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  • Three held for murders of Indian-origin couple in Guyana

    Police in Guyana have detained three people in connection with the double-murder of an Indian-origin businessman and his wife in the South American nation. A bodyguard and a handyman are among the three people detained in connection with the murders of Totaram Mootoo and his wife Bhagmattie here May 10, Kaiteur News reported Friday. The couple had died in an explosion in their house at the ...

  • Indian origin woman in Trinidad sells winning lottery ticket

    An Indian-origin woman in Trinidad amp; Tobago, who sold a winning lottery ticket, stands to get a part of the 20.4 million Trinidadian dollars (approx $3.17 mn). An official of this country's National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) said Kamla Bhooklal was entitled to "a fixed percentage of the prize money", the Trinidad amp; Tobago Express reported Friday. However, the winner has remained a ...

  • Canadian PM to visit Peru Colombia to enhance economic ties

    Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper will pay a four-day visit to Peru and Colombia next week to enhance economic relations with South American countries.Senior officials of the Prime Minister's Office said at a news briefing that Harper will meet with leaders, representatives from the private sector and Canadians who are helping to increase economic prosperity, reinforce democratic ...

  • Oil prices rise on encouraging economic data

    Oil prices extended rally Friday on upbeat US economic data as well as positive performance in US commodity markets.US consumer confidence surged to a six-year high in May thanks to a rising stock market and cheaper gas prices, the monthly Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment reported Friday.The preliminary reading of the consumer sentiment rose to 83.7 in May from ...

  • Colombia Thief Hit By Bus Has Miracle Escape

    A Colombian thief botched his getaway by running into the path of a bus after stealing a woman's mobile phone at a station. The would-be robber was hit by the moving bus and fell between the vehicle and the glass doors of an exit at the station in Bagota, Colombia. He received medical attention and was treated for minor injuries. His victim recovered her phone and helped him out ...

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Winter's Bone

Winter's Bone

Winters Bone is set in the Ozark Mountains of southwestern Missouri, and to American viewers not familiar with the region, it could very well be another country. With the exception of the Deep South, this particular part of the Midwest is a kind of dark mirror of the American ima ... ...

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  • Venezuela frees opposition activist jailed over post-vote violence

    CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela on Friday released an opposition activist who had been jailed on accusations of inciting violence in the wake of President Nicolas Maduro's narrow election victory in April.Retired General Antonio Rivero, who government critics described as the first political prisoner of Maduro's government, told a local television station he had been released after ...

  • Film on Sexual Abuse Wins at Colombia-Venezuela Festival

    SAN CRISTBAL, Venezuela , May 17 2013 (IPS) - A Venezuelan movie about a young deaf woman who is sexually abused by her stepfather, "Brecha en el silencio" (Breach in the Silence), took top prize at the second Colombia-Venezuela film ...

  • South America contraception up to 79 Middle Africa 19

    Between 2003 and 2012, the total number of women worldwide wanting to avoid pregnancy and in need of contraception increased from 716 million to 867 million, with growth concentrated among women in the 69 poorest countries where modern method use was already very low. A young Chinese boy walks past a neighborhood 'sex shop', full of contraceptive suggestions, in central Beijing. (UPI ...

  • Venezuela’s military sent into high-crime slums

    He's clean, and he's sent off into the maze of ramshackle homes that is Petare, one of the most dangerous parts of Venezuela's notoriously crime-infested ...

  • Venezuelans Out of Toilet Paper

    First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities - toilet paper. Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, the embattled socialist government says it will import 50 million rolls. Economists say Venezuela's shortages stem from price controls meant to make basic goods available to the poorest parts of society and to ...

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