When world leaders tweet

Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez took to Twitter to ask "how's it going?" Here's what 6 other supreme social networkers have to say ... in 140 characters or less

Venezuela's loquacious Hugo Chavez: Confined to 140 characters or less.
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Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan dictator better known for unhinged eight-hour rants than brevity, took to Twitter last night: "Hey how's it going?" he typed, "I appeared like I said I would: at midnight. I'm off to Brazil. And very happy to work for Venezuela. We will be victorious!" With this pat snippet, Chavez joins dozens of world leaders who use Twitter to ... do what exactly? Six notable tweeters:

Barack Obama, USA

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