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Angelina Jolie visits Haitian Earthquake Survivors in Dominican Hospital

By Dorkys Ramos | 02/09/2010 - 18:18 | 1 Comment

Actress Angelina Jolie recently met with Haitian earthquake victims currently receiving medical care in a Dominican hospital. The U.N. Goodwill Ambassador traveled to the Dario Contrera Hospital located in the capital of Santo Domingo to...

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Seven Year Old Samba Queen Stirs Controversy in Brazil

By Mariela Rosario | 02/09/2010 - 14:54 | 0 Comments

Some people are up in arms about a recent report that the Viradouro samba school has selected seven-year-old Julia Lira to be their Queen for the huge annual Carnival parade in the Sambodromo. Julia's father, Marco Lira, is the owner of the samba school and her mother, Monica Lira, is a police official. Both parents think...

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Chinese Woman to Undergo Surgery to Look Like Jessica Alba

By Mariela Rosario | 02/08/2010 - 16:27 | 1 Comment

Jessica Alba is reportedly appalled by recent news of a young Chinese woman who is preparing to undergo radical plastic surgery in a bid to look like the Mexicana actress.

The 21-year-old woman, who says her name is Xiaoqing, will subject herself to multiple surgeries to transform herself into Alba's doppelganger. So what...

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Costa Rica Elects First Female President in Landslide Victory

By Dorkys Ramos | 02/08/2010 - 15:48 | 0 Comments

With most of the votes counted from Sunday’s election, it looks like Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president. Laura Chinchilla maintains a 47 percent share of vote, far beyond the 40 percent needed to avoid a run-off. Chinchilla, a...

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Controversial Push for Miss Colombia to Get a Nose Job

By Mariela Rosario | 02/08/2010 - 12:57 | 12 Comments

Ever since Natalia Navarro was crowned Miss Colombia back in November 2009, she has generated controversy. Everything from her use of colloquial "street" Spanish to her physical appearance has come under scrutiny in her native Colombia, where beauty pageants and the cult of perfection inspire passionate debate.

But it seems that some are taking their...

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Young Girl Arrested at School for Writing on Her Desk

By Shani Saxon-Parrish | 02/05/2010 - 18:10 | 5 Comments

In today’s WTF news, NYC middle school student Alexa Gonzalez had the audacity to use a marker to scribble, "Lex was here 2/1/10" on her desk Monday. She also wrote "I love my friends Abby and Faith," the NY Daily News ...

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Day Laborers in California Sue for Right to Solicit Work

By Mariela Rosario | 02/04/2010 - 18:00 | 4 Comments

Day laborers in Costa Mesa, California have filed a lawsuit against the city after police dressed in plain clothes posed as employers and subsequently arrested dozens of workers attempting to solicit jobs. Costa Mesa, a small city about 35 miles outside of Los Angeles, passed an ordinance outlawing work solicitation in 2005. They also managed to shut down a labor center...

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Honduras’ New Government Claims Bankruptcy

By Shani Saxon-Parrish | 02/04/2010 - 14:00 | 0 Comments

The new administration in Honduras didn’t get off to a good start last week. First, it was announced that the nation is bankrupt and will likely need financial assistance from foreign countries in order to recover from months of diplomatic isolation over its June coup,...

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