Caracas braced for TV protests
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Venezuela readies for protests as a TV station opposing President Chavez is set to be taken off air at midnight.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez delivers a speech to supporters during a meeting at the Caracas square 27 August 2004 in Caracas.
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Poland is braced for rival demonstrations planned by members of the governing conservatives and liberal opposition as the country's tumultuous politics spilled onto Warsaw's streets.
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Thousands march to mark the demise of an opposition TV station in Venezuela, as the channel ends broadcasts.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelans turned out early  and in large numbers on Sunday to vote in a historic referendum  that will either remove left-wing President Hugo Chavez from  office or give him a new mandate to govern for the next two  years.
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People in Venezuela are set to take part in a presidential poll which incumbent Hugo Chavez is expected to win.
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Thousands marched Saturday in the biggest show of public support yet for Venezuela's main opposition presidential candidate, who pledged to undo what he called the ills of President Hugo Chavez's government.
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The Venezuelan government has opened an investigation into news broadcasters for allegedly inciting the Venezuelan public to violence over the government's decision not to renew the broadcast license of an opposition television station.
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Summoned by bugle calls and the detonations of huge firecrackers, Venezuelans turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday to vote on whether to force leftist President Hugo Chavez from office.
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The United States is urging its citizens to think twice about traveling to Venezuela, citing protests and political tensions over the closure of an opposition broadcaster in Caracas.
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Venezuela shut down an opposition television channel on Monday and replaced it with one promoting President Hugo Chavez's self-proclaimed socialist revolution in a move widely criticized as a threat to democracy.
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Venezuelan police on Sunday used water cannons and what appeared to be tear gas to break up thousands of demonstrators protesting the government's decision to close the country's most-watched television station.
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The Carter Center called for dialogue Thursday between President Hugo Chavez and opponents protesting his decision to force an opposition TV channel off the air, while calm returned to the streets after three days of demonstrations.
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Here's a look at a few major protests planned next week:
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Venezuela passes a strict media law condemned by the opposition and human rights groups.
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A top opponent of President Hugo Chavez demanded the release of jailed protesters Wednesday as university students poured into the streets for a third day to protest the removal of a leading opposition TV station from the air.
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Tens of thousands march in Caracas in support of opposition presidential hopeful Manuel Rosales.