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Minister of Defense attributes military dropouts to personal reasons

Minister of Defense Raúl Isaías Baduel denied any links between applications for retirement a number of military officers have filed over the last two weeks and President Hugo Chávez' recent statements asking the military officers to choose between joining his 21st-century socialism or leaving.

"These applications for retirement have been filed for a number of personal reasons. There are no political reasons behind this, as it has been alleged," he added.

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Uribe: Governments should respect the rights of border towns

04:20 PM. Western Hemisphere. Colombian President Álvaro Uribe said on Tuesday that governments should ensure citizens' rights to live on the border, in reference to a political and diplomatic crisis with Venezuela and its effects on border residents.

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