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  • Trinindad Football hints at probe to uncover missing funds

    The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) has hinted that an investigation could be launched into unaccounted revenues generated by the federation from World Cup 2006. President of the TTFF Raymond Tim Kee announced Tuesday that a probe is being considered during a press conference at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, reports CMC. "From our understanding, TTFF is very much a part of ...

  • Ten members of Venezuelan family killed as authorities fail to investigate

    How many more members of the Barrios family have to die before the Venezuelan authorities take action to address the issue head on? Urgent action needs to be taken immediately to investigate these murders and protect the ...

  • Colombias president 6 soldiers killed in rebel attack

    BOGOTA - Colombia's president says six soldiers have been killed in an attack by the country's second-largest leftist rebel band, the National Liberation Army. President Juan Manuel Santos said via Twitter without offering details that the six were killed in Norte de Santander state, a stronghold of the group known as the ELN. It was the biggest blow to Colombia's military since ...

  • Seven Seas Water names South American HQ president

    Claudio Baldovino has been named the new president for the South American headquarters of Seven Seas Water Corp. He previously was a partner and director of private equity for Buena Vista Capital, a private investment firm in Santiago, according to a statement. Baldovino has also worked for Rothschild Group in London, Buenos Aires, Lima and New York, the statement said. Adding Baldovino to the ...

  • Harper’s South America trip complicated by Senate expenses scandal

    The Senate expenses scandal is turning Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to South America into an awkward communications exercise.Harper's officials have indicated that the prime minister will finally take questions early this afternoon on the Prime Minister's Office involvement in reimbursing Senator Mike Duffy $90,000 for improper housing expense claims. But Harper will be ...

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Ashes of Time Redux (Dung che sai duk) [DVD]

Ashes of Time Redux (Dung che sai duk) [DVD]

Ashes of Time Redux is a brooding, melancholic twist on the wuxia, the genre of historical martial arts films that typically focus on swordplay and action. Writer/director Wong Kar Wai delivers swordplay from time to time, but in radical fragments that refuse ... ...

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  • Four-car crash impacts traffic at SE Cesar Chavez and Stark

    PORTLAND, Ore. - A four-car crash shut down traffic at a southeast Portland intersection Wednesday morning. The crash happened just after 7 a.m. ...

  • With even toilet paper scarce Venezuelan president warms to business

    By Eyanir Chinea CARACAS | Wed May 22, 2013 10:10am EDT CARACAS May 22 (Reuters) - A Venezuelan supermarket puts a stack of toilet paper on its shop floor, and desperate consumers snatch it up within five minutes. A woman's voice over the loudspeaker reminds shoppers each person can only buy four packages. Few seemed convinced by the government's promise just days earlier that ...

  • Is South America’s latest strongman a woman

    LIMA, Peru - High heels and mascara may be the last things that spring to mind when talking about Latin America’s pantheon of authoritarian strongmen. Yet for her opponents, the latest controversial move of Argentina’s immaculately made-up president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, has cemented her place in the region’s ...

  • It’s back to basics for Venezuela

    A customer leaves a private supermarket with her purchases, including toilet paper, in Caracas, Venezuela. First milk, butter and coffee ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities - toilet ...

  • Venezuela is running out of toilet paper

    Supermarket staff work next to partially empty shelves of toilet paper in Caracas, May 16, 2013. Supplies of food and other basic products have been patchy in recent months, with long queues forming at supermarkets and rushes occurring when there is news of a new stock ...

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