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  • Trinidad and Tobago Wants to Strengthen Commercial Links with DR

    Santo Domingo, May 20 (PL) Trinidad and Tobago seeks to increase trade relations with the Dominican Republic, and to fulfill this objective, delegations from both countries met today in this capital. We hope that enterprises from both countries may achieve the exchange of goods and services, and the formation of strategic alliances, said the President of the Export Agency of Trinidad and Tobago, ...

  • Waging the Media War in Venezuela Maduro’s First Month in Power

    since officially taking office Nicols Maduro has had to fend off a media war waged against him from multiple fronts. Now the tension seems to have finally dropped it is time for him to move on and make sure he doesn't get bogged down in petty disputes with an obstinate opponent. In the days ...

  • HandM considering production in South America and Africa CEO

    STOCKHOLM--Swedish fashion giant H&M is considering starting production in South America and Africa, chief executive Karl-Johan Persson told the Financial Times in an interview published on ...

  • Oil prices edge lower in Asian trade

    SINGAPORE--Oil prices were down in Asian trade Monday as investors locked in profits from last week's gains after U.S. stocks blazed to new record ...

  • Harper escapes to South America

    More allegations of questionable accounting from Duffy as critics step up attack OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper darts off to South America Tuesday as his party and office attempt to put a lid on an explosive Senate firestorm at home. Harper will dodge the direct ire of opposition parties this week, which will demand answers after his chief of staff Nigel Wright resigned and Senators ...

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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

In I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Adam Sandler and Kevin James play Chuck Levine and Larry Valentine, two uber-masculine, unfailingly heterosexual New York City firefighters who pretend to be a married gay couple so that Larry can keep his pension ... ...

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  • VIDEO Toilet paper shortage in Venezuela

    The government of Venezuela is trying to import 50 million rolls of toilet paper before supermarket shelves run out of stock. Some economists say that the shortage of basic goods - which also include milk, butter and coffee - is a result of the socialist government's price control policies. Mauricio Moraes ...

  • Colombia enters into game of attracting Hollywood business

    Colombia is the latest country to vie for production work. Hollywood may migrate south for a while while Colombia becomes the next country to bid for Hollywood production by offering incentives for filming. According to a report by Variety, a new law in the country will allow foreign shoots for film and TV investing over $500,000 in the Colombia's economy can receive cash rebates of up to 40 ...

  • To tackle corruption Guyana launches website asking citizens to report bribery allegations

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana - In a bid to reduce public corruption, Guyana is inviting citizens to use the Internet to report graft and bribery. Demand for bribes is widespread in Guyana. Police officers are chronically accused of shaking down motorists. Customs officers are also regularly accused of demanding cash for allowing imported goods to be released. Security Minister Clement Rohee says ...

  • More than 100 Journalists Attacked in Colombia in 2012

    Bogota, May 20 (PL) Attacks on journalists in Colombia reached a total of 158 in 2012, the highest figure in the last four years, according to data released by the Foundation for Press Freedom. So far this year, eight reporters have been threatened in the northern department of Valledupar. In addition, the journalist for Week magazine, Ricardo Alarcon, who is investigating the irregularities in ...

  • Russia Delivers First Lada Cars to Venezuela

    MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has delivered a first batch of 450 Lada cars to Venezuela, said Sergei Goreslavsky, head of Russian Technologies (Rostec) high-tech state corporation's international economic cooperation department. Russia's biggest automaker AvtoVAZ, which is part of Rostec, agreed a deal with Venezuela in April 2010 for construction of a Lada assembly plant ...

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