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  • Brazil deploys elite force in Confederations Cup host cities

    Brazil deployed members of an elite security force in cities hosting international football matches, in the wake of massive anti-government protests that threaten to disrupt the FIFA Confedrations Cup. Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff ordered the deployment of Brazil's National Public Security Force (FNSP) to the cities of Fortaleza, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, the capital Brasilia and Rio de ...

  • Nicole Scherzinger dons Rio Ferdinands cap while shopping

    Nicole Scherzinger was spotted wearing a cap designed by Man U's Rio Ferdinand's No. 5 clothing range at Mayfair. The 'X-Factor' judge, 34, teamed up her designer hat with a floral bomber jacket and grey slogan T-shirt, the Sun reported. The pop star, who is dating F1 star Lewis Hamilton, showed off her long pins in a pair of tight fitting jeans with Nike trainers on her feet. She also ...

  • Bolivia Venezuela collaborate in search for oil

    Petroandina, a 60/40 joint venture of Bolivian state oil company YPFB and Venezuelan counterpart PDVSA, will invest an additional $35 million this year in a search for oil and gas in La Paz province. That investment will bring to $151 million the total amount devoted to the Lliquimuni project since the beginning of 2011, YPFB said. Lliquimuni, located in northern La Paz province, may hold as ...

  • 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 ...

  • Transit Fee Hikes in Brazil Scrapped Amid Volatile Protests

    Leaders in two of Brazil's biggest cities have scrapped plans to increase public transportation fees, which triggered massive anti-government protests throughout the South American nation. Officials in both Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro announced their decisions Wednesday to revert back to the previous fares. Several other Brazilian cities had already canceled plans to increase transit ...

Movie Review

The Grifters

grift: (v) to engage in swindling or cheating; to obtain by grifting -- The American Heritage College Dictionary Stephen Frears' "The Grifters" is almost too cynical and mean-spirited for its own good. In its attempt to expose the gritty underbelly of the con game, it makes itself into something like "The Sting" with a hard-edged existential bite to it. All the characters are swindlers, a ... ...

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