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VENEZUELA: New electoral law favours Chavez, say critics

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is set to sign in to law an electoral reform bill that critics say would unfairly favour the leftist leader's party in next year's legislative elections. The country's national assembly approved the measure on Friday.

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