ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Gunmen murdered one of the surviving leaders of a peasant movement whose land dispute with a powerful politician prompted the end of Fernando Lugo‘s presidency last June.Vidal Vega, 48, was hit four times early Saturday by bullets from a 12-gauge shotgun and a .38-caliber revolver fired by two unidentified men who sped away on a motorcycle, according to an official report...
Bryce Dallas Howard film among the live-action short films on Oscar nominations shortlist
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – “when you find me,” directed by “Twilight” star Bryce Dallas Howard and executive-produced by her father Ron Howard, is among 11 films that have been shortlisted for possible Oscars nomination, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thursday.Though the Academy typically only short-lists 10 entries, a tie in the nominations balloting resulted in an 11th title...
Germany’s Merck Serono to produce medicines in UAE
Label: HealthABU DHABI (Reuters) – Germany’s Merck Serono said it would team up with an Abu Dhabi firm to produce medicines for the domestic and regional markets, the first multinational of its kind to make branded products in the United Arab Emirates.Merck Serono, the pharmaceutical arm of Merck KGaA, will initially produce two of its products at Neopharma‘s facilities in Abu Dhabi, the German firm’s first such...
US budget talks ‘in stalemate’
Label: Business2 December 2012 Last updated at 11:20 ETUS treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said there will be no deal to avert a “fiscal cliff” unless Republicans accept a tax hike for the wealthy.But House Speaker John Boehner has dismissed a 10-year plan, which aims to raise $ 1.6tn (£1tn) through tax rises and spending cuts, as “silliness”.The two men met on Thursday as time runs out to broker a deal.Economists...
Italy votes for center-left candidate for premier
Label: WorldROME (AP) — Italians are choosing a center-left candidate for premier for elections early next year, an important primary runoff given the main party is ahead in the polls against a center-right camp in utter chaos over whether Silvio Berlusconi will run again.Sunday’s runoff pits a veteran center-left leader, Pier Luigi Bersani, 61, against the 37-year-old mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi, who has...
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The Kids Are All Right: How Social Media Created a Generation of Activists
Label: TechnologyThis week marked the nation’s inaugural “Giving Tuesday,” a UN sponsored initiative, which utilized social media to encourage businesses, schools, and community members to give back. The effort resulted in $ 10 million worth of donations made in a single day, a 53 percent increase over the same day last year.Conceived as a means to promote activism and charity, the campaign’s use of social media...
How Aggressive Hyena Moms Give Their Kids a Boost
Label: HealthEarly one morning I caught sight of Morpheus, silhouetted against a pink African dawn. Her long, sloping neck was stretched out as she loped away from me, disappearing over a hill. I followed her to a nearby plain and was met with the unmistakable sound of a group of hyenas squabbling over a carcass. Morpheus entered the fray, first lunging at a smaller male on her right. A moment later, she looked...
French unions rage at Hollande over Mittal deal
Label: BusinessPARIS (Reuters) – French trade unions accused President Francois Hollande of betrayal on Saturday after his government backed away from a threat to nationalize ArcelorMittal‘s Florange steelworks.The Socialist government said on Friday it had won promises from ArcelorMittal to avoid forced redundancies and inject 180 million euros to develop the Florange plant, meaning it would no longer have to take...
Cargo plane crashes in Brazzaville, 3 dead
Label: WorldBRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — A cargo plane owned by a private company crashed Friday near the airport in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, killing at least three people, officials said.The Soviet-made Ilyushin-76 belonged to Trans Air Congo and appeared to be transporting merchandise, not people, said an aviation official who requested anonymity because he was not authorized...
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