Cowgirls take Venezuela rodeos by storm
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The crowd screams as a raging bull bursts from a trapdoor and dashes down a gated track. Within seconds, a rider gallops alongside the beast, grabs its tail and yanks, sending the 300-pound animal tumbling to the ground.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela on Sunday slapped  higher taxes on foreign oil companies operating in its huge  Orinoco heavy crude belt in what President Hugo Chavez called a  drive to tighten sovereign control over petroleum resources.
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An eastern Colorado ranch is the setting for a German reality show featuring women learning how to be cowgirls.
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Powerful thunderstorms and high winds that moved through much of the country sent a mobile home in Missouri flying, destroyed homes in Michigan and Indiana and collapsed a trailer in Kentucky. Six people were killed.
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By Patrick Markey HATO EL CHARCOTE, Venezuela  - Venezuelan troopsand police escorted local authorities to inspect a cattle ranchowned by Britain's Vestey Group on Saturday in the firstgovernment enforcement of a rural land redistribution law thatcritics say threatens private property.
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Venezuela on Thursday vowed to strip some of the world's biggest oil companies of their controlling stakes in the heavy crude oil projects of the country's Orinoco Belt within months.
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Rivers of mud, rocks and uprooted trees scarred the landscape in a mountain valley where dozens of people were missing Monday after devastating floods and landslides, the latest victims from torrential rains across Venezuela and Colombia that have killed at least 86 people.
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The European contingent for the Breeders&#39; Cup flew into Texas last night to be greeted by increasingly stormy weather and a warning that things could be extremely tough
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Coleo, an event where men on horseback take a bull by its tail has inflamed animal welfare advocates but fans see it as VenezeulaÂs national sport.
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Upsets in the womenâs bracket at Wimbledon showcased the gameâs depth and parity as Czech Nicole Vaidisova toppled defending champion Amelie Mauresmo and Franceâs Marion Bartoli ousted third seed Jelena Jankovic.
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Demonstrators hurled rocks and bottles and gunfire rang out Thursday as Venezuela's leading opposition presidential candidate toured a slum stronghold of President Hugo Chavez. At least five people were injured.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stormed to a re-election victory in Sunday's vote, handing him an ample mandate to broaden his promised socialist revolution and challenge Washington's influence in Latin America.
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Breast implants join list of Yankee imperialist outrages Hugo Chavez has slammed Venezuelans' growing penchant for celebrating their daughters' coming-of-age by stumping up for breast implants, Reuters reports.â¦
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A Colombian female guerrilla wanted in the United States for the kidnapping of three Americans and trafficking cocaine has been captured by the army near Venezuela's border, authorities said on Saturday.
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Colombia and Venezuela are hit by floods and landslides that kill more than 86 and leave thousands homeless.
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An international rescue mission to free three hostages held by Colombian rebels broke down yesterday amid accusations of lying and bad faith
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U.S. drivers could be among those affected by Venezuela's increasing disarray.