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President Bush (search) said Thursday that Venezuela “failed demonstrably” to make a concerted effort to block shipments of illicit narcotics to the United States and Europe last year. The designation is certain to strain further U.S. relations with Venezuela’s populist president, Hugo Chavez (search). Venezuela could have been subjected to …

BERLIN – German supermodel Heidi Klum (search) has given birth to a healthy baby boy, a German tabloid reported Tuesday. The Cologne Express said the 32-year-old gave birth late Monday, citing the model’s father and manager Guenther Klum (search). He was not immediately available to confirm the report. Reuters news …

JERUSALEM – A senior Israeli defense official on Friday challenged the Palestinian Authority to slam shut the open border between Gaza and Egypt, saying its credibility was on the line over its failure to stop the flow of gunrunners and others across the frontier. Israel and the Palestinian Authority (search) …