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The Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed his "deep sadness" over the death of Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, and "in this sad day" expressed "solidarity" with Venezuela.

"It was with great sadness that I received the news of the death of President Hugo Chavez," Lula said through a statement released by his eight-line press office.

Venezuela's Foreign Minister, Elias Jaua, reported that declared seven days of national mourning and the suspension of school activities at all levels Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at public and private institutions following the death of President Hugo Chavez.

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against U.S. influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America, died Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer.

Lucky Philip Dube (pronounced doo-beh): 3 August 1964 – 18 October 2007, was a South African reggae musician. He recorded 22 albums in Zulu, English and Afrikaans in a 25-year period and was South Africa's biggest selling reggae artist. Dube was murdered in the Johannesburg suburb of Rosettenville on the evening of 18 October 2007.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 25, 2013 -- The new Arrow 3 interceptor, which Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) are co-developing to enhance Israel's ballistic missile defense, today successfully completed its first flight test.

Cubana buys Antonov An-158 and Il-96-400s aircraft worth $650 million from Russia, the Russian industry and trade minister said Friday.

“Overall, aircraft deliveries will be worth $650 million,” Denis Manturov told journalists.

Trevor McDonald was born George McDonald on August 16, 1939 in Trinidad, West Indies. He is married to Josephine with whom he raised two children.

He joined the Caribbean regional service of the BBC World Service in Trinidad in 1960 where he began as a print and broadcast journalist and became a producer, before moving to London in 1969 to work for the BBC.

The Democratic Labour Party has retained power in Barbados with a narrow election victory, according to preliminary results.

The win gives Prime Minister Freundel Stuart his first full term in office, after taking over as Prime Minister in 2010 following the death of former Prime Minister David Thompson.