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Venezuela's Socialist-run 'truth commission' to investigate opposition
By Hugh Bronstein CARACAS (Reuters) - Opposition candidates running in Venezuela's October gubernatorial elections will be investigated to make sure none were involved in violent political protests this year, the head of a new pro-government truth commission said on Wednesday. The panel was set up earlier in the day by the constituent assembly elected last month at the behest of socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Government critics say the commission is designed to sideline the opposition and bolster the ruling party's flagging support ahead of the October vote.
University librarian suffers stroke after UVA protest injury
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University of Virginia librarian Tyler Magill was among the counter-protesters surrounded by torch-bearing white supremacists Friday night at the school's famous Thomas Jefferson statue.
Iran general slams Iraq referendum plan during Erdogan talks
Iran's Armed Forces chief of staff said Wednesday after talks with Turkey's president that a referendum on independence in Iraq's Kurdish region would trigger conflict and negative consequences for the entire region. General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri's remarks, carried by Iran's official IRNA news agency, underlined the firm opposition shared in Tehran and Ankara to the poll next month. "Both sides stressed that if the referendum would be held, it will be the basis for the start of a series of tensions and conflicts inside Iraq, the consequences of which will affect neighbouring countries," Bagheri was quoted as saying.
Has Natalee Holloway's Body Been Found? Remains Reportedly Discovered in Search for Missing Teen
The Alabama teen vanished during a school trip in 2005.
Man Whose Heart Was Pierced by 3-Inch Nail Drives Himself 12 Miles to Hospital
Doug Bergeson says common sense told him not to pull the nail out.
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