Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is seen during a cabinet meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas Photo: REUTERS
Report: Chavez's Cancer Has 'Entered The End Stage' -- Dan Rather, HDNet
A special report from Dan Rather, anchor and managing editor of HDNet's Dan Rather Report
This reporter has been told that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive cancer that has "entered the end stage". The information and the quote come from a highly respected source close to Chavez and who is in a position to know his medical condition and history. This source says the prognosis is dire and that Chavez is now not expected to live "more than a couple of months at most."
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MIDDLE EAST
U.S. warns of failed Syrian peace plan.
Russia and China warn against military intervention in Syria.
U.N.'s Kofi Annan meets with Syria's Bashar Assad as rebels say cease-fire plan has yielded nothing.
Yemen: Airstrike, shelling kills 20 militants.
Recent large-scale killings in the Middle East.
Iran to continue sensitive uranium enrichment, top atomic official says.
In Yemen, U.S. airstrikes breed anger, and sympathy for al-Qaeda.
Iraq's PM warns Arab states may face 'water war'.
ASIA
India’s economy slows, with global implications.
China, Philippines face off over remote islands.
Nepal's opposition vows protests to topple PM.
Pakistan doctor guilty of militancy, not CIA links.
North Korea ramps up TV coverage of leader Kim Jong-un.
Bail for Italian marines accused of murder in India.
Pakistan offers little justice for victims of acid attacks.
AFRICA
Mubarak's sons face new charges of insider trading.
Top senator on African affairs visits Uganda for update on Kony manhunt.
Experts: Egyptian Presidency is up for grabs.
UN confirms Sudan pullout from disputed Abyei region.
Mali rebels split over sharia in new state.
Mauritania, Gambia discuss 'serious threats' in Sahel.
Liberia's Charles Taylor jailed for 50 years over 'heinous and brutal crimes'.
Tunisia judges start indefinite strike over purge.
Lesotho election: Tom Thabane's ABC 'to form coalition'.
EUROPE
Russia warns of retaliation for U.S. Magnitsky bill. Putin aide seeks to calm worries over Russia-U.S. ties.
Poland not satisfied with White House "regret" over "death camp" comment.
Scramble for safety as Spain fears grow. Spain’s problems add pressure on Europe’s leaders to accelerate crisis response.
UK court backs Assange extradition to Sweden.
EU calls for banking union, direct recapitalization of banks.
Biggest Greek bank warns of dire euro exit fallout.
Euro exit ‘would cut Greeks’ pay in half'. 'It is virtually impossible to find a job': Brain drain is new Greek tragedy.
Corruption turns Russians radical. Eastern Europe rising up against politicians on take.
Spain, UK urge solution to Gibraltar fisherman spat.
Ukraine hits back at British press after Euro 2012 'racism' allegations.
AMERICAS
French reporter Romeo Langlois freed in Colombia by Farc rebels.
Fugitive Venezuela judge helps elite U.S. anti-drugs unit.
Mexico: Adding to unease of a drug war alliance.
Mexico suspects cartel in Pepsi subsidiary attacks.
Mexico Presidential front-runner suffers poll setback.
President Obama causes outrage with reference to ‘Polish death camp’. Poland seeks apology for Obama Holocaust comments.
US consumer confidence falls to eight-month low.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Al Qaeda bounces back strong in Yemen, Africa.
Al-Qaida threatens Yemen's transition to democracy.
A rare look inside al-Qaeda’s Yemen operations.
US cyber counter terrorism team takes on al-Quaida.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
RIM to post loss, plans 'significant' job cuts.
Tim Cook on all things Apple and the challenge of replacing Steve Jobs.
BP to resume oil operations in Libya.
Chinese man pleads guilty to NY Fed cyber theft.
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