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Chavez warning: President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela's military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors. Venezuela's socialist leader cited a recent deal giving U.S. troops greater access to military bases in Colombia as a threat to regional stability. Four men on motorcycles shot and killed two Venezuelan National Guard troops at a checkpoint near the border in Venezuela's western Tachira state last week, prompting Chavez's government to close border ...

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