NEW DELHI/DHAKA (Reuters) – India’s jostling with China for resources and influence will be the backdrop to a visit to Bangladesh by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next week, looming large over expected progress on a border dispute, water sharing and trade.

New Delhi’s relations with its eastern neighbour have warmed thanks to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s clampdown on separatist insurgents in India’s isolated north-east who long sheltered across the shared border.

NEW DELHI/DHAKA (Reuters) – India’s jostling with China for resources and influence will be the backdrop to a visit to Bangladesh by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next week, looming large over expected progress on a border dispute, water sharing and trade.

New Delhi’s relations with its eastern neighbour have warmed thanks to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s clampdown on separatist insurgents in India’s isolated north-east who long sheltered across the shared border.

NEW DELHI/DHAKA, Sept 2 (Reuters) – India’s jostling with
China for resources and influence will be the backdrop to a
visit to Bangladesh by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next
week, looming large over expected progress on a border dispute,
water sharing and trade.

New Delhi’s relations with its eastern neighbour have warmed
thanks to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s clampdown
on separatist insurgents in India’s isolated north-east who long
sheltered across the shared border.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday read excerpts of a letter sent to him by Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi expressing gratitude for strong support during the NATO-backed rebellion against his government.

“You know the magnitude of the conspiracy against my country,” Chavez read from the letter. “Your criteria has been clear and explicit, we hope to continue with the strength of that support.”

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday read excerpts of a letter sent to him by Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi expressing gratitude for strong support during the NATO-backed rebellion against his government.

“You know the magnitude of the conspiracy against my country,” Chavez read from the letter. “Your criteria has been clear and explicit, we hope to continue with the strength of that support.”

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez appeared on television on Monday with his head closely shaved and bald patches from hair loss caused by chemotherapy for a cancer that has slowed him ahead of a re-election bid.

Wearing a somber suit and red tie, Chavez talked about the reasons for his hair loss, saying it was a sign the chemotherapy was working against fast-growing cells such as those associated with cancer.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Looking stronger after cancer treatment, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez declared himself reborn phoenix-like for his 57th birthday on Thursday in a sign the socialist president believes he is overcoming his illness.

“I’ve arrived at 57 being reborn, a new life, my eternal return,” said Chavez, whom opponents accuse of exploiting his health problems to further promote a personality cult.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Looking stronger after cancer treatment, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday he felt reborn, phoenix-like, on his 57th birthday, in a sign the socialist believes he is overcoming his illness.

“I’ve arrived at 57 being reborn, a new life, my eternal return,” said Chavez, who opponents accuse of having messianic tendencies. In the past he came back triumphant from a failed coup he led, and a putsch that briefly drove him from power.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Looking stronger after cancer treatment, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday he felt reborn, phoenix-like, on his 57th birthday, in a sign the socialist believes he is overcoming his illness.

“I’ve arrived at 57 being reborn, a new life, my eternal return,” said Chavez, who opponents accuse of having messianic tendencies. In the past he triumphantly came back from a failed coup he led and a putsch that briefly drove him from power.

CARACAS (Reuters) – The front-runner to face Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez in an election next year said on Saturday a corruption investigation ordered by the country’s top judge showed the government feared his growing popularity.

Popular candidates have in the past been excluded from running in elections during Chavez’s government, and some say the investigation against opposition leader Gov. Henrique Capriles could be intended to block his 2012 run.