MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 24th 2012
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Tuesday, April 24th 2012 - 00:58 UTC
Chavez blasts “psychological rumours warfare” and says on Thursday he returns to Venezuela
A healthy-sounding President Hugo Chávez called Venezuelan state television from Cuba on Monday to dispel rumours fanned by a nine-day silence that he had died undergoing cancer treatment at a hospital in Havana.
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Tuesday, April 24th 2012 - 00:52 UTC
Spain back in recession and already high unemployment expected to increase
Spain's jobs-scarce economy plunged back into recession in the first quarter of 2012 as employment slumped even further, the Bank of Spain said on Monday. Barely two years after emerging from the last downturn Spain slid into recession again with two consecutive quarters of economic contraction the central bank said in a report.
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Tuesday, April 24th 2012 - 00:48 UTC
Extreme right-wing National Front kingmaker of next French president
French President Nicolas Sarkozy appealed directly to far right voters on Monday with pledges to get tough on immigration and security, after a record showing in a first round election by the National Front made them potential kingmakers.
