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PHOTOS: The week that was!

Catch up on all the big news of the week gone by, in images. Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca,......

The nation that crashed to earth

Roaring crime gave Venezuela the horrific title of being one of the most violent countries on earth.Inflation ran into tens of thousands per cent, impoverishing nearly all of the country's 31......

When Venezuela's star stopped shining

In the '70s, when other Latin American nations were crumbling under ruinous debt, Venezuela remained economically solvent and politically stable.Not only was it a democracy in a continent plagued......

Venezuela: Before the Implosion

As Venezuelans continue to flee the starvation, crime and the horrific inflation that continues to mark the worst crisis it has ever faced, Radha Roy Biswas looks back at a devastated country she......

Mom foils man's plot to attack 'Breaking Dawn' screening

United States authorities have arrested a 20-year-old man who allegedly planed to commit a mass murder at the screening of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2, at a Missouri Walmart.Court......

Why you must invest in gold

'Invest a part of your portfolio in a global currency that can't be printed, or meddled with -- gold,' suggests Chirag Mehta. Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters Investors often ask us for our......

3-day bank holidays add to people's cash woes

The demonetisation camp remains devided, while some feel the exercise is a total flop, others feel the government should be given some more time As the banks remained shut for the third......

In pictures: A tale of two demonetisations

While demonetisation fans in India felt vindicated that Venezuela too had gone down the note ban path, their triumph was short-lived.Unlike Indians -- who have largely been unnaturally patient......

Here, 1 kilogram carrot costs Rs 1,166!

Image: A kilogram of raw carrots with an price tag of $19.05 (US dollars), that it costs on average to purchase in Caracas at the official exchange rate of 6.3 bolivars per dollar. Photograph:......

India eyes oil-for-drugs deal with Venezuela to recoup pharma cash

Like pharmaceutical companies globally - which used to enjoy a preferential exchange rate in Venezuela - Indian producers have been left badly stung by the collapse of the bolivar currency Indian......

Football: 'Aguero out for up to 10 days due to quarantine'

IMAGE: Manchester City's Sergio Aguero has played nine games in all competitions this season after missing the start of the campaign following knee surgery. Photograph: Jason......

It takes more than gold to make a hero

When fencer Ruben Limardo set off for the London Olympics, he little imagined that he would be cheered through the streets of the Venezuelan capital Caracas on top of a truck on his return, and......

Beckham to visit Miami in quest for MLS team ownership

Former England captain David Beckham will visit Miami this week as he steps up his interest in owning a new Major League Soccer (MLS) team. Beckham, who played for LA Galaxy in the MLS, has an......

Brazil's first 2014 WC stadium hosts local matches

The Arena Castelao, the first of Brazil's 2014 World Cup stadiums to be completed, held its first matches on Sunday -- a doubleheader in the northeastern Copa do Nordeste. But despite the......

Beckham picks Miami for new Major League Soccer team?

Retired England soccer star David Beckham has chosen Miami for a new U.S. Major League Soccer expansion team, a source familiar with the negotiations said on Tuesday. The former England captain who......

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