Venezuela ex-intelligence chief shot
Major Eliecer Otaiza, who served as the head of the Venezuelan intelligence service under President Hugo Chavez, has been killed, officials say. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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Seized Nigerian girls ‘taken abroad’
Some of the schoolgirls abducted by suspected militant Islamists in northern Nigeria are believed to have been taken to neighbouring states, a local leader tells the BBC. BBC News – Africa
CBI: Outlook ‘exceptionally strong’
The economic outlook for the next three months is “exceptionally strong”, according to the employers’ organisation the CBI. BBC News – Business
Syria ‘still holds chemical weapons’
Syria still holds about 7.5% of its chemical weapons stocks at one site, an international envoy says, as a Sunday deadline to remove them passes. BBC News – Middle East
EU to intensify Ukraine sanctions
EU diplomats are to meet on Monday to agree which Russian officials should be targeted in further sanctions over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. BBC News – Europe
Latin America honours new saints
Tens of thousands of people in Costa Rica, Mexico and several other Latin American countries celebrate the canonisation of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean