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Preservation of Chavez’s body a difficult task

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People line up Saturday to see the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez outside the military academy where he is lying in state in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Only the Venezuelan officials who have promised to preserve Hugo Chavez and display his body "for eternity" inside a glass tomb know exactly how they're going to do it.