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Venezuela's government, opposition on deadly collision course
Venezuela's already violent political crisis looks headed for a dangerous showdown in the streets, as the opposition called Thursday for nationwide protests against President Nicolas Maduro in outright defiance of a government ban on demonstrations ahead of a controversial weekend vote slammed internationally. "The regime declared we can't demonstrate... We will respond with the TAKING OF VENEZUELA" on Friday, the opposition coalition, the Democratic Unity Roundtable, said on its Twitter account on the second day of a 48-hour general strike. It followed a presidential decree read by Interior Minister Nestor Reverol warning that protesters risked five to 10 years in prison for anything that "could disturb or affect" Sunday's vote.
US oil firm Halliburton to pay $30 mn to settle Angola bribery case
Oil field services giant Halliburton will pay nearly $30 million to resolve allegations of bribery in Angola, US regulators announced Thursday. Former Halliburton vice president Jeannot Lorenz also agreed to pay a $75,000 fine for falsifying the company's books and circumventing internal controls, the Securities and Exchange Commission said in a statement. Lorenz steered $13 million in contracts to a local company owned by a former Halliburton employee with ties to an official at the Angolan state oil company Sonangol.
Portugal battles raging wildfires
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More than ten villages in central Portugal have been evacuated as forest fires rage in the provinces of Castelo Branco and Santarem. Almost 5,000 firefighters supported by water-dropping aircraft are deployed across central and northern areas of Portugal as the country continues its annual summertime battle against wildfires. “The intensity of the wind is diabolical,” said Jaime Marta Soares, saying new fires keep popping up away from the main fires. (Reuters)
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