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Applause after calling Bush 'the devil'
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was the most bombastic, outstripping even Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by branding Bush the devil. What surprised many listeners was not necessarily the remarks, which were typical for Chavez, but the applause and titters of laughter that he received in response.

â??A few years ago that would have been heard in stony silence,â?ť Council of Europe Secretary-General Terry Davis said. â??Not because people were afraid to show their agreement, but because they wouldnâ??t have agreed with it. If I was working for the American government, thatâ??s what would worry me.â?ť