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Monday, April 15, 2013

Morning Digest: Tight win for Chavez's heir spells uncertainty for Venezuela

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04/15/2013
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Tight win for Chavez's heir spells uncertainty for Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) - Late socialist leader Hugo Chavez's chosen successor Nicolas Maduro won Venezuela's presidential election by a whisker but now faces opposition protests plus a host of economic and political challenges in the OPEC nation..
North Korea looks inward for founder's birthday, tensions ease
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea celebrated the anniversary of its founder's birth on Monday and abandoned its shrill threats of war against the United States and the South, easing tensions in a region that had seemed on the verge of conflict..
Risk assets hit as China data stir recovery fears
LONDON (Reuters) - Commodities led a sharp, broad decline in risk assets on Monday as weaker-than-expected Chinese data added to concerns raised by U.S. numbers about the global economic outlook..
Superheroes rule at raunchy MTV Movie Awards show
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The comic book superheroes of "The Avengers" and comedy romance "Silver Linings Playbook" ruled at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday on a night packed with irreverent jokes about body parts and sneak peeks of some of the year's biggest upcoming films..
Scott wins Masters to end Australian heartache
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Adam Scott ended decades of Australian agony when he became the first player from his country to win the Masters with a high-quality playoff victory over Angel Cabrera at a rain-soaked Augusta National on Sunday..
Congress quietly repeals plan for Internet financial disclosures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress on Friday voted to repeal a plan to require Internet posting of a vast database of financial disclosures from congressional staff and many executive branch employees required by a new ethics-in-government law..
Scientists find Antarctic ice is melting faster
CANBERRA (Reuters) - The summer ice melt in parts of Antarctica is at its highest level in 1,000 years, Australian and British researchers reported on Monday, adding new evidence of the impact of global warming on sensitive Antarctic glaciers and ice shelves..
Florida battles slimy invasion by giant snails
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world's most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster..
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