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UPDATE 1-Venezuela s Maduro receives samurai sword gift from actor Steven Seagal Reuters 2 hrs ago
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CARACAS, May 5 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro received a samurai sword as a gift from actor Steven Seagal, who was visiting the South American country as a representative of Russia, state television images showed on Tuesday evening.
Maduro, wearing a white facemask and a traditional Venezuelan black long sleeve shirt known as a liqui liqui, positioned the sword over his shoulder as Seagal nodded and pointed in affirmation, the images broadcast from the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas showed. The Venezuelan head of state maneuvers after drawing the sword, a state television narrator said, calling the weapon a symbol of leadership.