 People's Daily http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20810565/ MEXICO CITY, Jan 1 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua on Thursday congratulated Cuba on the 50th anniversary of its socialist revolution. The Cuban Revolution was the "mother" of all Latin ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20809109/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:01:26 -0500 SINA http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20809109/ CARACAS -- Petróleos de Venezuela indicó que sus ganancias netas se incrementaron 225% en los primeros nueve meses del 2008, gracias al récord en alza que alcanzó el preci... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20807634/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:22:34 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20807634/ January 1, 2009 · Oil producers are about to reduce output, and tensions are growing in the Middle East. Such developments usually tend to drive up oil prices, but the global economic recession... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20799484/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:55:14 -0500 NPR http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20799484/ — Acorn squash and other winter squashes at your local supermarket likely got their start months ago, when their colorful blossoms were pollinated by hardworking bees. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20801416/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:08:17 -0500 Science Daily http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20801416/ BOGOTA: The daring jungle rescue of Ingrid Betancourt, three Americans and 11 others from leftist guerrillas could become a movie soon if Hollywood producers can strike a deal with the Colombian gover... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20794873/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:25:21 -0500 The Peninsula http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20794873/ Venezuela has cut in half the dollar allowance that Venezuelan travelers are permitted to spend abroad on their credit cards, reducing the amount from $5,000 to $2,500 a year.The measure to tighten cu... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20792822/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:07:26 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20792822/ NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Wall Street, the U.S. dollar and crude oil prices all moved higher Wednesday, the final trading day of 2008, as better-than- expected U.S. unemployment data eased... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20792188/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:10:35 -0500 Breitbart http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20792188/ BOGOTA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Colombian authorities said on Wednesday that the European Union (EU) would provide 2.5 million euros (some 3.4 million U.S. dollars) in aid to Colombia for developing progr... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20792827/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:03:54 -0500 SINA http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20792827/ Arman Garakani (left) prepares to pay baggage fees at the American Airlines bag drop at San Francisco International Airport last week. Despite falling oil prices, airlines are unlikely to do away with... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20788287/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:57:28 -0500 NPR http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20788287/ CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela has cut in half the dollar allowance that Venezuelan travelers are permitted to spend abroad on their credit cards, reducing the amount from $5,000 to $2,500 a year. T... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20781437/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:01:51 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20781437/ BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's peace commissioner said Tuesday the government is just waiting for FARC guerrillas to name the place for the release of six hostages.Luis Carlos Restrepo says once the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20782813/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:56:05 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20782813/ Juan Sebastian Veron BUENOS AIRES (SW) - Argentinian footballer Juan Sebastian Veron has been elected South American footballer of the year for the first time in his career, following his performanc... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20782819/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:43:34 -0500 Soccer Way http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20782819/ COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Oil prices jumped above $44 per barrel on the last day of 2008, wrapping up what has been the most turbulent year ever for crude markets in which crude gave up four years of gain... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20783461/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:46:24 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20783461/ Oil slid below $37 a barrel today, heading for a fall of more than 60% in 2008 as the global economic slowdown bit deep into energy demand. Crude oil hit an all-time high of more than $147 in July bu... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20778906/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:18:33 -0500 RTE http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20778906/ BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's unemployment rate rose to 10.8 percent in November as the world financial crisis slowed economic growth.The national statistics office says joblessness increased from 1... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20778225/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:14:07 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20778225/ The agreements with Columbia's Ministry of Communications end years of wrangling and enable Gilat to immediately receive $24 million revenue, which was held in a trust account. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20778226/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:09:40 -0500 Globes http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20778226/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks posted modest gains early Wednesday, led by US Airways Group, American Airlines parent AMR Corp., and Continental Airlines. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20777176/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:46:22 -0500 Market Watch http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/262fd6adf564928c/id/20777176/