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Venezuelan authorities have evidence of arson in a fire that badly damaged a government building used by officials carrying out farm seizures, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday he suspects landowners and his opponents were behind the fire, and vowed to redouble his government's socialist-oriented efforts to take over large swaths of farmland.

Zimbabwe - Starving To Death From Cathy Buckle cbuckle@zol.co.zw> 10-26-2 Dear Family and Friends, I have watched international news coverage recently of horrors going on in other parts of the world to try and put the crisis in Zimbabwe into perspective. Maybe it's because I'm a woman or maybe it's because I'm getting older, but lots of things reduce me to tears these days. The night club bombing in Bali, the sniper in Washington and the rebel taekover of a Russian theatre have all caused much despair in my heart. When you see ordinary people losing everything that they treasure...