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  • Brazilian girls bid to sell virginity now turns into reality TV series

    Australian filmmaker Justin Sisely, who controversially filmed 'Virgins Wanted,' a documentary where a man and a woman auctioned off their virginity, has transformed the film into a reality series. The project in the beginning was supposed to be a feature-length documentary but now Sisely is promoting it as a reality TV series - set to debut at MIPCOM, an entertainment trade fair in October in ...

  • Brazil announces $13 bn budget cut for 2013

    The Brazilian government has announced a curtailment of 28 billion reais ($13.65 billion) in the 2013 federal budget. The budget cut aims to help the government achieve the primary surplus goal, which was established at 155.9 billion reais ($76 billion) for the year under review, which represents 3.2 percent of Brazil's GDP, Planning and Budget Minister Miriam Belchior said. The cut falls ...

  • Seedorf out to revive Botafogos past glory

    Mention Botafogo to most young Brazilian football fans and the likelihood is the word will conjure images of a battling club with a small, if passionate, supporter base and a sparse trophy cabinet. Forgotten is the fact that Brazil's 1962 World Cup-winning team comprised five Botafogo players, including the crooked-legged Garrincha, rated by many as the game's greatest player before Pele, ...

  • Santos reject Barcelona Neymar bid

    Santos have rejected a 20 million-euro offer from Barcelona for Brazil star Neymar. The Brazilian outfit, which last week turned down Barcelona's initial 18 million-euro bid for the striker, made the decision after a meeting of the club's board Wednesday night, reports Xinhua. "Santos has analysed the the proposal and it doesn't meet our requirements," Santos vice-president Odilio Rodrigues ...

  • Olimpia hold Fluminense in Libertadores quarters

    Olimpia raised hopes of an unlikely semifinal berth after holding Fluminense to a 0-0 draw in their Copa Libertadores quarterfinal first leg. The Paraguayan outfit was reduced to 10-men at the Sao Januario stadium in the 82nd minute Wednesday when midfielder Eduardo Aranda received his second yellow card for a foul on Rhayner, reports Xinhua. Despite dominating possession and creating a number ...

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Cronos [Blu-Ray]

Cronos [Blu-Ray]

Why has immortality been such an appealing topic for art for so many ages? Is it because we fear death and what lies beyond and we will do anything to avoid dealing with those questions? Maybe it is because, especially in the past century, modern medicine has found and continues to find so many ne ... ...

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  • Brazil - Brazilian court upholds ban on development protestor

    ARTICLE 19 is disappointed with the decision of a court in Sao Paulo to uphold a ban against a protester who has been campaigning against a property development in the city. The Court of Justice in the State of So Paulo has approved an injunction against the engineer and community activist Ricardo Fraga Oliveira, founder of the Movement for the Other Side of the Wall campaign.Fraga, who is a ...

  • Brazil to auction biggest-ever oil find in Oct-agency

    * Production-sharing auction to be 1st under 2010 law * Sale to offer one of most promising offshore areas * Giant Libra prospect on offer has up to 42 bln barrels in place By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO, May 23 (Reuters) - Brazil plans in October to auction off rights to explore and produce from its biggest oil find to date, and the government hopes to take a large share of the oil ...

  • President Carlos Mauricio Funes of El Salvador Visits Pope Francis

    Pope Francis met this morning with Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, President of El Salvador at the Apostolic Palace today. Shortly after his meeting with the Holy Father, President Funes met with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, who was accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Secretary for Relations with ...

  • Massive fuel-depot fire breaks out in Brazil

    RIO DE JANEIRO -; A massive fire broke out Thursday at a fuel depot on the northern outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, sending bright orange flames leaping high into the air and thick black smoking rolling upward and enveloping the ...

  • Brazils ViaVarejo CEO quits cites Po de Acar meddling-letter

    SAO PAULO | Thu May 23, 2013 12:22pm EDT SAO PAULO May 23 (Reuters) - The former chief executive of Brazilian appliance and furniture retailer ViaVarejo said on Thursday he quit because of strategic differences with executives of the controlling Grupo Po de Acar, according to his resignation letter that Reuters obtained. Antonio Ramatis Rodrigues took the helm at ViaVarejo just six ...

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