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Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground today as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese coal mine to 87.

Ugandan officials say they are offended that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has praised former dictator Idi Amin.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months.

Venezuelan authorities have captured a former Colombian official wanted for collaborating with outlawed right-wing paramilitary fighters.

South East Asia News.Net Saturday 21st November, 2009 With more than 115,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan oil flowing to Cuba, the country gets more than enough crude to cover its electricity needs.

Starting from a paltry $140 million in 2004, trade between Venezuela and Argentina has grown more than tenfold in the past five years and is projected to total $1.7 billion in 2009, Venezuelan Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez said Friday.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling a meeting of eight Amazon countries next week to forge a common stand ahead of next month's key climate talks, officials said Friday.

Hugo Chavez is defending alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was a "revolutionary fighter" rather than a terrorist.

Cracked soil and dead cows are pictured at a ranch in Chaco, Paraguay on November 18.

It's been a year of changes for Canadian rockers Arkells. Since releasing their debut full-length album Jackson Square last autumn, the Hamilton quintet has gone from playing sporadic hometown shows to touring coast-to-coast, sharing the stage with such acts as Matt Mays, Pearl Jam and the Black Crowes.

Tensions raised between two countries as troops dynamite rural walkways Venezuela claims are used by smugglers and militia Colombians walk next to a bridge that crosses into Colombia which was blown up by Venezuelan soldiers Photograph: Stringer/colombia/Reuters Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest ...

On his trip to Asia, President Obama found China, Japan and South Korea - like many nations these days - in no mood to hear more American lectures.

Cloud seeding once was seen similar to well divining, medicine shows and miracle healers.

Venezuela has shown littleA interest in curbing the number of illegal flights haulingA Colombian cocaine from its territory for the United States andA Europe, a U.S. official said yesterday.

The base commander at Fort Hood says soldiers who witnessed a shooting rampage that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before opening fire at the Texas post.

The Honduran army ousted and exiled leftist President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday in Central America's first military coup since the Cold War, triggered by his bid to make it legal to seek another term in office.

Sparring between Chile and Peru intensified Tuesday over spying allegations, which experts say could be attributed to an escalating arms race.

President Hugo Chavez said in a televised speech Friday that "there are lots of fat people" in Venezuela and advised his supporters to exercise and eat healthy to trim their waistlines.

Hugo Chavez: ardent socialist, Venezuelan president, rain maker? A crippling drought in his country has led Chavez to embrace cloud seeding.

Israel President Shimon Peres predicts the people of Venezuela and Iran will make their leaders disappear before too long.