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- Venezuelan-born academic named president of MIT
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday named Rafael Reif, an electrical engineer born in Venezuela who has been the university's provost since 2005, as its 17th president. Reif, 61, replaces Susan Hockfield, the first female president of MIT, who announced in mid-February that she was stepping down after almost eight years leading one of the most prestigious universities in the United States. Reif will take up his post at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, university on July 2, the first MIT president not to be a native English speaker. ...
- At the bus stop
A woman waits for the bus in front of a graffiti depicting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, in Caracas.
- Venezuelan foreign minister stands in for Chavez
After nearly a year of cancer treatment that has forced President Hugo Chavez to step back from the spotlight, a burly former bus driver with a dark mustache and affable smile is emerging more than ever as the president's stand-in.
- MIT's provost named president of university
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday named Rafael Reif, an electrical engineer born in Venezuela who has been the university's provost since 2005, as its 17th president. Reif, 61, replaces Susan Hockfield, the first female president of MIT, who announced in mid-February that she was stepping down after almost eight years leading one of the most prestigious universities in the United States. Reif will take up his post at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, university on July 2. ...
- Venezuela challenger woos Chavez's rural heartland
SOCOPO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Deep in the rural home state of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that has for years been off limits for opposition politicians, rival candidate Henrique Capriles struggled to push through a throng of screaming supporters. Small-time ranchers and farmers swarmed the muddy streets of Socopo, where the Venezuelan plains meet the Andes mountains, jostling to catch a glimpse of the candidate in a chaotic tumult reminiscent of the cattle herding typical of the region. ...
- Maldonado takes maiden Grand Prix win
Pastor Maldonado grabbed his first Formula One victory as the Venezuelan impressively held off Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to win the Spanish Grand Prix.
- Maldonado takes landmark victory
Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado clinches his debut victory and Williams's first in eight years after overcoming Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
- Crossword plot? Probe ridiculed in Venezuela
Government critics, and even some supporters, are ridiculing a state TV host's allegation that a newspaper crossword puzzle may have had a hidden call for a plot to kill President Hugo Chavez's elder brother.
- Happy Hamilton targets victory after Spanish pole
A delighted Lewis Hamilton on Saturday celebrated claiming his first pole position in Spain by claiming it was one of his best achievements in Formula One which would set him up to win Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.
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