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Chavez to leave for Cuba for more cancer surgery Hugo Chavez was set to leave for Cuba early Monday to undergo new cancer surgery that the Venezuelan leftist president admitted was urgently needed to fight the deadly disease.

11 December 2012

Peru labor minister quits for mistreating airport worker Peru's labor minister resigned Sunday amid an uproar for allegedly roughing up an airport worker as he rushed to catch a departing plane.

11 December 2012

Settlement expected in Strauss-Kahn sex-case with maid Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the ex-IMF chief and onetime French presidential hopeful, are headed to court Monday hoping to close the books on the New York sex scandal that destroyed his stellar career.

11 December 2012

Gene sleuths track spread of hospital superbug Gene detectives on Sunday said they had pinpointed how a hospital superbug arose in North America in the early 2000s and spread to Europe before becoming a source of global concern.

11 December 2012

Software pioneer McAfee seeks return to United States US anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee said Sunday that he has filed legal motions with the Guatemalan government to avoid extradition to Belize, in hopes of being sent instead to the United States.

11 December 2012

IMF's Lagarde warns against US fudge on fiscal cliff The United States needs to raise taxes and cut spending to address the looming fiscal cliff, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said Sunday, warning that anything less would undermine economic confidence.

10 December 2012

Arab League hopes US, Russia reconcile on Syria Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi hoped on Sunday that the United States and Russia could reconcile their views over Syria in order to facilitate a settlement of the crisis in the war-ravaged country.

10 December 2012

3 Kazakhstan off-roaders and one truck to participate in Dakar-2013 Three Kazakhstan off-road vehicles will participate in this year's rally along with the Kamaz truck that won bronze last year.

10 December 2012

Venezuela's Chavez needs more cancer surgery Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was poised to return to Cuba on Sunday for more cancer treatment, having spoken for the first time of giving up power if his condition worsens or he dies.

10 December 2012

Clinton to testify this month on Benghazi attack Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify this month before US lawmakers at Senate and House hearings about the deadly September attack on the US mission in Benghazi.

09 December 2012

Second US lottery winner 'only played twice in year' A lucky player in Arizona, a married man in his 30s, has claimed the second winning ticket in the US Powerball lottery's near-record jackpot of $587.5 million.

09 December 2012

Low-key start to second term for Obama President Barack Obama will begin his second term in low-key fashion, with a small private swearing-in ceremony on January 20 before he takes the oath of office before the eyes of the world the next day.

08 December 2012

Shiite Muslims protest Pakistan govt in New York More than 1,000 Shiite Muslims marched in the streets of New York on Friday to voice their anger at the Pakistani government and the Taliban for what they called a "genocide" in their community.

08 December 2012

Chavez summit no-show raises new health fears The rumor mill over the health of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is again spinning wildly as cancer-related treatment forces the leftist anti-US firebrand to skip another international summit.

08 December 2012

New company aims to send humans back to the moon Two former top NASA officials unveiled plans Thursday to sell manned flights to the moon by the end of the decade, in an announcement 40 years after the last human set foot there.

08 December 2012

Obama expresses concern over Egypt deaths to Morsi US President Barack Obama expressed "deep concern" Thursday over the recent deadly political protests in Egypt, in a call to his counterpart Mohamed Morsi.

08 December 2012

McAfee discharged from Guatemala hospital: official US Internet security guru John McAfee was discharged from a Guatemala police hospital Thursday after being admitted with what his lawyer called "heart problems," a hospital official said.

08 December 2012

US Navy deploys ships before North Korean launch The United States has deployed naval ships equipped with ballistic missile defenses and is monitoring North Korea "very closely" ahead of an anticipated rocket launch.

08 December 2012

Washington state lights up as marijuana legalized Pot smokers lit up in Washington state Thursday as recreational marijuana became legal in a historic first for the United States, clouded by the fact that federal law still bans the practice.

07 December 2012

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