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Tue 06 Jun 2007Give up spare goods, says ChávezVENEZUELA:Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez told his supporters to give away possessions they do not need such as an extra refrigerator because he only wants true socialists to be members of a new single party he is forming."Whoever has a fridge they do not need, put it out in the village square. Whoever has a truck, a fan or a cooker they do not need, give something away. Let's not be selfish. I demand you do it," Mr Chavez said at a dairy co-operative, in remarks released on Monday.