CHAVEZ AND LIVINGSTONE IN LONDON

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) and London mayor Ken Livingstone at City Hall in London on Monday May 15 2006. Chavez is in London for a two day visit,where he will meet British dignitaries and trade union leaders.(UPI Photo/Hugo Philpott)

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