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 Venezuela mourns a beloved son |
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Mar 6, 2013: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday aged 58. Chavez had been diagnosed with terminal cancer for more than a year, undergoing several operations in Cuba, and had not been seen in public for several months.
Vice-President Nicolas Maduro made the announcement on Tuesday, surrounded by political and military leaders. Mr Chavez's body would lie in state until Fri... |
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| I fought for democracy; Gbagbo |
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Mar 1, 2013: Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday and said that he fought for democracy. The preliminary hearing will determine if he should face charges for the post-election violence in 2011.
Over 3,000 people were killed in violence when Gbagbo refused to accept defeat after election results showed h... |
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| This will be my last term: Raul Castro |
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Feb 26, 2013: President Raul Castro of Cuba said on Sunday that he will retire at the end of his second in 2018. Mr. Castrol who addressed the Cuban National Assembly after his re-election said, "this will be my last term."
Raul Castro assumed the presidency in 2008 after his elder brother of Fidel Castro retired from active politics after half a century as president of the ... |
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| Excerpts from the State of the Union Address |
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Feb 14, 2013: The following are excerpts from the State of the Union Address delivered (Feb 12) by President Barack Obama:
Education
Study after study shows that the sooner a child begins learning, the better he or she does down the road. But today, fewer than 3 in 10 four year-olds are enrolled in a high-quality preschool program. Most middle-class parents can’t af... |
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| Hollande visits Mali and thanks troops |
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Feb 3, 2013: Marching his war rhetoric to liberate Mali, and restore its territorial integrity with deeds, French President Hollande arrived in Bamako, to personally thank the French troops, and said they will stay in the country only as long as necessary.
Mr. Hollande also promised additional aid to the country to restore cultural sites damaged by Islamist rebels who allegedly t... |
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| Sec Kerry sworn-in |
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Feb 3, 2013: John Forbes Kerry was sworn in as the 68th Secretary of State of the United States, by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. He is first sitting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman to become Secretary in over a century.
Secretary Kerry joins the State Department after 28 years in the United States Senate, the last four as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Comm... |
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