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Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005 6:47 p.m. EST
"Chavez Seeks Halloween Ban"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged families in Venezuela not to mark Halloween, calling it a US custom alien to the South American nation, the BBC reported this weekend."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "He did not refer to incidents earlier this month when lanterns made from hollowed pumpkins carrying anti-government messages appeared in several places in the capital, Caracas."