http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/16/world/americas/16venez.html?scp=1&sq=russia%20and%20venezula%20&st=cse

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In the New York Times article Russia Plans Nuclear Plant in Venezuela, written by Andrew E. Kramer, Russia’s President Dmitri A. Medvedev is quoted a lot during a meeting with Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela. Also Sergei V. Kiriyenko, the chief executive of Rosatom, was also quoted in this article.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11553239

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In the article Russia and Venezuela Sign Nuclear Power and Oil Deals, Sergei V. Kiriyenko and Eduard Khudainatov are quoted. TNK-BP and ITAR-Tass News Agency are also used as sources.

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-15/world/russia.venezuela_1_russia-and-venezuela-abkhazia-and-south-ossetia-venezuelan-president-hugo-chavez?_s=PM:WORLD

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Russia To Help Venezuela Build Nuclear Power Station was written by the CNN Wire Staff. Both Russia’s President Dmitri A. Medvedev and Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez are quoted in this story. A state run Venezuelan News Agency is also given as a source. Philip Crowley, a State Department spokesman, also give his views on the Russia Venezuela deal.

Major Themes/Keywords: Nuclear Engery, Economy, Russia Venezuelan relations, unknown timeline for plans. Concerned United States

These three articles, seemingly about the same topic, are actually quite dissimilar. This was expected, though, since all articles have different sources and different audiences. The New York Times article begins right away by displaying the United States uneasiness of Russia and actually repeats the President Medvedev words “intentions are pure and open.” CNN takes it one step further and quotes Philip Crowley, a State Department spokesman, saying “Venezuela’s desire to increase its arsenal poses a serious challenge to stability in the Western Hemisphere.” BBC, however, does not even mention the United States, but focuses more on the energy deal between Russia and Venezuela. They also breakdown the percentages of assets between BP and other European companies that will happen because of the deal. Both the NY Times and CNN do not report on this. The NY Times also comments on Russia’s dozens of nuclear deals in the recent years. The differences in the articles, I imagine, are driven mostly by the audience. The NY Times and CNN are both are American companies. So, even thought the story is about Russia and Venezuela the main focus is actually on the United States and their concerns. BBC is more straightforward and present an un-biased article with more useful information about all the oil companies. Since they are a public broadcasting company this makes sense that they would want to inform rather than sway people.