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	changing times

mona

12-12-2007 10:30 AM

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12-12-2007 11:15 AM

Bluephoenix4

Didn't know the flag and coat of arms was altered too.. gr8t clip and ur tags r so appropriate too xD

12-12-2007 9:46 PM

boozich

he's like a big kid wanting the world to point to him and say "hey, there's Chav!"

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					Venezuela and the politics of time
				</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7138191.stm">Schoolchildren in Caracas will be waking up in daylight this week following a decision by the country's president, Hugo Chavez, to shift the entire country into its own unique time zone.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7138191.stm"><FONT size="2">The move to put the clocks back half an hour adds Venezuela to a small club of nations out of sync with global standardised time.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7138191.stm"><FONT size="2">These states - which include India, Iran, Afghanistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and parts of Australia and Canada - operate in what are known as fractional time zones.
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			                            CHANGING VENEZUELA
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			                            <IMG width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" alt="The new flag of Venezuela" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44296000/jpg/_44296115_flag_body_ap.jpg" />
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<DIV class="mva"><DIV class="bull"><B>Name</B>: Became Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela</DIV>
<DIV class="bull"><B>Flag</B>: Added star and altered coat of arms</DIV>
<DIV class="bull"><B>Time</B>:  Shifted clocks half an hour back</DIV>
<DIV class="bull"><B>Currency</B>: Bolivar fuerte or strong bolivar to be introduced
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