Venezuela Plotted to Kill Rival, Spain Says Wall Street Journal By SANTIAGO PEREZ And JOSé DE CóRDOBA | MADRID—Spain and Venezuela headed toward a potential diplomatic face-off after a Spanish judge on Monday accused Caracas of collaborating with rebel groups to assassinate Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and other top political figures. | ...
A Government of Idiots? American Spectator | By Hal G.P. Colebatch on 5.22.07 @ 12:07AM | Australia is a stable, well-governed country, but if Kevin Rudd becomes Prime Minister it may not be possible to go taking this for granted. | In the 11 years since it was elected, the right-of-centre go...
Adriano has a drinking problem Independent online | Sao Paulo - A Flamengo club director said Sunday that Brazil striker Adriano has a drinking problem. | Marcos Braz told a local radio station the reason Adriano is temporarily out of the team is because he began drinking again following a personal problem. | "When he starts drinking, he can't stop," Braz told Radio Bandeirantes. "He had overcome ...
Venezuela Telecom Agency Rejects anti-Chavez TV The New York Times | Filed at 11:34 p.m. ET | CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A company's bid to launch two cable channels expected to be critical of President Hugo Chavez was rejected Friday, Venezuela's state-run telecommunications agency announced. | The agency said Empresas 1BC failed to meet a deadline for registering one new channel, RCTV Internacional, and its peti...
