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Blackout and electricity rationing in Venezuela
After a blackout earlier this week, the Venezuela government has begun to ration electricity. The blackout was caused by failures in transmission lines. Electricity will be shut off three hours a day in hopes of stabilising the distribution system.

Longtime Nazi suspect goes on trial
Sandor Kepiro, 97, went on trial Thursday in Hungary for the slaying of 36 Jews and Serbs in 1942. Kepiro has been on the run since the end of the war and is now pleading not guilty. This could ultimately be one of the last Holocaust-era trials.

Third night of turmoil in the Maldives
For two days, police have used tear gas on the thousands of anti-government protesters in Male, the capital. A spokesman for the Maldive's People Party says protesters are manifesting their discontent with inflation, unemployment, and corruption.

Ouattara: for the better or worst of Ivory Coast?
After four months of turmoil, ex-President Laurent Gbagbo has been captured by UN and French troops and Alassane Ouattara becomes the official president of Ivory Coast. Ouattara, who has been viewed as hardworking and honest, is now facing tough decisions

12 die and 11 others are injured in Brazil school shooting
A 23 year old gunman killed 12 students in a school located in an impoverished neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 7. The gunman has been identified as Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, a former pupil, who had planned his suicide mission.

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