Thursday, September 02, 2010
 
 
by Reuters

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended his socialist government's security record on Thursday, rejecting pre-election claims by the opposition that crime had risen sharply during his 11 years in power.

Rampant murders, kidnappings and robberies are the top concern of voters who are due to cast ballots in a September 26 legislative poll that is being seen as an important test of his support ahead of a presidential election in 2012.

The government has not published official murder statistics in years, but oppositi   [READ MORE]

 
 
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's electoral commission said Thursday it had produced a final voter list for the first time, raising the chance that an election which   [READ MORE]
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's electoral commission said Thursday it had for the first time produced a final voter list, raising the chance that an election which   [READ MORE]
HAVANA (Reuters) - A few weeks after Ashton Kutcher's latest comedy "Killers" premiered in the United States, the movie was already entertaining the masses in c   [READ MORE]
 
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Attackers smashed windows and damaged security cameras at the home of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karoubi ahead of a rally which authorities fear could reignite protests, his website said Thursda   [READ MORE]
 
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking South African state workers plan a protest march on Thursday and their leaders will meet government nego   [READ MORE]
PARIS (Reuters) - A group of 60 nations, including France, Britain and Japan, will propose at the U.N. this month that a tax be introduced on international currency   [READ MORE]
 
 
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