Venezuela denies oil assets frozen
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Venezuela's top oil official accused Exxon Mobil Corp. of "judicial terrorism" on Friday, but said court orders won by the oil major do not amount to confiscation of $12 billion (8.3 billion euros) in assets.
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President Hugo Chavez on Sunday threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States if Exxon Mobil Corp. wins court judgments to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets.
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U.S. objections will not prevent Venezuela from going ahead with its plans to purchase 100,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles and dozens of helicopters from Russia, Venezuela's vice president said Friday.
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Venezuela accused U.S. anti-drug agents Friday of collaborating with traffickers and rejected Washington's allegations that rampant corruption has allowed illegal drug smuggling to thrive in the South American country.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez froze ongoing bilateral accords and energy deals with  Colombia on Friday in retaliation for the abduction of a  leading Colombian Marxist rebel from Venezuela.
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Oil exports by Venezuela have not been disturbed by the referendum on the rule of President Hugo Chavez, shipping sources said late Sunday.
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US oil giant Exxon Mobil says courts have frozen $36bn of Venezuela's assets in its dispute with the government.
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7-Eleven Inc. said on Wednesday the war   of words between Venezuela's leftist government and the Bush   administration had no part in its decision to drop gasoline   supplier Citgo Petroleum Corp., which is owned by Venezuela's   state oil company.
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The EU insists it will not remove Colombia's Farc rebels from its "terror list", despite recent calls by Venezuela.
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A Lebanese construction company that the U.S. government said is owned and operated by the militant Hezbollah group on Wednesday scoffed at Washington's decision to freeze its assets under U.S. jurisdiction, saying its projects would not be affected.
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President Hugo ChÃ¡vez of Venezuela said a decision to end tax breaks on four oil projects would not drive oil companies away.
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Venezuela dispatched extra troops as part of an effort to tighten security along its border with neighboring Colombia, but officials on Monday denied that the move was linked to a heated dispute over the capture of a rebel leader in Caracas by bounty hunters paid by Colombia.
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Holland has denied Guyana access to its archives on the Suriname border issue and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) will have to make a ruling on this issue, a source close to ...
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By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President HugoChavez froze ongoing bilateral accords and energy deals withColombia on Friday in retaliation for the abduction of aleading Colombian Marxist rebel from Venezuela.
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MOSCOW  - A Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by the Yukos oil company seeking to overturn a freeze on the accounts of the struggling oil giant's core subsidiaries.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Oil exports by Venezuela  have not been disturbed by the referendum on the rule of  President Hugo Chavez, shipping sources said late Sunday.
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Venezuela softened its tone on Tuesday over a threat to stop oil sales to America, with a top official saying a supply cut would be undesirable a day after world oil prices rose due to President Hugo Chavez's warning.