Venezuela's Chavez in first post-surgery images
February 16, 2013  00:34
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BBC: The first images of Venezuela's leader Hugo Chavez seen since he underwent cancer surgery have been broadcast by the government. The 58-year-old is shown smiling as he lies in bed reading a newspaper, with his two daughters at his side.

Mr Chavez has not been seen in public since he went to Havana for surgery last year, on 11 December. It was his fourth operation in an 18-month period for cancer first diagnosed in mid-2011.

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