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22 October 2011 Last updated at 07:27 ET

Chavez cancer claim doctor fleesVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez delivers a speech on returning to Venezuela, on 20 October 2011.

A doctor who says ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has only two years to live flees the country, saying he fears for his life.

Colombia's Farc 'kills 10 troops'

Ten Colombian soldiers are killed in an ambush blamed on the left-wing rebel group, the Farc, in the deadliest attack so far this year.

Marco RubioUS senator admits Cuban exile muddle

Republican Marco Rubio, a possible 2012 vice-presidential candidate, admits his Cuban parents did not come to the US as exiles from Fidel Castro's rule.

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