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Chavez rival seeks asylum

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A senior Venezuelan opposition leader and out-spoken critic of President Hugo Chavez has requested political asylum in Peru.

Manuel Rosales has been charged with corruption in Venezuela but says he is a victim of political persecution by President Chavez's government and his trial would not be fair.

Dan Collyns reports from Lima.

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