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Venezuelan president intensifies electoral campaign

By Xinhua News September 1, 2010 @ 1:37pm

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Tuesday intensified his party's campaign for the legislative elections scheduled for Sept. 26.

He traveled to different regions in the day to attend massive public meetings to drum up support for the candidates of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela.

Colombia, U.S., Honduras begin anti-drug naval drills

By Xinhua News September 1, 2010 @ 1:36pm

Colombian, U.S. and Honduran naval forces started joint anti-drug trafficking military exercises Tuesday.

The three-day drills are being carried out by the Colombian National Army, the Honduran patrol ship "Tegucigalpa" and the U.S. Coast Guard vessel "Escanaba" on the Colombian island of San Andres.

Venezuelan hunger striker Franklin Brito dies over farm seizure

By Reuters Reuters September 1, 2010 @ 1:35pm

A Venezuelan farmer who died after a hunger strike to protest against President Hugo Chavez's land takeovers has become a symbol for the oppressed, his family said.

Just weeks before a parliamentary election, Franklin Brito, 49, died on Monday at a Caracas military hospital

where he had been taken after demonstrating in a public square.

Palestinian Security Cracks Down on West Bank Hamas Forces

By VOA NEWS September 1, 2010 @ 1:33pm

Palestinian security forces have arrested hundreds of members of the Islamist militant group, Hamas.  The crackdown comes after the group claimed responsibility for the killings of four Jewish settlers in the West Bank on the eve of U.S.-mediated peace negotiations. 

Israeli and Palestinian officials called the attack near the southern West Bank city of Hebron an attempt to derail the first direct peace negotiations in almost two years. 

Yellow Sea Venue for Rival War Games

By VOA NEWS September 1, 2010 @ 1:26pm

The Yellow Sea is again the setting for naval war games. China has started a four-day artillery exercise in waters off Qingdao. The United States and South Korea are to hold joint drills in the same waters in a few days.

China's Defense Ministry, according to the Xinhua news agency, describes the naval drill, which began Wednesday, as routine training.