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Camila Vallejo – Latin America's 23-year-old new revolutionary folk hero
The Guardian
Widely admired for her eloquent speeches on Chilean television, Vallejo has gathered a cult following around the world that ranges from German folk rock tributes to videos from Latin America's largest university, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de ...
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The Guardian
On Movies: Sheen family odyssey promoting 'The Way'
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sheen, Estevez, and Alexanian have been stopping in movie theaters and concert halls through the Southwest, the Midwest and the South to show their film, to talk about The Way, and to field questions and comments from what they are happy to report have ...
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Hell's Belles
Times LIVE
Nonetheless, at the risk of sounding glib and superficial, I would describe this film as "the best South African movie never made". The great Civil Rights campaign led by Martin Luther King, his colleagues and supporters, triumphed over America's ...
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Times LIVE
Antonio Banderas interview: Antonio strips down
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
In America, I have done horror movies, action films, cult films, socialmovies. I have been on Broadway, in 'Nine.' I have directed films. I don't think there is a male actor in the world who has played more gay characters than I have. ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Idaho's most violent lockup
Deseret News
By Rebecca Boone, AP AP In a frame grab from video obtained by The Associated Press, an inmate attack at the privately-run Idaho Correctional Center just south of Boise, Idaho. BOISE, Idaho — In the last four years, Idaho's largest privately run ...
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Deseret News
Sri Lanka: Tamils 'still want independent state'
Green Left Weekly
The report calls for an independent investigation into credible allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity. In the latest HRC session, unlike other sessions, neither India nor any of the Latin Americancountries expressed verbal approval of ...
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Green Left Weekly
River boats returning to the Mississippi
MiamiHerald.com
New Caribbean ports are on the drawing board, star chefs partner with Royal Caribbean and Carnival, and Paul Gauguin Cruises expands beyond the South Pacific. By JAY CLARKE The world's biggest steamboat, the American Queen, will resume sailing on the ...
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Carol Saunders: The Borland Center debuts first full season with 'Little Women'
TCPalm
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County will transform Midtown at Palm Beach Gardens into an outdoor display of Latin-inspired cuisine and culture during their second annual "Latin American Food & Wine Festival" from 5:30 to 9 pm Thursday ...
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FULL TRANSCRIPT and Video of Jean-Marie Eveillard's Interview with Consuelo Mack
GuruFocus.com
But as I said, I mean, it's to illustrate it, and they're all over the world, including in South America, in Asia. Because I think we have to keep in mind that, from a long-term standpoint- and, you know, China, India, Brazil, they will have bumps ...
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Microsoft at Brasil Game Show
PSPworld
Microsoft is participating for the first time at the largest Game Show in Latin America to be held from October 5 - 9 at the SulAmérica Convention Center in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil. With approximately 300 square meters of area, the multinational ...
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Family opens farm for one-on-one alpaca fun (with video)
News-Herald.com
Alpacas are native to South America, with the family's first alpaca being from Peru. That alpaca still resides on the farm, along with 22 others that have since been bred in the United States. Because alpacas are part of the camelid family — including ...
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Passing the past along
Baltimore Sun (blog)
By Jonathan Pitts, The Baltimore Sun She was born in South Korea, loves her homeland's traditions with a passion and has officially served the burgeoning Korean-American community in Maryland for more than six years now. But Michelle Kim still insists ...
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Baltimore Sun (blog)
Hey kids -- let's meet on Wall St. for weeks-long whining fest
RenewAmerica
At the same time demonstrations and riots in Chile, South Korea and America make it apparent that the change had nothing to do with the development of character or the ability to discern the nature of economics, politics and honesty. ...
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Haters threaten to kill Justin Bieber during his tour in Peru
eTaiwan News
By Cherice Chen Canadian teen singer Justin Bieber is currently touring South America, but some Peruvians are not exactly rolling out the welcome mat. A group on Facebook who call themselves “Matar a Justin Bieber el 17 de octubre en el Estadio ...
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Minnesota Zoo to Launch WolfQuest 2.5 Video Game
TMC Net
The Minnesota Zoo is located in Apple Valley, just minutes south of Mall of America. For more information, call 952.431.9500 or visit mnzoo.org. The Minnesota Zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and an ...
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Telemundo Launches Two YouTube Channels Available with English-Subtitles
Hispanically Speaking News
“We are thrilled that our platform will help create and foster connections between Telemundo's wonderful content and the large and dynamic group of Hispanic users currently active on YouTube,” said Rodrigo Velloso, head of Hispanic and Latin American ...
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Hispanically Speaking News
Two Up Across America: Western vistas colored with history, culture
Gainesville Times
The North Rim is much more spectacular than the south, in my opinion. We hiked out to Bright Angel Point (about a half-mile) and stood in awe as the sun progressed to the west. This vista has to rank up there with the most inspirational in America. ...
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Teach for America bringing different style, energy into classes
The Tand D.com
Additionally, he keeps brochures and videos about college life handy, he said. This year, South Carolina became the 34th state to welcome Teach for America teachers, and Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five Superintendent Cynthia Wilson brought ...
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Channing Tatum -- Held Back After Bar Brawl
TMZ.com
Native to South America, this herb is thought of as a vegetable because it is so high in vitamins and minerals. It is energizing as well as the best remover of fats and cellulite and making one's skin and eyes beautiful and clear! ...
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TMZ.com
A life spent as a 'Miracle' worker
Charlotte Observer
TV commercials you may have seen her in: Clairol, American Express, Lexus, Presbyterian Healthcare (Charlotte). She also did workout videos for Redbook and print ads for Revlon cosmetics and Jantzen swimwear. Profession listed on her passport:American ...
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Immigrants fearing deportation make plans for kids
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Parents said they came to provide a better future than their children could ever have in Latin America. Now, Lety Garcia and her husband are hoping the powers of attorney they signed for each other will allow the children to remain out of foster care ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Tom Cruise in Talks for Warner Bros.' 'We Are Mortals'
Hollywood Reporter
Despite his peculiar public image and less-than-stellar domestic box office in recent years, the 49-year-old has four big studio movies hitting theaters in the next 18 months: Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol in December, the now-filming One Shot ...
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Hollywood Reporter
Top 20 Celebrities from Forbes' Top 100 (PHOTOS)
International Business Times
The 70-story luxury residential and hotel is the first Trump hotel in Latin America. Relationship expert, Dr. Phil McGraw arrives as a guest at Paramount Pictures 90th anniversary celebration, July 14, 2002 at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. ...
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Liam Fox allegations: Defence minister under pressure over Adam Werritty's job
Daily Mail
Mr Werritty, 33, lived rent-free in Dr Fox's taxpayer-funded flat in Southwark, South London, in 2002 and 2003, and he was best man at the MP's wedding to fellow doctor Jesme Baird in 2005. Mr Werritty joked in his speech about Dr Fox's stag do. ...
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Daily Mail
USAid: Biggest sponsor of hate speech
Nehanda Radio
In September 2010, the US Centre for International Media Assistance (CIMA) and the National Endowment for Democracy published a study called “Winds From the East: How the People's Republic of China Seeks to Influence the Media in Africa, Latin America ...
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Bryan Fischer Calls Mitt Romney "Tasteless and Tawdry": VIDEO
Towleroad
Forgot about Israels very active support of South Africa's racist Apartheid government, and their active support of the equally VERY repressive regime that governed Northern Ireland [NI was self-governing, not ruled by London] when it denied Catholics ...
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India Produces World's Cheapest Tablet for less than $50. 10k Made, Millions ...
Singularity Hub
... Asia, and South America, aren't necessarily going to be able to afford a $600 iPad. Cheaper devices, like the UbiSlate, may be the definitive platforms of the 21st Century in these lower end markets. Which is why I like this next video. ...
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Singularity Hub
The age of aquariums, Newport is the place to go to learn about Oregon's ...
Bend Bulletin
A 200-foot-long acrylic tunnel passing through a 1.3-million-gallon tank of Pacific sea water, the exhibit was originally built as a rehabilitation tank for Keiko, the orca that starred in the “Free Willy” movies of the 1990s. By John Gottberg Anderson ...
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Hank Williams Jr. Firing Sparks Intense Argument On ESPN 'Outside The Lines ...
Huffington Post
"If you want to talk about my relatives who died in the Holocaust or my time in the Southwe could do that, but that's not germane to this discussion at all. And frankly it's cheap and unprofessional to bring that into this discussion. ...
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Finding a middle ground between cross-border traditions
Victoria Times Colonist
They have a second home in Texas and love the turkey tradition so much they do it thrice: first they're here for Canadian Thanksgiving, then they fly south to get in on theAmerican version with their friends and my sister in November, ...
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Raya Martin's new film at Instituto Cervantes' Película festival
Philippine Star
A cacophony of drama and the hilarious sit alongside an unabashed popular blockbuster – the celebration of Spanish and Latin- American films are still ongoing at the Greenbelt 3 Cinemas for the audience to enjoy. Movies featured include Elsa y Fred, ...
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Local sharks still nothing to fear
Tbo.com
That's sort of the gist of the national news after two people were bitten in a little over a week near the island town on the south edge of Tampa Bay. So, are the sharks here turning into a version of "Jaws", just when we thought it was safe to go back ...
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Never too old to run
Deccan Herald
North America: Big Sur International Marathon, California. Mountains on one side and the Pacific on the other make this a perennial favourite. April 29. * South America: Inca Trail to Machu Picchu Marathon. A 27.5-mile (approx 44.26 kms) route in the ...
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Deccan Herald
Recalling the birth of replay
Berkshire Eagle
Stichweh played in the old North-South All-Star Game in 1964 and played in the Coaches All-America Game in 1965. He led the Cadets in rushing in 1964. Army was 7-3 in 1963 and 4-6 the next year. The academies weren't teams top Eastern grid powers like ...
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Civil War battle reenactment continues Sunday at Wolcott Mill VIDEO
Macomb Daily
It occurred just months after Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumpter in South Carolina. As with many Civil War battles, this battle is known historically by two names. It is called the First Battle of Manassas by Confederate forces and the First ...
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Improving Chaikin Money Flow - PX, T, TSM, TWN, WR
Retirement Planning
During the year ended December 31, 2010, 94% of revenue was generated in four geographic segments (North America, Europe, South America and Asia). As of December 31, 2010, it had acquired a 49% interest in Refrigeration and Oxygen Company Limited (ROC) ...
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This Week in Seattle Cinema: Occupy Movie Theaters
Seattlest
... of the transcontinental, six-episode epic helmed by Chilean director Raúl Ruiz for Portuguese television, following the lives of a countess, an orphan and a businessman as their lives intersect and clash across both Europe and South America. ...
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Seattlest
Daughter of 'Dirty War,' Raised by Man Who Killed Her Parents
New York Times
In Latin America, the baby thefts were largely unique to Argentina's dictatorship, Mr. Vivanco said. There was no such effort in neighboring Chile's 17-year dictatorship. One notable difference was the role of the Catholic Church. ...
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Ed-Mid has been on Pats' practice squad
Annapolis Capital
Lt. Kettani previously did a six-month deployment aboard the USS Klakring, an Oliver Hazard Perry frigate that primarily performed drug interdiction off the coast of South America. "I love my country, I love serving and I love doing my duty," Kettani ...
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Man ditches plane into ocean off coast of Hawaii after running out of gas
CNN
The plane was registered to the Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, company. NeitherAmerican King Air nor the Coast Guard immediately released the pilot's identity. "We are waiting right now to hear from the Coast Guard about the aircraft," Pablo Bassabe, ...
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Korea's Busan stakes claim as Asian film hub
Reuters
European and North American film luminaries are also well-represented, with France's Luc Besson visiting to promote his latest work "The Lady," a biography of Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi starring actress Michelle Yeoh. ...
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Ellis: Why is Iowa always first?
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
That didn't sit well with Nevada and South Carolina. So they moved their primary dates to mid-January. In Iowa, Iowans are more special than Floridians, Nevadans and SouthCarolinians. The political establishment in Iowa insists on being first. ...
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Events in New Jersey
New York Times
HALEDON American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 32 BJ Members' Art Exhibit, featuring contemporary works of photography, painting and video about labor and immigrants. Through Dec. 31. ...
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Capitalizing on Taiwan's cultural soft power
Taiwan Today
Sizhukong, a band known for mixing traditional Chinese music and jazz, plays a piece before departing on a performance tour in South Americalast September. To help expand the market for Taiwan's popular music, the GIO has been supporting performers' ...
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Taiwan Today
Woods sinks into middle of pack
Columbus Dispatch
South Korea's Soo-Jin Yang matched the course record with a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead over top-ranked Yani Tseng and two-time defending champion Na Yeon Choi in the LPGA Hana Bank Championship in Incheon, South Korea. ...
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Audience Calendar
Press Herald
South Bristol artists Sally Loughridge and Stephen Busch, Pemaquid Art Gallery, Pemaquid. 677-2078. "Autumn Arrivals," 19th- and 20th-centuryAmerican and European paintings, and new works, Wiscasset Bay Gallery, Wiscasset. wiscassetbaygallery.com. ...
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Press Herald
NATO's War in Libya: Protecting to Kill, Killing to Protect...
Center for Research on Globalization
A message from the imperialists to the newly aroused masses of North Africa, Asia and Latin America: The fate of Libya awaits any regime which aspires to greater independence and questions the ascendancy of Euro-American power (NATO's War Crimes in ...
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Center for Research on Globalization
Perdue comments on Project Soccer, marriage amendment
WRAL.com (blog)
“And a lot of red herrings, a lot of fig leaves were danced around yesterday, trying to cover up the fact that, this morning, those jobs are in SouthCarolina. And that does great damage to our state.” Perdue was asked whether the failure points to the ...
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WRAL.com (blog)
Public killings a terror tactic in Mexico
New Zealand Herald
Latin American drug lords have long turned to grisly killings and torture tactics. At the height of its powers in the 1990s, the Juarez cartel used to cut off the fingers of snitches and shove them down their throats, a practice that other cartels soon ...
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New Zealand Herald
Somalis rally to denounce recent truck bombing
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