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  • 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 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 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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In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no corrida) [DVD]

In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no corrida) [DVD]

Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Oshima has never been a stranger to controversy. As soon as he started directing films in the late 1950s, his leftist political and philosophical bent, not to mention his proclivity for basing his films on scandalous real-life events, go ... ...

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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 ...

  • Voices from Brazils protests

    Some comments by Brazilians participating in protests across South America's biggest country: ___ "I'm here because I depend on public transportation which is terrible. Public transportation should not be for profit. I'm here to say we need better buses and better service." -- Maira Zenon, graphic designer, 27, attending protest in Brasilia. ___ "We're out ...

  • Brazils manufacturing confidence at lowest level since August

    Confidence among Brazil's manufacturers dipped to the lowest level since August 2012, according to a report released Wednesday.Brazil's National Industry Confederation (CNI) said in the report that the manufacturing confidence dropped from 55.4 points in May to 54.8 points in June."The downward trend in confidence among manufacturers clearly shows the competitive difficulties ...

  • 67 die from dengue in Paraguay

    The dengue fever in Paraguay has caused 67 deaths so far this year, the country's press said Wednesday.According to reports in Asuncion, capital city of Paraguay, the Public Health Ministry said 47 of the victims were also suffering from other ailments, such as hypertension, diabetes, morbid obesity or heart problems.Several victims had risk factors, such as pregnancy or being younger than ...

  • Protesters force Brazil fares u -turn

    (7 mins ago) Bowing to mass protests, authorities of Brazil's two biggest cities – Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro – decided to roll back transport fare rises that had triggered widespread unrest. Sao Paulo State Governor Geraldo Alckmin said metro, train and bus fares would revert to US$1.35 from US$1.44 from next Monday, according to the current exchange rate, while Rio Mayor ...

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