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Avenge vs. Revenge

Sources tell CBC News the video statement is not even a minute long,
  but in that brief period Zehaf-Bibeau explains that he attacked
  Parliament to avenge Canadian forces being sent to Muslim lands. That presumably includes Afghanistan, and Canada's participation in the air strikes against Libya — the country where Zehaf-Bibeau's father was born.

(from Parliament Hill shooter Zehaf-Bibeau's cellphone manifesto barely a minute long, CBC News, March 5,2015)
Is this the right usage of the word avenge?  I feel it should be revenge instead of avenge or to avenge Muslims on Canadian forces who struck their lands.  Thank you.

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Although you are right to doubt the usage, avenge is used appropriately in this excerpt. Whenever you see a word that seems to not makePlans to spruce up Shoppers World, the 1970s-era shopping Center best known as the former home of Whole Foods, are moving forward. As revealed at a recent Albemarle Country Architectual Review Board meeting, fashion retail chain Stein Mart and designer shoe warehouse store DSW are moving in. Now Federal Realty, the Rockville Maryland-based company bought the shopping center in 2007 for $27.2 million, wants to renovate the facades of the buildings.

"It's a great improvement," said ARB member Bruce Wardell at the March 5 meeting, though he noted that approval for the design won't be compete until the company's architects submit a final plan at an upcoming ARB work session. While Wardell mentioned that the use of some corrugated metal made him "a little nervous," all members voiced agreement