Oil surpasses $126 per barrel ahead of US driving season
Oil prices surpassed a record $126 per barrel Friday on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening dollar drove investors to snap up commodities. Nations:[Venezuela][Colombia][Australia][Switzerland] People:[Hugo Chavez] Activities:[2007 Oil Price Crisis] 2008-05-09 US drops China from list of top human rights abusers
The United States dropped China from its list of the world's worst human rights violators, but added Syria, Uzbekistan and Sudan to its top 10 offenders in an annual report released Tuesday. Nations:[Uzbekistan][China][Mauritania][Belarus][Kyrgyzstan][Nigeria] People:[Condoleezza Rice] Activities:[Darfur Genocide Crisis][China-U.S.] 2008-03-11 Chavez threatens to halt oil sales to US
President Hugo Chavez on Sunday threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States in an "economic war" if Exxon Mobil Corp. wins court judgments to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets. Nations:[Venezuela][U.S.][U.K.][Saudi Arabia][Mexico][Netherlands] People:[Hugo Chavez] Activities:[U.S.-Venezuela] 2008-02-10 Fewer cocaine shipments stopped in 2007
U.S.-directed seizures and disruptions of cocaine shipments from Latin America dropped sharply in 2007 from the year before, reflecting in part a successful shift in tactics by drug traffickers to avoid detection at sea, senior American officials disclosed Monday in releasing new figures. Nations:[Venezuela][Colombia][Nicaragua][Bolivia][Mexico] People:[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad][Hugo Chavez] 2008-01-14 GOP hopefuls temper anti-immigrant talk
The Republican presidential candidates sought to embrace Hispanics in a Spanish language debate Sunday, striving to mark common ground with a growing voter bloc while softening the anti-illegal immigration rhetoric that has marked their past encounters. Nations:[Spain][Portugal] People:[John McCain][Rudy Giuliani][Duncan Hunter][Fidel Castro][Fred Thompson][Mike Huckabee] Activities:[U.S.-Cuba][US Election 2008] 2007-12-10 Bush: Iran still a danger despite report
Defending his credibility, President Bush said Tuesday that Iran is dangerous and must be squeezed by international pressure despite a blockbuster intelligence finding that Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program four years ago. Nations:[Ethiopia][Saudi Arabia] People:[George W. Bush][Condoleezza Rice][Hugo Chavez][Barack Obama][Joseph Biden][Vladimir Putin] Activities:[Iran Nuclear Crisis][Iran-U.S.] 2007-12-04 Chavez loses constitutional vote
Humbled by his first electoral defeat ever, President Hugo Chavez said Monday he may have been too ambitious in asking voters to let him stand indefinitely for re-election and endorse a huge leap to a socialist state. Nations:[Venezuela][Nicaragua][Singapore][Bolivia][Ecuador] People:[Hugo Chavez][Fidel Castro] 2007-12-03 Chavez, Ahmadinejad to work against US
The presidents of Venezuela and Iran boasted Monday that they will defeat U.S. imperialism together, saying the fall of the dollar is a prelude to the end of Washington's global dominance. Nations:[Iran][Venezuela][Saudi Arabia][India] People:[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad][Hugo Chavez] 2007-11-19 Sex, Nazi, burrito and Viagra: Who Googles what?
Internet users in Egypt, India and Turkey are the world's most frequent searchers for Web sites using the keyword "sex" on Google search engines, according to statistics provided by Google Inc (GOOG.O). Nations:[Australia][U.S.][Canada][U.K.][Mexico][Pakistan] People:[Britney Spears][Tom Cruise][Kate Moss][David Beckham] 2007-10-17 Iran leader says nuclear issue is closed
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told world leaders his country will defy any further U.N. Security Council resolutions imposed by "arrogant powers" seeking to curb its nuclear program, accusing them of lying and imposing illegal sanctions against Tehran. Nations:[Israel][France][North Korea][Germany][Nicaragua][Myanmar] People:[Daniel Ortega][Angela Merkel][Hugo Chavez][Nicolas Sarkozy][Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] Activities:[Iran Nuclear Crisis] 2007-09-26 Iranians decry harsh words for president
Iranians expressed dismay Tuesday at the tough reception given to their president in New York, saying his host was rude and only fueled the image of the United States as a bully. Nations:[U.S.][Israel] People:[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad][Hugo Chavez] Activities:[Iran-U.S.][Holocaust] 2007-09-25 Court orders Peru's Fujimori extradicted
Chile's highest court on Friday ordered the extradition of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori to face trial for corruption and human rights violations, including accusations that he approved a death squad that gunned down 25 people. Nations:[Spain][Venezuela][Japan] People:[Alberto Fujimori][Augusto Pinochet] 2007-09-21
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