Venezuelan government launches probe into post-election violence
26042013Citing the violence which followed Venezuela’s presidential elections, which left nine dead and several hundred injured, the country’s National Assembly has announced a committee to further investigate any responsibility on the part of the country’s Justice First opposition party. Henrique Capriles, who lost the April 14 presidential elections by a thin margin to Nicolas Maduro, has been the target of heated rhetoric from the incumbent socialist party. Heading the investigative committee, which will include no opposition members, will be Pedro Carreno, a legislator who on Wednesday branded Capriles a “murderer.”
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South Korea warns of ‘grave measures’ if North
26042013South Korea warns of ‘grave measures’ if North rejects dialogue on joint industrial zone
Seoul has warned that it could take “serious” action if North Korea does not engage in dialogue with a view to restarting the Kaesong joint industrial zone by Friday, Yonhap reports. “We make an official offer to North Korea to hold a working-level meeting to discuss ways of normalizing the suspended Kaesong Industrial Complex and providing humanitarian aid to South Korean workers there,” the Ministry of Unification said in a statement on Thursday. Amid ratcheted military tensions earlier this month, North Korea announced the withdrawal of its 53,000 workers and a halt in operations at Kaesong. The Kaesong industrial zone, which opened in 2004 and produces a range of consumer goods, had previously seen its operations unaffected be past crises.
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3 Tibetans self-immolate in western China Three Tibetans died
260420133 Tibetans self-immolate in western China
Three Tibetans died after setting themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule in one of the country’s western regions, exiled Buddhist monks and reports said Thursday. Two of the three protesters were monks at a monastery in Ruoergai county of Aba prefecture, according to exiled monks and the Free Tibet group. The two monks, aged 20 and 23, set themselves on fire in a corner of an assembly hall of the Taktsang Lhamo Kirti monastery. A Tibetan woman, aged 23, in Rangtang county in the same prefecture also reportedly died after self-immolating Wednesday. More than 100 Tibetans have self-immolated since 2011 in protest against Chinese policies.
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PM designated Letta starts talks to form Italian govtItalian
26042013PM designated Letta starts talks to form Italian govt
Italian Prime Minister-designate Enrico Letta, the deputy head of the center-left Democratic Party, began negotiations on Thursday to form a new government and end a nearly two-month-long stalemate. The government will include Silvio Berlusconi’s People of Freedom party, as well as caretaker Prime Minister Mario Monti’s centrist bloc. Berlusconi said “the important thing is that there is a government and that there is a parliament that can approve measures that we absolutely need to emerge from the crisis of recession.”
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