Lady GaGa Plays Soccer with Local Children in Rio

    Lady GaGa plays Soccer with local children in Rio     GaGa Plays in Streets on Thursday    Singer Lady Gaga on Thursday played soccer and sang with children in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, where she is set to perform this week. Lady Gaga visited Cantagalo, a favela (shantytown) located on a hill […]

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Robert Pattinson Forgives Kristen Stewart

  Kristen Stewart tore their relationship to shreds when she decided to cheat on Rob with married film director Rupert Sanders.  But Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have reportedly decided to give their romance another shot.    Forgiveness  The Twilight co-stars are said to have had a tearful heart-to-heart, with the 26-year-old actor eventually deciding […]

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Romney’s Cruel Canine Vacation

The reporter intended the anecdote that opened part four of the Boston Globe’s profile of Mitt Romney to illustrate, as the story said, “emotion-free crisis management”: Father deals with minor — but gross — incident during a 1983 family vacation, and saves the day. But the details of the event are more than unseemly — they may, in fact, be illegal.

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After Bin Laden, Should Europe Brace for Revenge?

The dramatic announcement of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s May 1 death came too late for most Europeans to hear about it in real time. But by the earliest hours of Monday morning, both regular citizens and the officials in Europe tasked with protecting them from terror strikes were in full debate about how Bin Laden’s killing might change the activity and determination of jihadists plotting to strike around the globe

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Argentina art brushes aside recession fears

As with most industries around the globe, the art world has been taking a hit, as collectors pare down purchases on expensive pieces. But in Latin America, there’s some light in the art world: affordable art is selling well. The Buenos Aires International Art Fair — known as ArteBA — took place this week and attracted more than 130,000 visitors during its five-day run.

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Asia markets rise on China manufacturing rise

Asian markets were buoyed on Monday as a report showed manufacturing output in China on the rise, while Asian governments agreed to create a $120 billion foreign currency reserve fund. The notice would allow The New York Times Co., which owns the Massachusetts newspaper, to close it in 60 days, the Globe reported. The Times Co

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