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Venezuela’s bank accounts were empty after it spent its most recent oil earnings on social services , including subsidized medical, food, as well as literacy programmes. Chavez has also eliminated perceived dissidents from the oil industry after an attempted military coup affecting production.

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Runelite HD Developer “117” posted to Reddit Tuesday to share the message that he received from Jagex that was later confirmed by Jagex in the company’s blog post. Runelite HD operates as a plugin that can provide an extensive visual overhaul to the basic Runescape that can be seen the account of 117 on Twitter. Moderator 117 said they’ve spent around 2000 hours over the past Buy OSRS Gold two years developing Runelite HD.