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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 ...

  • FIFAs Confederations Cup Brazil vs Mexico

    Brazil's Neymar scores during the FIFA's Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 match against Mexico, held at Castelao Stadium, in Fortaleza, Brazil, on June 19, 2013. (Xinhua/Guillermo ...

  • Neymar sends Brazil into Confederations Cup semis

    Neymar scored a goal and set up another as Brazil overcame Mexico 2-0 and secured their place in the Confederations Cup semifinals.Neymar struck in the ninth minute at the Arena Castelao with a left-footed volley after Hulk's cross was headed clear by Francisco Rodriguez.Former Manchester City striker Jo doubled the lead in second-half stoppage time after Neymar dribbled past two defenders ...

  • Brazil deploys elite force in Confed Cup host cities

    Brazil moved Wednesday to deploy members of an elite security force in cities hosting international soccer matches, in the wake of massive anti-government protests that threaten to disrupt the games.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 ...

  • Brazilian govt approval rate falls poll shows

    The government of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff slipped eight points in the approval ratings from March to June to land at 55 percent, according to survey results released Wednesday.Polling firm Ibope Institute, which undertook the survey on behalf of the National Industry Confederation (CNI), reported that the number of people who believe the government is just doing a so- so job grew from ...

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