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CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he is willing to debate his prominent critics, including Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and other visiting Latin American intellectuals. Chavez invited the group to debate Saturday on live television at the presidential palace during his program “Hello President.” “Seriously, gentlemen …

MOSCOW – Russia’s civil servants must now publish their yearly incomes, according to a series of decrees signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev aimed at uprooting corruption. Those applying for public office must also reveal their incomes, the Kremlin said in a statement. Details of officials’ incomes and property will …

PARIS – A French judge has ordered off newsstands a magazine that published a cover photo of a Jewish man who was allegedly tortured by a group of people now on trial for their role in his death. The magazine, “Choc,” which means shock in French, must be withdrawn by …