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  • Widespread anti-graft protests rock Brazil Widespread anti-graft protests rock Brazil

    SAO PAULO, Brazil - Anti-graft protests swept Brazil's main cities as some 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets against alleged mis-governance, forcing President Dilma Rousseff Tuesday to acknowledge the need for better public services and effective administration. The assurance from Rousseff came a day after biggest protests rocked at least ten Brazilian cities, including Sao ...

  • Cristiano Ronaldo denies cheating on Irina Shayk

    Cristiano Ronaldo has said that he did not cheat on his model girlfriend Irina Shayk with Brazilian model Andressa Urach. A newspaper report had carried a story that Urach - also known as Miss BumBum - had claimed that she had a fumble with him that went on for hours, the Mirror reported. The 28-year-old footie ace said termed the story as fiction and forgery and that he was in an interview ...

  • Protests wont interfere with Confederations Cup

    Brazil will not allow anti-government protests to mar the Confederations Cup being hosted here, Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo said. Rebelo said Monday that Brazil must show the world that it is a democratic country but also that it can guarantee the order needed to undertake such events, reports Xinhua. "We will not allow any of these protests to get in the way of the events we have committed to ...

  • Corinthians await Tottenham bid for Paulinho

    Corinthians says it is expecting English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur to make an offer for Brazil international midfielder Paulinho. The Brazilian club's deputy director Duilio Monteiro Alves said Monday that all offers for the 24-year-old would be considered during the European summer transfer window, reports Xinhua. "We know that Tottenham are interested but there is nothing ...

  • We want to win hearts says Tahiti coach

    An emotional Tahiti coach Eddy Etaeta, after a 1-6 thrashing by Nigeria, said his team hoped to "win the hearts" of Brazilian fans during the Confederations Cup. The Pacific island minnows lost their opening Group B match against Nigeria Monday, but they were clearly the team of choice among neutral observers at the Mineirao stadium, reports Xinhua. The reigning Oceania Nations Cup champions ...

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The Prestige

The Prestige

Christopher Nolan's The Prestige has the unfortunate task of arriving as the second of this fall's turn-of-the-20th-century thrillers involving magicians. A few months ago, Neil Burger's The Illusionist gave us Edward Norton as a tortured Viennese spiritualist up to all kinds ... ...

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  • Gisele Bndchen unveils new lingerie line

    Brazilian model Gisele Bndchen unveiled her new line of lingerie in Sao Paulo over the weekend, with its seductively vibrant colours, delicate lace, transparencies and a wink at eroticism. Her new line, Gisele Bndchen Intimates, was shown at the Brazil Fashion Salon that opened Sunday and where fashionistas can see the styles of bikinis and lingerie that Sao Paulo designers have come up with ...

  • Brazil protesters clash with police in Sao Paulo

    Protestors gather in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship have broke out across this continent-sized country, uniting multitudes frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy tax burden. (AP Photo/Nelson ...

  • World Cup 2014 qualifiers Iran and South Korea join Socceroos and Japan in Brazil

    The Socceroos confirmed their qualification with a 1-0 win over Iraq in Sydney thanks to an 83rd minute goal from Josh Kennedy.Later Jordan's 1-0 win over Oman in Amman meant Australia would have qualified even with a draw to Iraq or a loss due to a superior goal difference to Jordan.Irate South Korean fans hurled water bottles and other debris after Iran booked their ticket with a 1-0 ...

  • Brazilians take to streets over corruption and costs

    Brazil experienced its biggest wave of protests in more than two decades as up to a quarter of a million people took to the streets of a dozen cities on Monday night in a mass outpouring of anger against the country's political ...

  • Thousands protest in Brazil over price hike for WC

    Students attempt to enter the Government Palace, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June 17, 2013. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of major Brazilian cities protesting the billions of dollars spent on the Confederations Cup --and preparations for the upcoming World Cup-- and against the hike in mass transit fares. Photo AFP/Lehtikuva Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across ...

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