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LATIN AMERICA News, Dec 18, 2011


Latin America latest to get iTunes stores
Houston Chronicle
Rosa didn't offer specifics on his forecasts for how sales might improve, and it remains unclear how consumers will embrace the service, given how widespread piracy of music and videos have become in Brazil and most other Latin Americannations.
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Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment
NECN
The release included Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, State Department cables and a military video of a 2007 American helicopter attack in Iraq that killed 11 men. The Obama administration says the released information has threatened valuable military ...
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Tijuana conference on worker unity
Workers World
As people gathered, live video coverage was showing the historic founding conference of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. This organization is an alternative to the Organization of American States, which Washington initiated in 1948...
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Workers World
Merry Christmas from Peru
North Platte Bulletin
A video about Nebraska on a bus in the country of Peru, South America? The subtitle read: “Every Peruvian has the right to enjoy what a wonderful thing a Peruvian is.” Apparently, they decided Peruvians even meant those who live in Peru, Neb., ...
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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: FC Barcelona Vs Santos FC (4-0), FIFA World Club Cup Final 2011
3News NZ
Alves gets the first dangerous cross in but it's well headed clear. danger signs for Santos, the South American champions. 1 mins: Early ball to Barc as everyone wants a touch... Pique has already had three... Fabregas tries to work his way into the ...
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3News NZ
Bachmann on the attack: Obama is 'acting like we're a banana republic' [VIDEO]
Daily Caller
And I will tell you, all across Iowa, all across South Carolina, all across New Hampshire, people are so tired of seeing the government put them more in debt.” Bachmann then attacked President Obama for pushing America toward banana republic status by ...
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Republican Candidates Cram In Events With Voters Before Break for the Holidays
New York Times
Mitt Romney at a town hall meeting in Charleston, SC, on Saturday. A one-stop destination for the latest political news — from The Times and other top sources. Plus opinion, polls, campaign data and video. Late Saturday evening, Mitt Romney earned the ...
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Are Some 'Tea Party' Politicians Just Politicians After All?
Big Government
Haley's endorsement is considered significant because, since 1980, SouthCarolina has successfully picked the Republican nominee for president. Now, Gov. Romney undoubtedly hopes her Tea Party “glow” will rub off on him, since it appears many ...
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Danny Boyd digs for graphic novel gold with 'Carbon'
Charleston Gazette
By Douglas Imbrogno Here's a page from Danny Boyd's in-progress graphic novel "Carbon," illustrated by a South American studio, which tells an epic tale of an alternative reality around the coal inside the Appalachian Mountains. ...
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Are You Ready for Apple's Next International Opportunity?
Motley Fool
Not only that, but Research In Motion -- which is particularly strong across Southeast Asia and Latin America -- once again fumbled its earnings last week and pointed toward continuing weakening demand for its handsets. Launching the iPhone 4S in many ...
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Tevez sing-song rubs it in as Manchester City await his return
Daily Mail
By Derek Hunter Carlos Tevez appears to be enjoying his extended holiday from Manchester City after taking to the stage at an Argentine night club for a duet with a Latin American Noddy Holder. With Manchester City in negotiations to sell Tevez to AC ...
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Daily Mail
Last American Combat Troops Leave Iraq
The Atlantic Wire
"I don't expect them to turn into South Korea or Japan overnight." Over at Danger Room, a fitting view of the final moments from the air, courtesy of the controversial US weapon that has come to define this era of American warfare: a Predator drone. ...
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The Atlantic Wire
Wild Horses: Wealthy rescuer creates eco-sanctuary
Las Vegas Review - Journal
John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal » Buy this photo By Laura Myers At the end of America's most popular Western movies, the celluloid cowboy in the white hat always rides to the rescue. Madeleine Pickens remembers watching John Wayne flicks with her ...
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Man City stays ahead of Man United at top _ just
KTTC
AP Sports News Video More>> 2 men accuse late Red Sox clubhouse manager of sex abuse; team had settled suit with 7 in Fla. More>> LONDON (AP) - Manchester City's expensively assembled squad showed Sunday that it may have the character as well as the ...
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For Senate Tax Cut Stopgap, Odds in House Are Uncertain
New York Times
President Obama delivered a statement at the White House on Saturday. A one-stop destination for the latest political news — from The Times and other top sources. Plus opinion, polls, campaign data and video. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, ...
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The news is terrible. Is the world really doomed?
The Guardian
A sense of doom dominates recent films such as Melancholia, in which a vast unknown planet suddenly appears from behind the sun and converges inexorably on Earth; and Take Shelter, about a taciturn American Everyman, living quietly with his family ...
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The Guardian
Iran broadcasts images of alleged US spy...Joyous reunions...Dissatisfied speaker
9&10 News
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV is broadcasting video of a man it claims is a CIA spy. State TV describes the man as an American-Iranian (Amir Mirzaei Hekmati) who served at US military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran to ...
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A Device Attempts To Elevate The IPad's Keyboard
Salon
A recent report from the University of Michigan's Longitudinal Study of AmericanYouth characterizes Gen Xers now as “active, balanced and happy.” But in the public imagination, they're the latchkey kids who grew up amid the rise of divorce and working ...
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[VIDEO] Take Time Out During Holidays To Remember Those Who Served
Patch.com
The cemetery is located on the south side of Palisades Center, along a service road just off the Route 59 entrance/exit at the mall. Participans in the service urged Rocklanders to take time out during the holidays to remember the sacrifices of all...
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Television movies for the week of Dec. 18
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The marriage between the heir to a real-estate fortune and a woman of modest means goes south after the husband returns to work for his demanding father. (R) (2:00) TMC: Sun. 8 PM (CC) • All I Want for Christmas '91. Ethan Randall. ...
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A Partisan Lightning Rod Is Undeterred
New York Times
A one-stop destination for the latest political news — from The Times and other top sources. Plus opinion, polls, campaign data and video. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. says he will not step down. The intensifying heat on Mr. Holder comes as the ...
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New York Times
Gingrich 2.0: Ex-speaker offers new Newt for 2012
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Risen improbably from the ranks of GOP presidential discards, Gingrich is holding forth in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and beyond, lobbing rhetorical grenades that delight Republican voters hungry for someone with more moxie than Mitt Romney. ...
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Is 2011 really just 1991?
Salon
The scores of exuberant homemade dance videos submitted by young fans on the movie's website does suggest that the remake is hitting a chord. And Julianne Hough does look pretty great in the 2011 version of those famous red cowboy boots. ...
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Salon
The Market's Most Hated Stocks
DailyFinance
It highlights a company that is revolutionizing commerce in Latin America. You can get instant access to the name of this company by clicking here -- it's free. At the time this article was published Austin Smith and Andrew Tonner own no shares of the ...
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Trecker in London, Day #1: Craven Cottage
Fox News
BERLIN (AP) – Welcome back to a new edition of road diaries, the moderately popular series on FOX Soccer that I write every time I am someplace that is not theSouth Side of Chicago. As you may have gathered from the videos , the tweets , the Facebook ...
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People in business
The Daily Advertiser
Champagne is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design and previously worked for Pixel Magic, where he served as a 3D stereoscopic artist, with credits in the recent Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia movies. ...
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Ron Paul's Nostalgic Appeal Shakes Up the 2012 Primaries
Daily Beast
Part of this is due to the astonishing amount of news—or what is presented as news—that is available to almost every American via cable TV or the Internet. News, like movies, is only interesting if there is drama. No one will ever write a story for ...
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Daily Beast
In passing
Edmonton Journal
Today there are also Nordoff-Robbins centres in London; Seoul, South Korea; and Kingswood, Australia. The Nordoff-Robbins method takes as its philosophical starting point the belief that responsiveness to music lives in everyone, that music has deep ...
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Unbearable Lightness of Thomas Friedman – Book Review
Palestine Chronicle
Cyril Mychalejko is an editor at www.UpsideDownWorld.org, a website covering activism and politics in Latin America. (This article was contributed to PalestineChronicle.com) This book should be read by both Friedman's fans and critics alike .
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Palestine Chronicle
Garrett A. Fant dies at 21; Army specialist from American Canyon
Los Angeles Times
Born in Vallejo, northeast of San Francisco, Fant grew up in the Napa County community of American Canyon and in South Lake Tahoe. Family members said he often could be found playing video games, musing over poetry and reading books that included Harry ...
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Los Angeles Times
Cell Therapeutics' Wild Week
Motley Fool
It highlights a company that's revolutionizing commerce in Latin America. You can get instant access to the name of this company by clicking here -- it's free. Learn to Unlock Surprising Gains from Routine Stocks in 2012... Even buy your stocks cheaper ...
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Brothers seek a way up and out
Boston.com
It's the day before Thanksgiving, a half-day at Boston Latin, and when school lets out Johnny walks to the Green Line stop on Huntington Avenue with his friend Giovanni DePaulo. They're on their way to the movies, which has become a tradition for the ...
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Boston.com
Election Expert John Fund: Voter ID Laws Don't Suppress Black Vote
NewsMax.com
More than a dozen states, including Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, Rhode Island,South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin, passed laws this year aimed mostly at reducing voter fraud by requiring that voters show a driver's license or another ...
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Only Caribbean embassy in Seoul seeks green future, greater trade
The Korea Herald
... at the Latin America Museum in Paju. During next year's Hi Seoul festival, it plans to display national gastronomical delights accompanied by the sounds of meringue and bachata music. But nothing shows a glimpse into a society likemovies do, ...
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Amateur astronomer takes interest in comets
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
"I'm always excited about comets," said Finnigan, the retired owner of a videostore formerly located on South Morrissey Drive in Bloomington. "I'm into comets and taking pictures." This year was stellar for comet-watchers and astronomers like Finnegan ...
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Thought-Provoking Exhibit by Mexican Artist Sanchez Madrid in Taiwan
Latin American Herald Tribune
Public attendance has been noteworthy and has included numerous university students, some involved in the study of Spanish or of Latin America. “This is something special, shocking and thought-provoking,” said Emily Chang, a student of Spanish at ...
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Do It: Fisherman Rich finds the right angle
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
After obtaining the necessary documentation, including photographs and video, Rich's catch was certified by the International Game Fish Association. It was after taking part in a tournament in South Florida in the late 1990s where fish had to be...
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Florida teacher becomes porn star after being fired for bikini pictures
Examiner.com
It may be ironic that one of her movies was released by Naughty America, in their "My First Sex Teacher" series. The simple plot was about a student who hands in badly done homework, but is offered an "A" if he treats his teacher, played by Ms....
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Top 3 songs by Cesaria Evora
GlobalPost (blog)
And then videos of her performing one of her most famous songs, "Sodade," and the Latin American classic, "Besame Mucho." And then, I could not help adding my favorite song that she sang, "Maria Elena."
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'Due Date' is an unfortunate comedic mishap
HollywoodSoapbox.com
That opening bookend is shuffled aside quickly enough, and eventually we find Peter and Ethan on the road, enjoying the many oddities of each other and theAmerican South. And that's about it. They have run-ins with locals. They hate each other's guts. ...
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Steampunk takes hold in western Pennsylvania
Beaver County Times
Ah, but Thursday was no typical night at Lava Lounge on Pittsburgh's South Side; it was the monthly gathering of the Steel City Steam Society, a group that has embraced steampunk culture. They didn't party like it was 1899, they just dressed that way, ...
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Pimco Market Strategist: Europe Still Top Threat
Salon
“As the world knows, they don't have freedom for more than 42 years,” said El-Najah, whose family owns a jewelry store in a town about 60 miles south of Tripoli. “Right now, they get freedom. What do you think — use this freedom in the right way or ...
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Japan's Toyota aims for record 2012 output
Ninemsn
Toyota anticipates continued growth in emerging markets in Asia and South America although sales outlooks in developed nations are murky due to the European debt crisis, the Nikkei business daily said. Toyota will probably decide on its production as ...
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Cartlidge era winding down
Hattiesburg American
He recently established Marshal Place, North Fork and South Fork subdivisions with Stonebridge subdivision currently under construction in the Friendly City. His foray into the political arena began haphazardly - through his integral involvement with ...
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Dakota Voice Week in Review, Ending Dec. 17, 2011
Dakota Voice
John Quinn on the American Economy – John Quinn was one of the featured speakers at the Dec. 10 meeting of the South Dakota Tea Party Alliance. Quinn spoke about the American economy, what makes it great, and what holds it back....
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