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    Chavez’s Unpopularity in Latin America

    Large majorities in many of Venzuela’s Latin American neighbors say they have little or no confidence in Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, who suffered a substantial setback in last Sunday’s elections in his own country.

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    Fewer Parents Say Internet Good for Their Teenagers

    While a majority (59%) of parents with online teens still believe the internet is a beneficial factor in their children’s lives, the number of parents who see the internet as a good thing for their children has declined since 2004.

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    Online Teens Contacted by Strangers

    About a third of teenagers who access the internet say they have been contacted by someone unknown to them or to their friends; but few (7%) view the contact as threatening.

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    U.S. Pentecostals Witnessing Miracles

    That’s the percentage of American pentecostals who say they have witnessed or experienced a divine healing of an illness or injury.

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    The Oprah Factor

    Six-in-ten Americans expect that Oprah Winfrey’s endorsement of Barack Obama will help him in his presidential campaign, although only 15% say that Oprah’s endorsement of a generic presidential candidate would influence their own vote.

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    Venezuelans Who Like U.S.-Style Democracy

    Only four-in-ten Venezuelans, who will go to the polls in a key election this Sunday, told the most recent Global Attitudes Survey that they “like American ideas about democracy,” a sharp decline from the 67% who said so in 2002.

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    Never Gonna Make It

    That’s the number of currently employed Americans who don’t expect they will ever make enough money to have the kind of life they want.

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    Spiritual “Renewalists” in America

    That’s the percentage of Americans who are “renewalist,” a faith that emphasizes such spiritually renewing “gifts of the Holy Spirit” as speaking in tongues, divine healing and prophesying.

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    Russians Confidence in Vladimir Putin

    That’s the large portion of the Russian public that says it has confidence in President Vladimir Putin to do the right thing in world affairs, compared with only 45% of Americans who say the same thing about President Bush.