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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 ...

  • Brazil protests 60000 fans at Confederation Cup sing Brazilian national anthem

    Brazil took on Mexico in the Confederations Cup amid the ongoing national protests. In a breathtaking show of unity the entire stadium joined in singing the Brazilian national anthem in a breathtaking show of ...

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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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  • Brazilian Protests Succeed In Reversing Bus Subway Fare Hike

    pulled mega-IPO ) over the past week, and which had the goal of reducing a recent bus-fare increase among other assorted protest goals, appear to have succeeded. At least when it comes to the fare increase. As for the other protester demands, listed below, it may take a little longer. AP ...

  • Brazil RiotCheerfulness and football are no longer enough for Brazilians Latin America News

    Brazil’s football players cheer on their semi-finals at the Confederations Cup, but the protesters outside the stadium in Fortaleza can not get impressed.The protests overshadow the long sports festival – and provide the player with a ...

  • Pele calls for end to protests in Brazil

    Demonstrations continued across Brazil on Thursday with protesters notably blocking the main access road to the Arena Castelao, in Fortaleza. The protest was the latest of a wave in recent days that has marred the ongoing Confederations Cup, and has been organised by groups demanding better public services and complaining about the local government."Let's forget all this commotion ...

  • Brazil cities roll back transport hikes in effort to quell protests but it may be too little too late

    SAO PAULO Leaders in Brazil's two biggest cities said Wednesday that they reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited anti-government protests that have spread across the nation in the past week. Many people doubted the move would quiet the demonstrations, which have moved well beyond outrage over the fare hikes into communal cries against poor public services in Latin ...

  • Brazil protests continue despite appeasement effort

    SAO PAULO Leaders in Brazil's two biggest cities said Wednesday that they reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited anti-government protests that have spread across the nation in the past week. Many people doubted the move would quiet the demonstrations, which have moved well beyond outrage over the fare hikes into communal cries against poor public services in Latin ...

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