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CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles distanced himself from post-election street violence after seven fatalities threatened to turn the South American OPEC nation’s vote dispute into a full-blown crisis.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – South Korean rapper Psy’s new video, “Gentleman”, rocketed up the YouTube heights with more than 82 million views yesterday, chasing the success of his megahit “Gangnam Style” after smashing the previous record for first-day views for songs.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro accused the opposition yesterday of planning a coup against him after seven government supporters were killed in clashes over his disputed election victory.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The latest James Bond novel is titled “Solo” and will see the world’s most famous fictional spy go on an unauthorised mission at the height of the Cold War, the author of the book said on Monday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday embraced a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s immigration system put forward by a bipartisan group of U.S.

WASHINGTON/MIAMI,  (Reuters) – An independent task force issued a damning review of Bush-era interrogation practices yesterday, saying the highest U.S.

QUETTA, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck a border area of southeast Iran yesterday killing at least 35 people in neighbouring Pakistan, destroying hundreds of houses and shaking buildings as far away as India and Gulf Arab states.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday set up two rounds of talks in coming months in a bid to move past a fight over human rights and seek common ground on issues such as Iran, Syria and North Korea.

LAGOS,  (Reuters) – Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to invest up to $8 billion to build a Nigerian oil refinery with a capacity of around 400,000 barrels a day by late 2016, the tycoon told Reuters on Tuesday, almost doubling Nigeria’s refining capacity.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Union’s trade chief will seek the backing of EU states to investigate Chinese telecoms equipment makers Huawei and ZTE, even without a complaint from European manufacturers, EU diplomats said yesterday.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – Authorities suspect whoever perpetrated the Boston Marathon attacks carried heavy bombs made from pressure cookers in nylon bags or backpacks to launch the worst bombings on U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Even the most fierce gold bulls must be feeling sheepish after bullion tumbled helter-skelter to two-year lows in a couple of days, putting a question mark over how much space the metal should take in portfolios.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called the Boston Marathon bombings an “act of terror” today and investigators said no additional explosive devices have been found other than two that detonated near the finish line, a development that could complicate the case.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – A major earthquake struck Iran near the border with Pakistan today and an Iranian official said hundreds of people were feared to have been killed.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – Two bombs packed with ball bearings tore through crowds near the finish of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and triggering a massive hunt for those behind an attack the White House said would be treated as “an act of terror”.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Two bombs ripped through the crowd at the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday, killing three people, maiming others and injuring more than 100 in what a White House official said would be treated as an “act of terror.”

DUBLIN (Reuters) – World leaders must act urgently to break the diplomatic deadlock around Syria if they want to prevent the crisis from reaching a dangerous tipping point, the heads of the United Nations aid agencies said yesterday in a rare political appeal.

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea made new threats of military action yesterday as the reclusive nation celebrated the anniversary of its founder’s birth, stoking tension on the peninsula with a new “ultimatum” to South Korea in the stand-off over its nuclear programme.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama vowed today that the United States will find out who carried out explosions in Boston and will hold them accountable, and a White House official said the twin blasts are being treated as an “act of terror.”