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22 February 2011 Last updated at 02:33 ET

Colombia sentences Uribe's cousin

A cousin of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison over his ties to paramilitary groups.

Venezuela attacks UK comments

The Venezuelan government has dismissed remarks by Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague suggesting that Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi was on his way to Venezuela as "irresponsible".

Executives from Export-Import Bank of China and Baha Mar, as well as the Bahamian Deputy Prime Minister. China starts Bahamas resort work

China starts work on a $2.6bn (£1.6bn) Bahamas holiday resort as its state-owned firms expand their economic reach.

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