Venezuela rejects "absurd" rumors over Chavez death

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Venezuela rejects "absurd" rumors over Chavez death

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-rejects-absurd-rumors-over-chavez-death-200552003.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vNhBMZcvbTbkGNALEF1z9g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-01T200552Z_1_CBRE9201JTW00_RTROPTP_2_VENEZUELA-CHAVEZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez wears a mask depicting him during a rally in Caracas" align="left" title="A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez wears a mask depicting him during a rally in Caracas" border="0" /></a>CARACAS (Reuters) - Senior aides and relatives of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez countered on Friday a crescendo of rumors that the socialist president may be dead from cancer, saying he was still battling for his life. &quot;There he is, continuing his fight, his battle, and we are sure of victory!&quot; his older brother Adan Chavez, the governor of Barinas state, told cheering supporters. Speculation about Chavez, 58, hit fever pitch this week, fed in part by assertions from Panama's former ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Guillermo Cochez, that the Venezuelan leader had died. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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