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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) feeds the fishes at the residence-museum of the late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi August 1, 2006. [Reuters]
· Defense minister pledges peaceful cross-Strait ties
· Iran's Aug. 31 deadline under resolution
· Fight stepped up against bribery
· Israel approves wider ground offensive
· Beijing to build second international airport
· Ailing Castro gives power to brother
· UN tells Iran to suspend until August 31
· Japan launches earthquake warning system
· Mexico leftists occupy capital in election protest
· Israel halts air attacks