Abbas thanks Venezuela for supporting Palestinians
AFP - 1 hour 19 minutes agoPalestinian president Mahmud Abbas thanked Venezuela Friday for supporting the creation of a future Palestinian state as he rounded out a Latin American tour.
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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas thanked Venezuela Friday for supporting the creation of a future Palestinian state as he rounded out a Latin American tour.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Caracas for a meeting on Wednesday with President Hugo Chavez, as the two outspoken anti-US leaders try to boost ties.
Columbus forward Alejandro Moreno and Chivas USA defender Shavar Thomas are among 10 players selected by the Philadelphia Union in the MLS expansion draft. Moreno, who has played for Venezuela's national team, has 43 regular-season goals in eight MLS seasons. Thomas competes for Jamaica. Philadelphia, the league's 16th team, also picked Seattle forward Sebastien Le Toux on Wednesday.
Venezuela is the latest stop of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regional tour aimed at boosting ties with supporters of Tehran's controversial nuclear program. Mr. Ahmadinejad arrived in Caracas late Tuesday and was welcomed at the airport by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro.
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Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela and Russia agreed to invest about $6.4 billion in a joint fund to pay for new oil projects in the South American country.
EL MOJON CHIQUIMULA, Guatemala -- Nine-year-old Lide Ramirez and her little brother sat on an 18-pound bag of rice on a recent sunny morning, thinking that for the first time in months they would eat dinner.
Third baseman Garrett Atkins is on the verge of free agency, a member of the Rockies' 40-man roster in name only and due to be non-tendered on Dec. 12. Atkins became a $7.05 million bench player in 2009, losing his starting job to Ian Stewart and finishing with a .226 average, nine home runs and 48 RBIs.
(RTTNews) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has welcomed the new U.S. and Chinese proposals on combating global warming, calling them as "extremely encouraging" in making the Copenhagen Climate-Change summit a success.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Corporacion Andina de Fomento, a multilateral lending institution based in Caracas, received authorization from the Venezuelan government to sell 1 billion bolivars ($466 million) of notes in the local market.