Hugo Chavez says he needs cancer surgery again

Hugo Chavez says he needs cancer surgery again

Hugo Chavez says he needs cancer surgery again

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 10:47 PM PST

In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds up a crucifix during a televised speech form his office at Miraflores Presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. Chavez announced Saturday night that his cancer has returned and that he will undergo another surgery in Cuba. Chavez, who won re-election on Oct. 7, also said for the first time that if his health were to worsen, his successor would be Vice President Nicolas Maduro.(AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office, Marcelo Garcia)Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is heading back to Cuba on Sunday for more surgery for cancer, announcing on television that the illness has returned after two previous operations, chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

Pakistani president visits Malala at hospital

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:57 PM PST

Zardari meets teenage education activist in Birmingham hospital where she is recuperating after being shot by Taliban.

Weakened typhoon set to make second landfall in Philippines

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:10 PM PST

NEW BATAAN, Philippines (Reuters) - A much-weakened storm was set to make landfall in the Philippines' northwest on Sunday, five days after the year's strongest typhoon killed 540 people and caused crop damage worth about 8 billion pesos ($195.38 million) in the south.

Weakened typhoon set to make second landfall in Philippines

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:10 PM PST

Residents search for their missing relatives among debris swept by floodwaters at the height of Typhoon Bopha, in New Bataan townNEW BATAAN, Philippines (Reuters) - A much-weakened storm was set to make landfall in the Philippines' northwest on Sunday, five days after the year's strongest typhoon killed 540 people and caused crop damage worth about 8 billion pesos ($195.38 million) in the south. The Philippines weather bureau issued storm alerts for northern provinces on the main island of Luzon as Bopha, with greatly reduced winds at its centre of 55 kph (35 mph), changed course back towards land after heading into the South China Sea. ...

Vietnam holds rare protests against China over sea disputes

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 07:21 PM PST

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam held rare but brief protests against China in its two major cities on Sunday after Beijing demanded that Hanoi stop unilateral oil exploration in disputed waters and not harass Chinese fishing boats. China's demands on Thursday raised tensions in a protracted maritime territorial dispute between the two neighbors. About 30 people gathered opposite Hanoi's opera house, raising banners and shouting in protest against China before marching towards the Chinese embassy as part of a planned demonstration that was announced on several blogs. ...

Vietnam holds rare protests against China over sea disputes

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 07:21 PM PST

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam held rare but brief protests against China in its two major cities on Sunday after Beijing demanded that Hanoi stop unilateral oil exploration in disputed waters and not harass Chinese fishing boats.

Mugabe plans for 'resounding' election win

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 08:03 PM PST

Zimbabwean president says his party will fight like a "wounded animal" to win next year's elections.

Chavez to undergo further cancer surgery

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 10:47 PM PST

Venezuelan leader to return to Cuba for treatment, and for the first time taps Vice President Maduro as heir apparent.

Egypt president scraps decree that sparked protests

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:32 PM PST

A sign is pictured on a barbed wire barricade guarding the presidential palace in Cairo, as Republican Guard soldiers stand in line behind the barricadeCAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has cancelled a decree that gave him sweeping powers and sparked deadly violence, but did not delay this month's referendum on a new constitution as his opponents had demanded. The announcement that Mursi had scrapped his November 22 decree followed hours of talks on Saturday at his presidential palace, billed as a "national dialogue" but which was boycotted by his main opponents and had little credibility among protesters. One opposition group dismissed Mursi's efforts at appeasement as the "continuation of deception. ...

Chavez returning to Cuba for more cancer surgery, names successor

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 10:23 PM PST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez smiles as he speaks during a Council of Ministers at Miraflores Palace in CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez returns to Cuba on Sunday for another operation after doctors found a recurrence of his cancer, and the president named a successor for the first time in a sign his illness could force him to step aside. Supporters prepared to gather in city squares across the South American country, shocked and saddened by the news from the 58-year-old socialist leader, who made the announcement in a late-night broadcast on Saturday from the presidential palace. ...

Venezuela's Chavez says cancer back, plans surgery

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:10 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, during a press conference at the Miraflores palace in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has arrived back home in Caracas after 10 days of medical treatment in Cuba. State television showed images of Chavez arriving at Caracas' airport early Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, and walking down the steps of the presidential jet. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garcia, File)Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Saturday night that his cancer has returned and that he will undergo another surgery in Cuba.

Egypt president scraps decree that sparked protests

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:32 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has cancelled a decree that gave him sweeping powers and sparked deadly violence, but did not delay this month's referendum on a new constitution as his opponents had demanded.

Chavez returning to Cuba for more cancer surgery, names successor

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 10:23 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez returns to Cuba on Sunday for another operation after doctors found a recurrence of his cancer, and the president named a successor for the first time in a sign his illness could force him to step aside.

Thousands protest in Kuwait City

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:24 PM PST

Demonstrators call for parliament to be dissolved after poll boycotted by the opposition.

VIDEO: Giant Stollen cake on parade

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:08 PM PST

Three tonnes of Christmas cake has been paraded through the German city of Dresden on the back of a horse-drawn carriage, to celebrate Stollenfest.

North Korea considers delaying rocket launch

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 10:20 PM PST

FILE - This Dec. 4, 2012 file satellite image taken by GeoEye and annotated and distributed by North Korea Tech and 38 North shows snow covering the Sohae launching station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, including the path where trailers would be used to move the rocket stages from the assembly building to the launch pad in preparation for a Dec. 10-22 launch. North Korea may postpone the controversial launch of a long-range rocket that had been slated for liftoff as early as Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, North Korean state media said Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/GeoEye via North Korea Tech and 38 North, File) MANDATORY CREDITNorth Korea may postpone the controversial launch of a long-range rocket that had been slated for liftoff as early as this week, state media said Sunday, as international pressure on Pyongyang to cancel the provocative move intensified.

Some in Israel see acquiescence in Iron Dome missile defense system

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 05:37 PM PST

ASHKELON, Israel — Yakov Stern was born nearly 60 years ago in the young state of Israel, and in one way or another, he has been fighting for its survival ever since.

A schoolteacher in this thriving coastal city, Stern lost his left eye in battle as a tank commander during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. Now his generation of soldiers has given way to the next.

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Man suspected of involvement in Benghazi attack held in Egypt

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 05:01 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities are holding a man whose militant group is suspected of links to an attack in Libya in which the American ambassador was killed, U.S. officials in Washington and a security source in Cairo said on Saturday.

Italian prime minister plans to resign

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 05:27 PM PST

Hours after former PM Berlusconi announces comeback bid, Mario Monti says he will leave office after budget is passed.

Egypt's president cancels decree that sparked protests

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 05:33 PM PST

A man take a picture of a mural of Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi and with Arabic words that reads "Leave" on the wall of the presidential palace in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi canceled a decree which had sparked huge protests by giving him sweeping powers. But Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood said a referendum on a new constitution would go ahead as planned on December 15 - suggesting the climbdown by Mursi may not be enough to satisfy the opposition. (Writing by Edmund Blair)

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