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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/80f72651582f2c13/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:10:08 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:10:08 -0500 30 With the sudden departure of Joel Santana to Flamengo, Bahia has announced the signing of Brazilian soccer legend Paulo Roberto Falcao as its coach. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203348679/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203348679/cs/1/ A family was reunited Wednesday in this capital 25 years after being separated by the country's 1960-1996 civil war. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203346082/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:40:08 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203346082/cs/1/ Mexico's wind power sector is playing an expanding role in the global development of that renewable energy source, having just achieved the milestone of 1,000 Megawatts of installed generating capacit http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203346080/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203346080/cs/1/ The Honduran armed forces acknowledged Wednesday that 22 grenade launchers were stolen from an armoury in 2010. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203345595/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:20:06 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203345595/cs/1/ South Korean consumer products giant LG Electronics was the leader last year in Mexico's high-end television market with its 3D models, followed closely by Japan's Sony, the Yonhap news agency reporte http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203344333/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203344333/cs/1/ Selena Gomez, who battled through illness to stage her show in Argentina on Tuesday, was forced to run off stage to blow her nose throughout her set. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203327050/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:40:45 -0500 ANI http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203327050/cs/1/ State-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, will "require annual investment and acquisitions" for its operations "exceeding 320 billion pesos (nearly $25.2 billion)" over the next few years, http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203319339/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:50:06 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203319339/cs/1/ A United Nations-backed census has been launched in the Dominican Republic to improve to the lives of hundreds of refugees and asylum-seekers. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314865/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:16:46 -0500 U.N. - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314865/cs/1/ An independent United Nations expert on indigenous rights called today on the Government of Panama and the country's indigenous groups to establish a dialogue process to stop the recent tensions and v http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314864/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:16:41 -0500 U.N. - Human Rights http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203314864/cs/1/ MEXICO CITY (AP) -- When neighbors in the hills east of Mexico City saw backhoes ripping up pre-Hispanic relics for a highway, they did something unexpected in a country where building projects ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341814/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:09:32 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341814/ GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The secrets from a vault of moldy documents long covered in bat and rat droppings could soon help to put former top Guatemalan officials behind bars, years after the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341402/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:03:16 -0500 West Australian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341402/ Argentina 's decision to make a formal complaint to the United Nations over Britain's alleged "militarisation" of the Falkland Islands. In an escalating war of words over the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203340087/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:02:14 -0500 The National http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203340087/ Montevideo, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) President Jose Mujica criticized on Wednesday local attitudes he described as chauvinistic when it comes to efforts made by the Uruguayan government to solve ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341838/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:54 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341838/ 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/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341369/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:47 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341369/ Havana, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) Santa Lucia beach, in Camagey, eastern Cuba, hosts from Feb 13 to 17 Sabor a Cuba Festival, introducing to hosts and guests the national cultural traditions through the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341370/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:38 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341370/ 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/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341374/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:38 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341374/ Havana, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) The launch of a multimedia on outstanding Haitian figures is one of the actions scheduled to be carried out by the Martha Jean Claude Foundation this ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341371/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:31 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341371/ Santo Domingo, February 8 (Prensa Latina) The local Leones del Escogido team won the 54th Caribbean Baseball Series, consolidating this nation as the most winner of this tournament with 19 titles. ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341372/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:28 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341372/ New Delhi, Feb 8 : Brazilian Defence Minister Celso Amorim met with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Wednesday to discuss strengthening of bilateral military ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341832/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:59 -0500 New Kerala http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341832/ The Brazilian government has filed a lawsuit against Twitter and its users in a bid to stop publication of messages alerting drivers to police speed traps and drunk-driving checkpoints. The suit ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341830/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:46:32 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341830/ PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- Rising crime across the Caribbean threatens the region's tourism-based economy and has exposed a weak and ineffective judicial system, according to a sweeping U.N. ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341367/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:42:39 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341367/ FILE - In this May 26, 2010 file photo, Bruce Beresford-Redman, the former "Survivor" producer, pauses for a photo at his home in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. A spokesman for the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341025/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:42:25 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341025/ PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 8, 2012 (IPS) - Helen Clarke, the former prime minister of New Zealand, recalled a situation a few years ago when within the less affluent suburbs of her country, ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341365/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:35:04 -0500 IPS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341365/ February 8, 2012 SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb 7 (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are building a steel and concrete barrier 300 feet (90 meters) out into the Pacific Ocean south of San Diego to curb ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341818/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:36 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341818/ ';This will enhance Acsa's brand and better position it in the market place as a serious participant in global airport investment and management,'; Acsa's acting managing ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341854/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:34 -0500 IOL http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341854/ Kevin Shields (R), a Nokia senior vice president takes a video of himself with a photo of Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop during a press event last month. REUTERS photo Nokia said yesterday ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203340888/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:33:43 -0500 Turkish Daily News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203340888/ There hardly is ever a rhyme or reason for trending topics on Twitter. It could be someone famous' birthday, or perhaps, political discussion, or a current event--like yesterday's ruling ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341404/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:33:05 -0500 Hispanic Business Magazine http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341404/ 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/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341836/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:32:52 -0500 IFEX http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341836/ Argentina's president accused Britain of "militarizing the South Atlantic" and said she would to complain to the United Nations, as tension rises ahead of the 30th anniversary of the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341855/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:29:57 -0500 Global Times http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341855/ The world is much changed since the early days of 1962, but one thing has remained constant: The U.S. economic embargo on Communist-run Cuba, a near-total trade ban that turned 50 on Tuesday. ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341366/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:27 -0500 The China Post http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341366/ Panama's authorities must investigate allegations of excessive use of force by police after two protestors were killed during three days of clashes between security forces and the Ngbe-Bugl ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203348600/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:08:09 -0500 Amnesty International http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203348600/ A land deal finalized this week between Paraguayan authorities and a land owner in the country's central region will allow a long-displaced indigenous community to rebuild in safety and ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341826/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:08:07 -0500 Amnesty International http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341826/ A suspected member of the Zetas drug gang has led Mexican authorities to a mass grave site at two ranches in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, the navy said ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203340062/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:06:25 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203340062/ BUENOS AIRES/LONDON (Reuters) - Argentina's president accused Britain of "militarizing the South Atlantic" and said she would to complain to the United Nations, as tension rises ahead ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341825/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:02:31 -0500 The Star http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341825/ Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner delivers a speech in front of a backdrop displaying the Falkland Islands (Malvinas in Spanish) painted like the Argentine national flag at the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341827/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:50:33 -0500 Canada.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341827/ Argentina is slamming Prince William's deployment to the Falklands. Some Argentine veterans say the move is aggressive and arrogant, but most residents on the islands are preparing to welcome ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341824/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:43:42 -0500 MSNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341824/ Beijing has become the fifth most expensive city in the world in terms of prime office rent after an eye-popping 75 percent price rise in 2011, an industry report said.It now costs US$130 per square ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203342002/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:17 -0500 New America Media http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203342002/ WASHINGTON -- As the story of sexual abuse at an elementary school in Los Angeles continues to shock the nation, Spanish-language media is reporting another tragic development. Parents of some ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203339642/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:13 -0500 New America Media http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203339642/ Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, an appellate court ruled that California’s Proposition 8 -- the voter-approved initiative that banned same-sex marriage -- is unconstitutional. But the ruling ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203343479/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:11 -0500 New America Media http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203343479/ PHOENIX, Ariz.--Lisa Marie Cookingham, an OBGYN doctor at several hospitals in Maricopa County, often sees cases of incarcerated patients being shackled to their beds during labor-a practice, she ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203343480/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:05 -0500 New America Media http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203343480/ NEWMAN, Calif.--When Bernice Arnett accepted a school nurse position with the Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District seven years ago, people suggested the job would entail little more than ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203340697/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:02 -0500 New America Media http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203340697/ MANILA--Thousands of Filipino World War II veterans or their family members last year received $214.4 million in benefits and services from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203343164/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:33:59 -0500 New America Media http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203343164/ In his State of the Union, President Obama stressed the importance of keeping manufacturing in America. The reasoning is that in order to continue to innovate and develop the next generation ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203338752/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:33:56 -0500 New America Media http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203338752/ On Tuesday the New York Times reported that the New York Police Department showed nearly 1,500 of its officers "The Third Jihad," a 72-minute documentary that casts Muslim Americans as ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203337474/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:33:53 -0500 New America Media http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203337474/ RICHMOND, Calif.--It is 8 o’clock on a Thursday night, and inside a commercial kitchen at Veterans Hall members of the Liberty Ship Cafe, a new workers’ cooperative in Richmond, Calif., ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203340055/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:33:50 -0500 New America Media http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203340055/ claimed that "more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history." The Gingrich campaign quickly released a commercial the next day touting the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203339437/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:33:46 -0500 New America Media http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203339437/ HAVANA (AP) -- A lawyer for five Cuban agents sentenced to long jail terms for spying in the United States said Wednesday he is preparing a last-ditch appeal, arguing that one of the men received ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203342379/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:29:48 -0500 Associated Press http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203342379/ In this photo taken Saturday Jan. 21, 2012, Abraham Hernandez poses for a portrait before the start of the boxing championship tournament at the Rafael Trejos boxing gym in Old Havana, Cuba. Boxers ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341378/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:25:57 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341378/ SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Nine Texas men and women have been sentenced to prison for purchasing firearms for Mexico's Los Zetas drug cartel, and a dozen others face charges linked to a Department ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341403/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:23:38 -0500 Reuters http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341403/ New York - Gang-related killings have substantially increased across the Caribbean over more than a decade, inflicting up to 4-per-cent loss to the region's economic activities, the UN ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341376/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:10:09 -0500 M & C http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341376/ Kirchner made the announcement to members of the Argentinian government and veterans of the Falklands War during an engagement on Tuesday. "They’re militarizing the South Atlantic once ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341856/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:08:19 -0500 IBTimes http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341856/ Responding to a Mexican archbishop's plea for a truce during a visit by Pope Benedict XVI in March, a notorious drug-trafficking gang has warned rival forces to stay out of its territory. The ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341409/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:05:50 -0500 Catholic Culture http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341409/ (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=24250)PANAMA CITY, PANAMA, February 7 (CNA/Europa Press) .- The Archdiocese of Panama City called for dialogue to resolve the violence between the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203348601/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:28:12 -0500 EWTN http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203348601/ Greenwood Village-based Onyx Service & Solutions announced today that the company has completed a solar power project for the Honduras upscale resort of West Bay Lodge on the island of ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341401/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:25:59 -0500 Denver Post http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341401/ Argentine president Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner said she will take her complaint that Britain is militarizing the Falklands before the UN Security ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203340859/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:25:21 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203340859/ CORPUS CHRISTI -- Kleberg County officials are warning of a phone scam after a Falfurrias woman was duped into wiring money to a man in Mexico. Sheriff's office investigators were notified ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341715/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:24:03 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341715/ The Brazilian government accused striking police in Bahia state of sowing panic amid fears that the strike over pay may spread and fuel a wave of violence only days before the start of Carnival. ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203339733/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:22:28 -0500 Breitbart http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203339733/ (AXcess News) Washington - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in America's backyard Sunday for a five-country trip designed to counter perceptions of Iran's growing ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341801/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:43 -0500 Axcess News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203341801/ by Maja Wallengren MEXICO CITY/HAVANA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- As Cuba observed the 50th anniversary of the political and economic embargo imposed by the United States on the country on Thursday, many ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203348602/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:14:03 -0500 SINA http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203348602/ The unemployment rate has jumped from 13.7 to 15.9 percent, the highest in more than a decade, according to the Department of Statistics' latest labor force and household income survey released ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331568/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:15:12 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331568/ Haitian President Michel Martelly greets a number of government officials after touching down at the Odyssey Aviation airport last night. Martelly is in The Bahamas to attend a series of meetings ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331569/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:15:08 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331569/ Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing said yesterday the decision to conduct the labor force survey in the fall, before the start of the winter tourism season, was a key factor in ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331570/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:15:05 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331570/ A 37-year-old man was stabbed to death on Marshall Road yesterday after he was reportedly involved in an altercation with another man, police said. According to Superintendent Paul Rolle, officer ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331572/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:59 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331572/ Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney said his party will elect a deputy leader and announce the person next week Wednesday at a public event at the Wyndham Nassau Resort . ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331573/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:56 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331573/ Disbarred attorney Ralph Jan Ward will have to wait another week before he learns whether a judge will allow him to withdraw his guilty plea to eight counts of stealing by reason of service. ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331574/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:54 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331574/ Fox Hill MP Fred Mitchell said yesterday the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) will reintroduce its Witness Protection Programme if it is successful in the upcoming general election. Attorney General ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331576/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:51 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331576/ Gregory Taylor had no right to bail at his arraignment in the magistrates court on a charge of marijuana possession with intent to supply. However, the prosecution did not oppose his release on ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331575/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:48 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331575/ Jermaine Lannaman, Gleaner WriterSidelined West Indies and Barbados fast bowler Tino Best says it would be foolhardy for Jamaica's batsmen to go at him during this weekend's second round ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331578/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:10:02 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331578/ Quito, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño reaffirmed on Wednesday that the Summit of the Americas is not the Summit of the Americas minus Cuba; therefore, that ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331579/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:03:52 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331579/ Santiago, Chile, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) Chile will promote the use of lithium by virtue of special agreements in terms of its exploration and extraction. In that regard, innovative technological ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203332315/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:03:46 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203332315/ Havana, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) A Dominican multi-sectorial and trade mission visiting Cuba on Wednesday will meet with representatives of the Ministry of Tourism and the Chamber of Commerce, ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331581/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:03:44 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331581/ Havana, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) Casa de las Americas will launch 30 books, including 13 by Caribbean authors, at Cuba´s 2012 International Book Fair, scheduled to be opened on Thursday, with ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331580/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:03:43 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331580/ Cuba on Tuesday rejected recent statements about the island expressed by the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, which the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331583/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:01 -0500 National Turk http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331583/ 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/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331982/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:34:42 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331982/ Britain rejected the possibility of talks with Argentina, while Argentina has accused Britain of 'militarizing' the dispute over the Falkland Islands' ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331983/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:34:38 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331983/ Argentina is putting its partnerships with Brazil and other Latin American neighbors on the line in its bid to cut imports in response to a trade downturn. Argentine imports are suffering because ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331998/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:05:59 -0500 UPI http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331998/ The Brits are in a tizzy. "What on earth do they know about cricket and curries?" sniffed Tory MP Peter Bone when he heard France’s Dassault had emerged as the lowest bid for ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203332090/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:58:40 -0500 New America Media http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203332090/ SAN FRANCISCO – Like most immigrant parents, Kevin Guan and his wife, Laurie, foresaw a future for their two sons that involved a first-class college and a decent job, the American Dream to a ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203332006/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:58:37 -0500 New America Media http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203332006/ SAN FRANCISCO – People in China traditionally head home for the lunar New Year holiday, marking one of the largest annual human migrations on the planet. This year, however, a growing number ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203330661/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:58:29 -0500 New America Media http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203330661/ Euro-Solar, together with local partners, has installed solar panels in 600 villages in the eight poorest countries of Latin America, as part of a 36m euros ($47.6m) EU-funded project. The isolated ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203330696/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:45:23 -0500 The Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203330696/ With no real news from Europe, MXN traders are not sure about which way to go and are threading water at 12.67. No data from both the domestic and the US market means lack of direction will be ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331969/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:44:06 -0500 FXstreet http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331969/ Berlin - The drug war in Mexico takes thousands of lives every year, as cartels fight each other and Mexico's military for multi-billion dollar profits. The conflict cannot be won by military ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331964/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:40:16 -0500 M & C http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331964/ Cancun, Mexico - Ask foreigners on Cancun's glistening white beaches what comes to mind when they think of Mexico, and the answers aren't exactly fun in the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203330685/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:40:14 -0500 M & C http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203330685/ Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez stands in of front of a Falklands Islands' map at Government Palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. 7, 2012. ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331219/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:35:12 -0500 CBS News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331219/ Edinburgh have signed Argentina prop Ulises Gamboa from RaboDirect PRO12 rivals Aironi until the end of the season. Gamboa adds strength to Edinburgh's front row with Allan Jacobsen and ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331978/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:28:57 -0500 BBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331978/ Actor Sean Penn, left, Haiti's President Michel Martelly, right, and Haiti's Foreign Minister Laurent Lamothe, center, make a toast as they pose for pictures after a special ceremony at ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331577/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:14:43 -0500 Time http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331577/ Disgruntled police across Brazil are taking aim at the country's iconic Carnival celebration, raising threats to the annual street parties that draw hordes of foreigners as a way to press their ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203330286/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:02:43 -0500 Gadsden Times http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203330286/ The secretary general of the Uruguayan bishops' conference, Bishop Heriberto Bodeant, has reaffirmed the Church's commitment to "proclaiming a great yes to life."The bishop spoke ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331985/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:01:14 -0500 EWTN http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331985/ (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=24107)MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, January 17 (CNA/EWTN News) .- The Catholic newspaper in Mexico City, Desde la Fe, is calling on Mexican presidential ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331600/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:01:11 -0500 EWTN http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203331600/ HAVANA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- A Spanish oil company has started drilling the first well in Cuban deep waters by using a Chinese-made oil rig, the company said Thursday. The Scarabeo-9 oil rig began ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203337243/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:48:38 -0500 SINA http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203337243/ Researchers using satellite tracking have discovered new feeding hotspots in the Gulf of Mexico providing important habitats for at least three separate populations of loggerhead ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203324842/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:17:21 -0500 The Ledger http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/80f72651582f2c13/id/203324842/