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CARACAS, (Reuters) – On a heady night in mid-February, Henrique Capriles roared himself hoarse with optimism at his victory rally in Caracas after trouncing rivals to win the Venezuelan opposition’s presidential ticket.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel of outside experts recommended Gilead Sciences Inc’s Truvada as a treatment for preventing HIV infection among people at risk for contracting AIDS, including homosexual and bisexual men.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – British intelligence played a central role in the undercover operation to foil an underwear bomb plot involving al Qaeda’s Yemeni offshoot, counterterrorism sources told Reuters.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Officials of India’s drug regulator have been colluding with pharmaceutical firms to speed up approval procedures, allowing some drugs that are not permitted in other countries to go on sale, according to an 18-month investigation by lawmakers.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Police found the decapitated and dismembered bodies of 18 people near Mexico’s second-largest city, Guadalajara, on Wednesday, in what appeared to be the latest atrocity by the country’s most brutal drug cartel.

KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Uganda has threatened to kick out Oxfam after the British charity accused the government of complicity in violent land grabs for commercial gains, according to the interior ministry.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – After years of “evolving” on the issue, U.S.

UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Security forces killed at least 10 people in fighting across Syria yesterday, activists said, in a 14-month-old revolt that international mediator Kofi Annan, the Red Cross and Arab League warned was deteriorating into a civil war.

INDIANAPOLIS,  (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, a 35-year veteran of the Senate and leading foreign policy voice, was defeated in the Indiana Republican primary by a Tea Party-backed challenger today, the first Senate incumbent ousted in the 2012 election year.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed a unity government yesterday in a surprise move that could give him a freer hand to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities and seek peace with the Palestinians.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Police in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey said yesterday they had arrested a female assassin implicated in 20 murders for the feared Zetas drug cartel.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress’ top Republican called yesterday for deeper economic engagement with Latin America as a bulwark against Iran’s attempt to gain influence in the region and the destabilizing effects of international drug cartels.

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will try to calm his fractious Conservative party today after his worst month in office by stressing his determination to fix an ailing economy in a joint appearance with the leader of his coalition partners.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin took the oath as Russia’s president yesterday with a ringing appeal for unity at the start of a six-year term in which he faces growing dissent, economic problems and bitter political rivalries.

(Reuters) – Google’s self-driven cars will soon be appearing on Nevada roads after the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles yesterday approved the nation’s first autonomous vehicle licence.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – John Travolta is being sued for $2 million by an unidentified masseur who claims the Hollywood star assaulted him sexually during a massage in January inside a room at the Beverly Hills Hotel, according to court documents.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – A Colombian suspected of running a violent cocaine cartel, one of the country’s most-wanted men, has surrendered to US drug officials and could get a lighter sentence if he helps authorities fight drug trafficking, Colombian police said yesterday.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Socialist Francois Hollande swept to victory in France’s presidential election yesterday in a swing to the left at the heart of Europe that could start a pushback against German-led austerity.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Taliban is stronger now than before President Barack Obama ordered a surge of U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Scientists have figured out how to stop brain cell death in mice with brain disease and say their discovery deepens understanding of the mechanisms of human neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.