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NMSU student wins travel competition
Las Cruces Sun-News
Students submitted videos highlighting reasons to visit Latin America or the Caribbean. LAS CRUCES - Jamila Hull was eating with her father at Tiffany's Greek restaurant a couple of weeks ago when her phone rang. "It was an unknown number," she said. ...
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Brazil. Tech Forward - In a Social Sort Of Way.
Huffington Post
Brazil represents 40% of Latin America's largest economy, boosted by the growth of the middle class and consumer technology purchases. This is even as large multi-national ecommerce powerhouses like Amazon do not have a presence in Brazil. ...
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Justin Bieber Serenades "Lying Down Crying Girl" Onstage and Tweets Mexican ...
Gather Celebs News Channel
Later, he showed and Tweeted his love for his south-of-the-border fans from his hotel balcony in Mexico City. Latin America has come down with Bieber fever. As you can see on the video below, the teen idol sang his romantic signature hit, ...
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2 powerful cartels dominate in Mexico drug war
CBS News
In recent years, it has spread both east and south, reaching into Central America. The Zetas, once confined to a stretch of the northern Gulf coast, have grown the most, pushing into central Mexico, and as far south as Guatemala. Strategies differ. ...
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How the movies are made, sold
Concord Monitor
In a recent interview, Gingrich said he didn't know how many copies his DVDs have sold, but estimated it could be "hundreds of thousands." Their sales in major retailers, such as Target or Best Buy, are in the low thousands, according to Bruce Nash, ...
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Robert Duvall at home in rural Virginia
The-Burg
"The guys talked movies for half an hour." A portion of every purchase of Bobby's Breakfast in a Box goes to the Robert Duvall Children's Fund, which aims to improve the lives of impoverished children and their families throughout Latin America, ...
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In Yemen, One Islamist Is Dead, but the Battle Goes On
New York Times
In the south, where large portions of the population remain disgruntled with the central government, it is not always clear who is a member of Al Qaeda and who is just a young man with a gun. However, local reports and video from Zinjibar suggest the ...
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What OTT threat? We're embracing it, say cablecos
Rapid tv news
The growing shadow that over-the-top (OTT) video distribution is casting over the pay-TV establishment is producing the first attempts to respond by Latin America's cable operators. Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina during the 2011 International ...
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SLIPKNOT Guitarist Interviewed At ROCK IN RIO Festival (Video) - Oct. 2, 2011
Blabbermouth.net
I think the South American fans are gonna be stoked. I think they're really gonna enjoy what we do. And I think Pauly will definitely be there with us, and I think we'll just get up there and celebrate with him, the way we did in Europe and the way ...
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Mumbai Film Mart plans to make it big with foreign players
Zee News
Film industry veterans believe it is time we developed an overseas market for domestic cinema in non-traditional markets like Latin America, Taiwan, Korea, Germany, France, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Poland, Malaysia, Taiwan, China and Belgium. ...
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Zee News
Wonder dog
MiamiHerald.com
... owners to train their own dogs to America's Dogs for Defense program during World War II; the discovery of a treasure trove of old movies inSouth Africa; and a movie ranch outside Los Angeles where 3500 movieswere shot between 1936 and 1966. ...
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Athens Today--October 2
Patch.com
Plan now to return on Thursday at 6:30 pm for the Latin American Film Festival documentary, "Grandma Has a Video Camera." You'll see 20 years of home video by Brazilian immigrants to the US Admission is free. 4. The Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation ...
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'Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies' will generate opinions
phillyBurbs.com
Barnes & Noble, Market Fair, Route 1 South, Princeton; 609-716-1570. Tuesday (7:30 pm): Anne Enright will discuss “The Forgotten Waltz,” focusing on forbidden desires. She will be joined by Julie Otsuka, author of “The Buddha in the Attic,” which is ...
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Second Look: 'Treasures 5: The West, 1898-1938'
Los Angeles Times
The western is perhaps the most American of genres, a historic symbol of Hollywood supremacy and still among the most durable of narrative templates, as recent movies as different as "Meek's Cutoff" and "True Grit" have shown. The striking thing about ...
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Los Angeles Times
Chilean cable moves closer to quad-play
Rapid tv news
VTR, Chile's largest and one of Latin America's most innovative MSOs, has made the case that the cable industry can't afford not to enter the market for mobile telephony and – particularly – for wireless broadband services. The argument was made by the ...
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ATV Safety Institute Announces Winners of “Do the Ride Thing” Video Contest
Motor Sports Newswire (press release)
See Joshua's video here. $800 Second Place Winner – Benjamin & Christopher Boothe of American Fork, Utah See Benjamin & Christopher's video here. $1100 First Place Winner – Caleb McDowell of Marion, South Carolina. See Caleb's video here. ...
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New CCI Sell Signals – AMLP, AMP, AMX, APH, APL
Retirement Planning
America Movil SAB de CV (America Movil) is a Mexico-based company primarily engaged in providing wireless communications services in Latin America. The Company's activities include offering mobile and landline telephony services, broadband access, ...
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Samsung Announces Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus with HSPA+
Tom's Guide
The Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus will hit Indonesia and Austria at the end of October. After that, it will launch in Southeast and Southwest Asia, US, Europe, CIS, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Japan and China. Pricing has not yet been announced.
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MovieRecycle.com Proffers Hot n Sizzling Fresh Panoramic Reviews on Hollywood ...
Online PR News (press release)
... by a group of exAOL (America Online) employees with an objective to provide latestnews, gossips, event coverage and photo galleries from the Indian and Hollywood film industries to the south Asian Audience across the world. Movies still remains as ...
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Yemeni al-Qaeda took a blow but remains a threat to US
Washington Post
In this video from November, 2001, former washingtonpost.com videojournalist Travis Fox profiles Anwar al-Awlaqi, who was then imam of the Falls Church Dar Al-hijrah Islamic Center. Al-Awlaqi has been killed, according to Yemen's Defense Ministry. ...
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Video- Iranian regime's theorist: We must get ready for global operations
NCR-Iran.org (press release)
We must be ready to go to Latin America to fight. Go to East Asia to fight. Go to the heart of Europe. We must get ready for global operations. We have become old. The next generation should be brought up in a way that they would be ready for the next ...
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NCR-Iran.org (press release)
What's new in the happiest place on Earth?, 'Cars Land' highlights changes ...
Bend Bulletin
There are also 20 retail shops and a 12-plex cinema that often shows, not surprisingly, the latest Disney movies. Downtown Disney was created, in part, to invite members of the local Orange County community to share in the Disney experience. ...
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TO's Top 25 movies of all time
Post City
In 2002, voters named Masala, Srinivas Krishna's look at terrorism, food and growing up in early 1990s Toronto, as their favourite South Asian film in a British Film Institute poll. The immigrant experience, so important to the fabric of Canadian life, ...
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Post City
Adstream appoints Twofour54 Intaj as exclusive provider of services in Middle East
AME Info
... Twofour54 in the Middle East is part of Adstream's robust expansion strategy that has seen extended operations in South Africa and Asia and a growing global presence and cross-media solutions across Europe, US and Latin America in recent months. ...
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Cruise Compass
Manila Bulletin
... season this October, with exotic destinations such as the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, the Holy Land, Caribbean, Middle East and India, Alaska and Canada, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Bahamas and Bermuda, South America and Ocean Crossings. ...
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Guyana opposition TV station to stop broadcasting
eTaiwan News
The TV station will not be able to broadcast as the South American country prepares for general elections expected by year's end. The station is owned by perennial presidential candidate CN Sharma and has been operating since the 1990s. ...
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John Wayne: A unique American hero
CBS News
Wayne was in the South Pacific theater of the war for three months in 1943-1944, touring US bases and hospitals, as well as doing some work for OSS commander William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan, who "hoped that a celebrity like Wayne could provide ...
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Película Spanish Film Festival turns diez
Philippine Star
... ground floor is a photo exhibition also titled Diez años de Película (10 Years of Película), which documents the history of Película from its inauguration in 2002 to becoming one of the biggest showcases of Spanish and Latin American films in Asia....
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Hundreds gather to respect Vonore Marine's service
Maryville Daily Times
Those carrying American flags of all sizes dotted the freeway from Alcoa Highway all the way down US Highway 411 South to Madisonville, where Watson is to be buried Monday. Capt. Joseph Keith of the 134th Air Refueling Wing at McGhee Tyson ANG said ...
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MTV remakes itself for the millennial generation
Los Angeles Times
A mirror of American youth culture for three decades, MTV has to recalibrate regularly to keep pace with the zeitgeist. From round-the-clock music videos, to reality TV pioneer "The Real World," to the heh-heh-heh of "Beavis and Butt-Head," and the ...
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Los Angeles Times
INXS Announce New Singer - Northern Ireland's Ciaran Gribbin‏
Altsounds.com
In addition, INXS and new singer Gribbin will be performing their classic hits along with the new collaboration live for the first time together during a run of upcoming shows in South America, Australia, and Europe during November and December. ...
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Composer gets kick from unlikely hit
Columbus Dispatch
Bloggers championed the track, the band made a splash in March at theSouth by Southwest music festival, and its debut album two months later was released by Columbia Records. Last week, the single held steady at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, ...
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Columbus Dispatch
Flamenco Congress will be held in Seville
Andalusia Travel
... Congress is a dialogue between supporters and lovers of flamenco throughout the world, exchanging experience in organization of various activities, promotion of flamenco beyond such traditional regions as Spain and some Latin American countries. ...
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Andalusia Travel
Bangalore youth Dussehra slammed as rave party
Daily News & Analysis
The costumes looked like Italian, the music sounded like South American and the dance looked typical Bollywood. It looked like a cheap filmy show to me,” said Sudarshan, a retired civil servant who had come to the venue of Yuva Dussehra to fetch his ...
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Composing a celebration
Annapolis Capital
Frank's works are influenced by her Latin-American heritage and have some folk elements, but are difficult to pin down to any one style. The composer said she prefers it that way, striving for diversity. Frank's main instrument is the piano, ...
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Annapolis Capital
Moved Below Lower Price Channel - APC, ASG, ASX, ATR, AUO
Retirement Planning
It has manufacturing facilities located globally, including North America, Europe, Asia and South America. The Company operates in the packaging components industry, which includes the development, manufacture and sale of consumer product dispensing...
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Calcasieu Parish is Louisiana gateway for 'crazy, hairy ants'
NOLA.com
The ants, which are native to South America, will be limited in how far north they go because they are tropical and cannot withstand cold temperatures. On the bright side, the ants do not sting like fire ants, although they will bite humans. ...
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NOLA.com
Look Left – Tory obsession with Europe goes on. And on. And on
Left Foot Forward
Much of the recent news outside the United Kingdom has focused on the death of senior al-Qaeda figure Anwar Al-Awlaki at the hands of Americanforces. The death of Al-Awlaki, who was killed by a drone strike in the volatile country of Yemen, ...
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Left Foot Forward
Exploring music therapy: Treatment for the heart and soul
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Lora Barthelman of Music Therapy Services of South Dakota, works with McKenzie Strohm. / Emily Spartz / Argus Leader Credentialed professional music therapists uses music to help their patients accomplish goals that range from promoting wellness, ...
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Ray Sprigle's story of the Jim Crow South hits the stage
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The Sprigle under the spotlight was the dramatic creation of playwright Robert Earl Price and actor Del Hamilton, two friends from Atlanta's 7 Stages Theatre who've figured out how to bring Sprigle back to life in Mr. Price's latest play, "All Blues. ...
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Latter-day Saints launch "I'm a Mormon" ad campaign
Reuters
The church, boasting a membership of 14 million worldwide, including 6 million US followers, has gained new attention in the American mainstream this year from Broadway to the White House campaign trail. Public opinion polls in recent years have shown ...
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Fraud case opens in Parmalat's hometown 2 1/2 years after dairy giant's failure
Houston Chronicle
The case in Parma is just one of several against former Parmalat executives and a cast of characters ranging from former auditors and financial advisers to employees in the dairy company's overstretched Latin America operations. ...
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Splendor south of the border
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Youngsters 12-14 can partake in the dance parties, late-night movies, karaoke andvideo games of Circle "C" on the Atlantic Deck. Parents I asked gave the program enthusiastic thumbs up, as did their kids. Not faring as well was our boys' experience at...
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Eco-friendly living: Simple solutions for saving big on energy costs
The Daily News Journal
The original south-facing picture window will be replaced with a more energy-efficient thermopane window. / Aaron Thompson/DNJ LightWave Solar will host the free Middle Tennessee Solar Tour from 10 am to 2 pm Saturday at The Arts Center of Cannon ...
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New pipeline, old divisions
TheChronicleHerald.ca
But some pipeline safety experts and environmentalists said that lax regulations and a raft of recent oil spills had raised concerns that the federal agency overseeingAmerican pipelines, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, ...
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Hollow Red Candles - BAX, BBW, BCE, BFS, BG
Retirement Planning
... shortenings, margarines, mayonnaise and milled products, such as wheat flours, corn-based products and rice. The fertilizer segment is involved in producing, blending and distributing fertilizer products for the agricultural industry in South America.
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Community Calendar for Oct. 2
Lincolnwood Review
Wali will discuss her experiences with using anthropological research to craft strategies for environmental conservation and to promote respect for cultural diversity, both in the Amazon regions of South America and in the Chicago area. ...
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Meet your dad, George Clinkscale
Tulsa World
It's a blue-collar area south of Dallas. Maybe that's why your dad fit in so well as a lay coach at Central High School in Tulsa. He knew parents of Central students had to work whatever hours necessary to pay bills and kids there perhaps needed a ...
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Vegas Wire: Margaritaville expanding into casino venture
Press of Atlantic City
The downtown Baltimore casino would have 3750 slot machine-like video lottery terminals and would be located south of M&T Bank Stadium, home of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens. Maryland Video Lottery authorities also accepted three bids for a casino license ...
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Red Cross Breakfast Honors Heroes
Patch.com
Zwier, who works as a nurse supervisor in the Hematology/Oncology/BMT unit at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, was at the beach with her family in SouthCarolina last year when her son came running over to get her help for a man who was being ...
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