Word: venezuela
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...most successful of the Olympic-tech companies is Switzerland-based Dartfish, whose training software, including Dartswim, is used by athletes in more than 20 countries, including Germany, Thailand and Venezuela. In the U.S., some two dozen Olympic sports use Dartfish. The technology helped athletes worldwide win 45 medals in the 2002 Winter Games, according to Victor Bergonzoli, general manager of the company's U.S. unit. "There are about half a dozen similar programs," says Mike Leigh, a technologist for the U.S. Olympic Committee in Colorado Springs, Colo., who has worked in sports science for 20 years. "But none works better...
Blocked Recall VENEZUELA At least eight people died in violence following the National Electoral Council's rejection of a petition calling for a referendum on Hugo Chávez's presidency. Although the opposition presented 3.1 million signatures in favor of the recall vote, the council declared only 1.8 million valid - 600,000 short of the threshold for triggering a ballot...
About Face VENEZUELA In an unexpected turnaround, President Hugo Chávez announced that he would accept the verdict - due in mid-February - of the National Electoral Council on the validity of an opposition petition for a recall vote. Organizers of the petition claim to have collected more than the 2.4 million signatures needed to trigger a vote, which might force Chávez to stand down...
...Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution. “There’s a rich cross-section of people who are directly involved in some of the issues we’re talking about,” he said of his course, which includes students from Venezuela, Rwanda, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Malaysia, South Africa, Nigeria and China...
...Turkish Party has vowed to bring Northern Cyprus into the E.U. along with the south in May of next year. Denktash has agreed to step down as chief negotiator in peace talks if his party loses, effectively clearing the way for reunification negotiations to begin next year. Closing In VENEZUELA Opposition leaders said that more than 3.6 million people signed a petition demanding a recall referendum on President Hugo Chávez - well above the 2.4 million required to trigger a vote. If the official results confirm the figures, the referendum could be held next spring...