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Robert Downey Jr. suffers accident in filming Iron Man 3

Actor Robert Downey Jr. suffered a serious accident during the filming of the series Iron Man 3. Downey had the cameras rolling, when he did a required movement and fractured his ankle by accident. “There will be a slight delay in the production schedule until he...
Posted On 19 Aug 2012
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London is Now Preparing for the Paralympics

This August 29th will begin at the Paralympic Games in the British city of London, which will feature more than 4,200 athletes belonging to 164 countries. Thus, the Paralympic Games this year will mark a new record of athletes and countries, involving more than 4,000 athletes and...
Posted On 18 Aug 2012
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Russian Punk Band Sentenced to Two Years in Prison

Members of the Russian music band Pussy Riot are back in trouble. This time, there are facing criminal charges that could assure prison for two years. The rebels were arrested after being stopped in the Christ the Savior Cathedral to protest against President Vladimir Putin...
Posted On 18 Aug 2012
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Price of Butter and Sugar Raises

Products such as butter, sugar and yeast, required for making bread, recorded a price increase of up to 15% this week. The situation worries the bakers because the wheat quintal price also increased this week. Representatives of the union argues that the profit margin has...
Posted On 17 Aug 2012
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Yoani Sanchez Comments on Assange Case

Cuban Yoani Sanchez, author of “Generation Y” blog, considers it a paradox that the Australian Julian Assange, star of a “crusade for information”, has been granted asylum by the Government of Ecuador, which has a “hard and aggressive” policy...
Posted On 17 Aug 2012
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US Election 2012: Obama Makes Tax Offer to Romney Team

President Barack Obama’s campaign offered Mitt Romney a deal, ‘if he releases five years of tax returns, Obama’s team won’t criticize him for not releasing any more’. Jim Messina, Obama’s campaign manager, made the offer to Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades through a letter...
Posted On 17 Aug 2012
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Eurozone trade surplus grows in June compared to 2011

According to preliminary data released today by the EU statistical office, Eurostat, in June, the euro area resulted in a growth considered to 14,900 million euros in the trade balance surplus, compared to the balance of 200 million recorded in June last year. In the countries of...
Posted On 17 Aug 2012
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Ecuador President Talked About Diplomatic Asylum granted to Assange

Today during an interview with several local radio stations in Loja (Ecuador), President Rafael Correa justified the diplomatic asylum granted yesterday to Wikileaks’ founder, Julian Assange. The president stressed that a key factor to grant him asylum was that he “was not...
Posted On 17 Aug 2012
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Madonna Faces Nine Lawsuits in Russia

This morning it was reported that singer Madonna has to face about nine lawsuits with claims for compensation for more than 10 million dollars in the St. Petersburg court, in Russia, for alleged “moral damage“. Alexander Pochúev, representing the applicants, said that...
Posted On 17 Aug 2012
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Cesar Fernandez was Transferred to Prison

After 15 days of being linked to a possible case of drug trafficking, the prosecutor Leonidas Lema referred the former governor of Manabi, Cesar Fernandez, to new criminal proceedings for alleged money laundering. On August 2 Cesar Fernandez was arrested for allegedly engaging in...
Posted On 17 Aug 2012
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