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  • Venezuela to meet toilet paper demand Venezuela to meet toilet paper demand

    The Venezuelan government has vowed to end a toilet paper shortage in the country. With the commodity in high demand, Venezuela's National Assembly has said it will agree to the importation of 39 million rolls of toilet paper. Toothpaste and soap are also on the Venezuelan shopping list following a chronic shortage brought on by currency controls, which have restricted the landing of ...

  • Colombia Ban welcomes agreement between government and FARC

    26 May 2013 150 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the announcement that the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) have reached an agreement on rural development. "This is a significant achievement and an important step forward," Mr. Ban's spokesperson said in a statement. "[Mr. Ban] wishes both delegations further success in their ...

  • Colombia FARC agree on land reform

    The FARC rebel group and Colombian government Sunday announced they have reached agreement on land reform. The Los Angeles Times reported the breakthrough was reached by negotiators in Havana. Land reform is one of six points that the two sides must resolve if they are to end the decades-long hostilities, the newspaper said. In a joint announcement, the two sides said they had agreed on ...

  • UPDATE 3-Colombia FARC rebels reach agreement on agrarian reform

    Sun May 26, 2013 9:02pm EDT (Adds analyst quotes, U.N. reaction) * Accord to bring "radical transformation" in rural areas * Talks will move on to issue of FARC political participation * Negotiations to resume June 11 in Havana By Jeff Franks HAVANA, May 26 (Reuters) - Colombia and the Marxist-led FARC rebels have reached agreement on the critical issue of agrarian reform, the two sides ...

  • Colombia Rebels Reach Land Reform Agreement

    Ivan Marquez, center, chief negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is accompanied by fellow members of his team, during the peace talks with Colombia's government in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, May 26, ...

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Léon Morin, Priest [Blu-Ray]

Léon Morin, Priest [Blu-Ray]

As a narrative trope to explore (or exploit) the tensions between the spirit and the flesh, the amorous priest genre is one of my least favorites, if only because it is so tiresome in its obviousness. Putting a powerful, sexually alluring actor like Montgomery Clift or Richard ... ...

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  • Colombia and its rebels reach land reform deal

    HAVANA (AP) -- Colombia and that country's largest rebel group have announced an agreement on one of their main bones of contention - land reform. The deal is the fruit of more than half a year of slow-moving peace negotiations in the Cuban ...

  • Police 4 miners missing in Guyana jungle after boat overturns in river swollen by heavy rains

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Soliders and police are scouring a swollen river in Guyana's remote western jungle for four miners whose boat capsized in rapids during heavy rainfall. Police Spokesman Ivelaw Whittaker says the four missing men were part of a group of seven miners heading into the resource-rich Cuyuni region bordering Venezuela when their boat overturned. A passing vessel managed to ...

  • MLB San Diego 10 Arizona 4

    Everth Cabrera went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer and four RBI Saturday, supplying the power in San Diego's 10-4 win over Arizona. Cabrera's shot in the third inning erased an early 2-0 deficit and his two-run double in the fourth capped a five-run uprising that broke the game open. Yonder Alonso added two RBI ...

  • Russian Rosneft Venezuelan PDVSA Enter Joint Venture

    (MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Leader of Russia's petroleum industry, Rosneft, and State-energy monopoly Petroleos de Venezuela, PdVSA, have signed founding documents to set up PetroVictoria, a joint venture to develop the Carabobo-2 oil field, Rosneft sources told Tass on Friday. The recoverable reserves of Carabobo-2 are estimated at 700 million tons. Rosneft has a 40-percent stake in the ...

  • Colombia to Have Its 1st Canonized Saint on Sunday

    Mother Laura Montoya Defended Human Dignity of Indigenous PeoplesBy H. Sergio MoraROME, May 10, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Dialogue, the ability to forgive, national unity, and great charity were the main charisms of Mother Laura Montoya (1874-1949), the first Colombian canonized saint.The founder of the Institute of Mary Immaculate and Saint Catherine of Siena, will be canonized on Sunday, May 12, by ...

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