- Director Oliver Stone pals around with Hugo Chavez in Venice while promoting movie that portrays the ruler as a hero for the poor. Stone is seeking to interview Ahmadinejad for his next project (Guardian.uk)
- Protesters in Laramie upset over “Cheney International Center” on Wyoming campus (AP)
- Honduran interim government refuses to back down after U.S. State Department pulls the plug on aid (Miami Herald)
- Russia to sell 100 battle tanks to Venezuela as Chavez postures against Colombia, United States (RIA Novosti)
