CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's vice president hit out at the country's business leaders on Saturday, saying they were seeking to de stabilize the country while cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez fights to recover from surgery. Chavez has not been seen in public nor heard from in five weeks since his latest operation in Cuba, and his heir apparent Nicolas Maduro has taken on an increasingly visible role as the face of the government in the OPEC nation. … Massacre of over 100 reported in Syria's Homs
BEIRUT (Reuters) – More than 100 people were shot, stabbed or possibly burned to death by government forces in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group said on Thursday, and fierce fighting raged across the country. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said women an d children were among the 106 people killed by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad forces who stormed Basatin al-Hasawiya, a poor district on the edge of Homs, on Tuesday. … 
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