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  • Paraguay becomes South Americas used car paradise

    Paraguay has become the main destination in South America for used cars from Japan, the US and other countries, thanks to new regulations aimed at making it easier to import automobiles so low-income consumers can purchase vehicles. Used cars are all the rage in Paraguay, where vehicles that have been shipped from thousands of kilometers away are put to use as soon as they are repaired and made ...

  • D.C. organizing biz trade missions to Colombia South Africa Toronto

    Interested in globe hopping for the sake of your business? Now's your chance, with ExportDC. The District's Department of Small and Local Business Development on Tuesday released its calendar of upcoming trade missions to the membership of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. Between June and September, they'll hit four continents, a pair of Caribbean islands and, for those wanting to stay ...

  • Guyana debates whether to eliminate law that prohibits cross-dressing

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana's chief judge is holding hearings on whether to eliminate a colonial-era law that prohibits cross-dressing in the conservative South American country. The case was filed by a local gay rights group following a 2009 conviction and minor fines imposed on seven of its members. The spokesman for the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination said Tuesday ...

  • Price of oil eases ahead of release of Fed minutes Bernanke testimony

    NEW YORK - The price of oil fell Tuesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy. Benchmark crude for June delivery was down 47 cents to $96.24 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Wednesday, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke will appear before Congress and the central bank will release minutes of its most recent policy ...

  • Maduro Advocates a New Kind of Television for Peace in Venezuela

    Caracas, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called for a new kind of television that promotes human values, coexistence and peace, during meetings with the directors of the private channels Venevision and Televen. At the conclusion of these meetings, Maduro told reporters that he was very clear about the major challenges that must be overcome in the consolidation of a ...

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Spellbound [DVD]

Spellbound [DVD]

Despite getting good reviews and several Oscar nominations when it was first released in 1945, in the long run, Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, the second of four films he would make with powerful independent producer David O. Selznick, has gotten a pretty bad rap. Consider that, in the lengthy, book-length interviews Franois Truffaut conducted with Hitchcock, the section on Spellbound ...

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  • Leaked recording stirs political furor in Venezuela

    CARACAS (Reuters) - A recording released by Venezuela's opposition purportedly revealing graft and conspiracy in the ruling Socialist Party has stirred a new political storm in the OPEC nation's already traumatic transition after the death of Hugo ...

  • Colombia Opening Gates to Asia Pacific Summit

    Bogota, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The Summit of the member countries of the Asia Pacific Alliance, whose opening will be on Thursday, have an anteroom today in the southern city of Cali, with the meeting of the High Level Group comprising ministers Trade and Foreign Affairs. The ministers, who have been working for several months in the agreements to be sealed on the 23rd, developed technical ...

  • Venezuelan Take Five Medals at Intl Wushu Match in Hong Kong

    Caracas, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan athletes won five medals at the World Traditional Wushu Championship held in Hong Kong, as part of the development of the discipline in the country, official sources reported today. According to the Sports Ministry, Venezuelan Jenny Neng and Jorge Perez won two gold, two silver and one bronze medal. Perez won the two gold medals after his performance in ...

  • Oil prices drop before Fed chiefs testimony

    LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices fell on Tuesday as traders looked ahead to the latest thoughts of Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke on the outlook for the US economy.Brent North Sea crude for delivery in July dropped 53 cents to $104.27 a barrel in approaching midday in London.New York's main contract, light sweet crude for June, slipped 24 cents to $96.47 per barrel.Bernanke will appear ...

  • Weak dollar props oil prices

    Brent crude rose 16 cents to $104.80 a barrel The price of oil rose Monday, taking its cue from the stock market and the dollar, AP reported.Benchmark oil for June delivery gained 69 cents to close at $96.71 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Oil moved higher as U.S. stock markets reversed early losses around midday. Although stocks slipped in the afternoon, a weak dollar propped up ...

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