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  • Brazil Protests Proceed as Smaller Cities Join

    SAO PAULO/FORTALEZA Protesters blocked roads in Sao Paulo and marched toward a stadium hosting a major international soccer game in Brazil's northeast on Wednesday in a growing wave of nationwide demonstrations against poor public services, inflation and other woes in Latin America's biggest country. After more than a week, the biggest series of protests to sweep Brazil in more than two ...

  • Brazil to produce H1N1 flu vaccine

    Brazil plans to produce vaccines against the influenza H1N1 virus, Health Minister Alexandre Padilha said. Nationwide production of the vaccine will help the country have an easier and faster access to the drug in case of an epidemic, he said Tuesday. "When Brazil has the technology, no economic crisis, exchange rate fluctuations, nor unilateral decision from a company can put patient ...

  • Rousseff proposes new regulatory framework for Brazil mining

    President Dilma Rousseff has proposed a new regulatory framework for mining in Brazil, one of the world's biggest producers of iron, bauxite, gold, nickel, manganese and other minerals. Rousseff said her plan calls for a new government agency that would regulate mining activity and create a new concessions regime. The new concessions "will run for 40 years, extendable for another 20", and the ...

  • Dali fruit watercolours fetch over $1 mn at auction

    Fourteen watercolour fruit studies by Salvador Dali were sold for the first time Tuesday at an auction in London, fetching a total of 726,000 pounds ($1.13 million). The series of works by the Spanish surrealist took centre stage at the Bonhams auction, which also included Impressionist and modern masterworks by Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and others. In these previously unseen ...

  • Brazil protests will calm down Blatter hopes

    FIFA president Sepp Blatter denied that the Confederations Cup and World Cup are the causes for mass protests across Brazil. Demonstrations, which began last week in response to rise in public transport fares, have turned into a nation-wide rally against bad governance and corruption, reports Xinhua. Many marchers expressed their anger at the billions of dollars spent on new football stadiums ...

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Crazy Heart [Blu-Ray]

Crazy Heart [Blu-Ray]

Jeff Bridges has been among the most underappreciated of actors, at least in terms of being showered with awards. Prior to winning the Best Actor Oscar (and just about every other major acting award) for Crazy Heart, he had been nominated four times since his breakthrough role in 1 ... ...

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  • Protestors hack Brazil World Cup 2014 website

    Protestors have reportedly hacked the official website for the Brazil Football World Cup 2014 and replaced the site with a video of a violent police response to a peaceful protest. According to News.com.au, the FIFA website was replaced with an embedded YouTube video, showing protesters marching, before riot police release tear gas and fire on the protesters with rubber bullets. The report ...

  • Video Protesters take to Sao Paulo streets burn tires

    Protesters burn tires, block a highway in Sao Paulo not far from the stadium where Brazil is due to face off with Mexico in the Condeferations Cup. Rough Cut (No reporter ...

  • Neymar leads Brazil over Mexico in Confederations Cup

    Brazil's Neymar (top) celebrates near his teammate Brazil's Marcelo after scoring a goal during their Confederations Cup Group A match against Mexico at the Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza June 19, 2013. (JORGE ...

  • Police in fierce clashes with protesters in Brazil

    Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters around Brazil as demonstrations continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services they receive in exchange for high taxes and rising ...

  • Neymar shines as Brazil account for Mexico

    Neymar all but fired Brazil to the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup as they saw off the challenge of Mexico, 2-0, in the Group A clash at Estadio Castelao. Brazil won their opening match against Japan and the three points from tonight means they are in pole position to progress to the next stage, while in contrast, Mexico's cup ambitions look to be over after they also lost their ...

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