Moratinos defends coup comments
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Spain's foreign minister defends his claim that the former government supported the 2002 Venezuela coup.
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In an exclusive interview with TIME, the Venezuelan leader defends his harsh rhetoric - and adds some more
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An Equatorial Guinea official says the former Spanish government backed the plot against President Obiang.
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Former refereesâ chief Philip Don has defended Graham Pollâs decision to allow Thierry Henry to score with a quick free-kick against Chelsea yesterday.
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Boris Kuznetsov made his name defending people who fell foul of the Russian state.
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Playersâ chief Gordon Taylor has called for a sense of perspective to be applied to El-Hadji Dioufâs latest spitting offence, insisting the player âhas not committed murderâ.
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Former president Alberto Fujimori testified Monday that advisers told him a 1993 report on a military death squad from a dissident army general was false, backing claims he had no knowledge of its bloody operations.
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The government has defended a photograph published on the foreign office website showing a junior minister smiling with a Colombian army unit accused of links with private paramilitary squads, after criticism from rights campaigners on Monday.
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Accusations of Libyan and Burkina Faso involvement in an alleged coup plot in Mauritania are rejected.
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Italian national coach Marcello Lippi has defended his decision to leave AS Roma striker Antonio Cassano out of his squad for this month&#39;s two Group Five World Cup qualifiers.
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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has insisted troubled striker Adrian Mutu&#39;s claim the pair had a furious row over the Romanian&#39;s international duty is false.
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Â· Kibaki put on defensive by Odinga's yes to mediation  Â· African Union head due to arrive to help end turmoil
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In a recent dust-up with Tucker Carlson on CNN&#39;s &quot;Crossfire,&quot; Mr. Stewart defended a soft interview he conducted with John Kerry.
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BRASILIA -- A commission that monitors Brazilian government members has concluded that Central Bank president Henrique Meirelles, facing media accusations of tax evasion, has not behaved unethically.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's  fence-mending visit to Spain sparked political uproar on  Tuesday when Madrid for the first time backed his allegations  that the former Spanish government backed a coup against him.
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Ministers are asked how they knew about an alleged African coup plot weeks before mercenaries were arrested for planning it.
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Â· Fears for press as aides talk of 'creeping coup'Â· Leader deploys new team to counter rising criticism