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São Paulo is almost beyond the imagination, a megacity of almost 20 million that sprawls like Los Angeles and boasts enough skyscrapers to vie with New York. The gritty financial engine of the new Brazil, São Paulo exerts influence over commerce, media and culture. It is an “urban labyrinth that reaches toward the infinite.” It might not have the palm-fringed glamour of Rio de Janeiro, but in the view of urbane Paulistanos, Brazil has only one truly global city: theirs.

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Brazil sets up Truth Commission on rights abuses

Brazil's Senate agreed to set up a Truth Commission to investigate human rights violations during the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, officials said. The leg-islation passed, according to the congressio-nal news agency, having already been approved by the House of Deputies, and now awaits President Dilma Rousseff's sig-nature to take effect.

Rousseff, a former guerrilla fighter now aged 63, is Brazil's first woman and sec-ond leftist to be elected president. She had urged Congress to act swiftly on the Truth Commission bill, seen as key to national rec-onciliation, which was put before lawmak-ers by her predecessor, also of the Workers Party, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The commission is meant to investigate issues including politically motivated abductions in the Cold War-era, rights abuses and murders over a time span longer than the dictatorship -- 1946-1988. It does not however lift an amnesty for those who carried out the repression, in effect since 1979, and upheld last year by the Supreme Court.

Brazil has acknowledged 400 abductions and presumed deaths during the dictatorship. Other countries in southern South America which had right-wing dictatorships and political abuses and killings during the 1960s-80s - Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile - have put some of the perpetrators of the era on trial. Brazil, however, has not.

Outraged Brazilians 'occupy'

downtown RioAround 150 Brazilian activists held signs nature of this movement. The cause of most of

with angry slogans in downtown Rio de the problems in our world is the capitalist sys-Janeiro in an "Occupy Rio" protest inspired by tem," added the woman, who said she had a similar demonstrations in Spain and the degree in environmental studies.United States. The Brazilian protesters are mostly high

"2012 Is the End of the Capitalist World," school and college students, and members of read one sign. "Why is the world for everyone, leftist parties. Many are in direct online con-but so many people are hungry?" asked tact with similar protests around the world.another. The activists, inspired by the "out- Brazilian protesters are also angry over rage" protests in Madrid and the "Occupy Wall forced expropriations made to build infra-Street" demonstrators in New York, moved structure for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 into Rio over the Olympics, as well weekend and are as the building of staying in tents the giant Belo pitched in the Monte dam in an Cinelandia Plaza. Amazon region of

"It is not Para state.enough to combat A similar-sized the symptoms with- group of "outraged" out addressing the protesters has been cause," said a camped out in female protester downtown Sao who refused to give Paulo, Brazil's her name, citing industrial and the need to main- financial capital, tain "the horizontal since October 15.

Peugeot plans to double

production in Brazil

French auto giant PSA Peugeot Citroen plans to double production in Brazil by 2015, part of a global shift towards emerging economies hastened by the downturn in Europe and the United States. Peugeot aims to produce 300,000 vehicles per year and increase its production of engines from 280,000 to 400,000 per year by then, its head of Latin American operations, Carlos Gomes, announced last Wednes-day.

"This is a long-term investment, as we believe in the market," Gomes told reporters. The agreement was signed by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and the visiting chairman of Peugeot's super-visory board, Thierry Peugeot. Peugeot plans to invest some $240 million per year as part of the expansion, for a total investment of $940 million by 2015, a spokesman said. The company cur-rently produces some 150,000 vehicles per year in South America's largest country, where it is the fifth largest producer, behind Fiat, Volkswagen, General Motors and Ford. Brazil repre-sents five percent of the company's world sales and is projected to grow to between seven and eight percent by 2015, Gomes said.According to Simon Kinnie, senior investment analyst at Standard Life “The market's getting a little out of hand,” says Marcos Faria

Investments, Sao Paulo is just one centre to have seen a positive effect on its Lamacchia, a banker who bought his apartment in Jardim América two real estate sector due to "improving global growth". He explained that there years ago and was recently offered a price in the millions of dollars, double are often "limited options" for those seeking new space in the city, especially what he paid. “I'd rather put my money in Miami, where it's still possible to in its office sector, which bodes well for the area's performance. buy low.” Despite such concerns, renting or buying real estate in São Paulo

Investors can expect returns to be "elevated" if they put their money has become a contact sport. A furnished penthouse apartment in the well-into real estate in the Brazilian city, Mr Kinnie added. Recently, research heeled Jardins district might rent for as much as $20,000 a month, a sum organisation RNCOS released data that shows the Brazilian housing market unimaginable a short time ago. The penthouse in the new Daniel Libeskind has experienced "tremendous growth" over the past few years. The report building going up in the ritzy Itaim Bibi area recently sold for $12 million. went on to claim that Brazil's real estate sector is one of "the most profitable An apartment owned by the heiress Athina Onassis in the Chateau Margaux and dynamic industry in Latin America". As Brazil's economy soars, partly building in Vila Nova Conceição, near Ibirapuera Park, sold for about $20 as a result of China's great appetite for its commodities, like iron ore and million last year. Broader access to credit fuels a lot of the buying. Tradi-soybeans, not to mention the oil recently found in abundance offshore, Sao tionally, Brazilians bought homes without much bank financing, often putt-Paulo prospers. A surge in deal-making and the resilience of Brazil's cur- ing up cash and bartering other properties or even automobiles as part of rency, the real, has attracted foreign investment bankers, hedge fund man- each deal. Or they simply rented. But economic stability now gives Brazil-agers and venture capitalists. Well-educated Brazilians are returning from ians access to loans with interest rates in the neighborhood of 12 percent. abroad. Compensation in some executive suites now rivals the pay on Wall While that rate might be unthinkable to Americans, it is a big shift for Bra-Street. zilians happy to have any type of home loan in a country with a history of

All these people need a place to live. hyperinflation and high interest rates. Still, buildings aren't going up fast enough Apartment flipping, especially at the high to satisfy the population, and a housing defi- end, is growing more common.cit persists. For the poor with dreams of Many of the new luxury buildings are joining the growing middle class, this sleek, rectangular affairs but smog-means living cheek by jowl in favelas. For darkened high-rises from earlier booms the rich seeking to avoid the infamous traf- still occupy big swaths of São Paulo. Rarer fic jams, it means surreal competition for are the elegant districts that have pre-apartments that can be downright ordinary served their allure, like Jardim Europa, in prestigious and strategically located with its winding streets and shady pitanga neighborhoods. The market-research firm trees. One aesthetic that hasn't changed IBOPE Inteligência found that prices for much in the latest boom involves security. newly constructed apartments across São While São Paulo's once-horrific homicide Paulo climbed 31 percent from a year ago. rate has declined, crime — robberies and Prices for existing properties in some cov- home invasions — remains a preoccupa-eted neighborhoods surged even higher: tion. Guarding those elegant mansions in apartments in Jardins were up 81 percent; Jardim Europa are towering walls with Itaim Bibi rose 59 percent. gunmen at their sentry posts.

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Brazil sets up Truth Commission on rights abuses

Brazil's Senate agreed to set up a Truth Commission to investigate human rights violations during the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, officials said. The leg-islation passed, according to the congressio-nal news agency, having already been approved by the House of Deputies, and now awaits President Dilma Rousseff's sig-nature to take effect.

Rousseff, a former guerrilla fighter now aged 63, is Brazil's first woman and sec-ond leftist to be elected president. She had urged Congress to act swiftly on the Truth Commission bill, seen as key to national rec-onciliation, which was put before lawmak-ers by her predecessor, also of the Workers Party, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The commission is meant to investigate issues including politically motivated abductions in the Cold War-era, rights abuses and murders over a time span longer than the dictatorship -- 1946-1988. It does not however lift an amnesty for those who carried out the repression, in effect since 1979, and upheld last year by the Supreme Court.

Brazil has acknowledged 400 abductions and presumed deaths during the dictatorship. Other countries in southern South America which had right-wing dictatorships and political abuses and killings during the 1960s-80s - Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile - have put some of the perpetrators of the era on trial. Brazil, however, has not.

Outraged Brazilians 'occupy'

downtown RioAround 150 Brazilian activists held signs nature of this movement. The cause of most of

with angry slogans in downtown Rio de the problems in our world is the capitalist sys-Janeiro in an "Occupy Rio" protest inspired by tem," added the woman, who said she had a similar demonstrations in Spain and the degree in environmental studies.United States. The Brazilian protesters are mostly high

"2012 Is the End of the Capitalist World," school and college students, and members of read one sign. "Why is the world for everyone, leftist parties. Many are in direct online con-but so many people are hungry?" asked tact with similar protests around the world.another. The activists, inspired by the "out- Brazilian protesters are also angry over rage" protests in Madrid and the "Occupy Wall forced expropriations made to build infra-Street" demonstrators in New York, moved structure for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 into Rio over the Olympics, as well weekend and are as the building of staying in tents the giant Belo pitched in the Monte dam in an Cinelandia Plaza. Amazon region of

"It is not Para state.enough to combat A similar-sized the symptoms with- group of "outraged" out addressing the protesters has been cause," said a camped out in female protester downtown Sao who refused to give Paulo, Brazil's her name, citing industrial and the need to main- financial capital, tain "the horizontal since October 15.

Peugeot plans to double

production in Brazil

French auto giant PSA Peugeot Citroen plans to double production in Brazil by 2015, part of a global shift towards emerging economies hastened by the downturn in Europe and the United States. Peugeot aims to produce 300,000 vehicles per year and increase its production of engines from 280,000 to 400,000 per year by then, its head of Latin American operations, Carlos Gomes, announced last Wednes-day.

"This is a long-term investment, as we believe in the market," Gomes told reporters. The agreement was signed by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and the visiting chairman of Peugeot's super-visory board, Thierry Peugeot. Peugeot plans to invest some $240 million per year as part of the expansion, for a total investment of $940 million by 2015, a spokesman said. The company cur-rently produces some 150,000 vehicles per year in South America's largest country, where it is the fifth largest producer, behind Fiat, Volkswagen, General Motors and Ford. Brazil repre-sents five percent of the company's world sales and is projected to grow to between seven and eight percent by 2015, Gomes said.According to Simon Kinnie, senior investment analyst at Standard Life “The market's getting a little out of hand,” says Marcos Faria

Investments, Sao Paulo is just one centre to have seen a positive effect on its Lamacchia, a banker who bought his apartment in Jardim América two real estate sector due to "improving global growth". He explained that there years ago and was recently offered a price in the millions of dollars, double are often "limited options" for those seeking new space in the city, especially what he paid. “I'd rather put my money in Miami, where it's still possible to in its office sector, which bodes well for the area's performance. buy low.” Despite such concerns, renting or buying real estate in São Paulo

Investors can expect returns to be "elevated" if they put their money has become a contact sport. A furnished penthouse apartment in the well-into real estate in the Brazilian city, Mr Kinnie added. Recently, research heeled Jardins district might rent for as much as $20,000 a month, a sum organisation RNCOS released data that shows the Brazilian housing market unimaginable a short time ago. The penthouse in the new Daniel Libeskind has experienced "tremendous growth" over the past few years. The report building going up in the ritzy Itaim Bibi area recently sold for $12 million. went on to claim that Brazil's real estate sector is one of "the most profitable An apartment owned by the heiress Athina Onassis in the Chateau Margaux and dynamic industry in Latin America". As Brazil's economy soars, partly building in Vila Nova Conceição, near Ibirapuera Park, sold for about $20 as a result of China's great appetite for its commodities, like iron ore and million last year. Broader access to credit fuels a lot of the buying. Tradi-soybeans, not to mention the oil recently found in abundance offshore, Sao tionally, Brazilians bought homes without much bank financing, often putt-Paulo prospers. A surge in deal-making and the resilience of Brazil's cur- ing up cash and bartering other properties or even automobiles as part of rency, the real, has attracted foreign investment bankers, hedge fund man- each deal. Or they simply rented. But economic stability now gives Brazil-agers and venture capitalists. Well-educated Brazilians are returning from ians access to loans with interest rates in the neighborhood of 12 percent. abroad. Compensation in some executive suites now rivals the pay on Wall While that rate might be unthinkable to Americans, it is a big shift for Bra-Street. zilians happy to have any type of home loan in a country with a history of

All these people need a place to live. hyperinflation and high interest rates. Still, buildings aren't going up fast enough Apartment flipping, especially at the high to satisfy the population, and a housing defi- end, is growing more common.cit persists. For the poor with dreams of Many of the new luxury buildings are joining the growing middle class, this sleek, rectangular affairs but smog-means living cheek by jowl in favelas. For darkened high-rises from earlier booms the rich seeking to avoid the infamous traf- still occupy big swaths of São Paulo. Rarer fic jams, it means surreal competition for are the elegant districts that have pre-apartments that can be downright ordinary served their allure, like Jardim Europa, in prestigious and strategically located with its winding streets and shady pitanga neighborhoods. The market-research firm trees. One aesthetic that hasn't changed IBOPE Inteligência found that prices for much in the latest boom involves security. newly constructed apartments across São While São Paulo's once-horrific homicide Paulo climbed 31 percent from a year ago. rate has declined, crime — robberies and Prices for existing properties in some cov- home invasions — remains a preoccupa-eted neighborhoods surged even higher: tion. Guarding those elegant mansions in apartments in Jardins were up 81 percent; Jardim Europa are towering walls with Itaim Bibi rose 59 percent. gunmen at their sentry posts.

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Brazil ex-president Lula diagnosed

with throat cancerFormer president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who

governed Brazil for eight years and left power with record-high approval ratings, was diagnosed with throat cancer, a hospital said Saturday. Following a series of tests, the 66-year-old Lula "was diagnosed with a tumor located in his larynx" and will receive outpatient chemotherapy treatment, the Sao Paulo Hospital said. The former president was otherwise in good health.

President Dilma Rousseff, a Lula protege, warmly wished her former boss a speedy recovery. "Thanks to preventative exams, the tumor was dis-covered at a stage that allows it to be treated and cured," she said. "With his strength, determination and capacity to overcome all types of adversities," Lula "will also overcome this challenge."

Lula left power with a soaring 80 percent approval rating after two consecutive terms from January 2003 to December 2010. The former copper factory worker's social programs helped lift 29 mil-lion Brazilians out of poverty, and his foreign policy turned Brazil into a global power player. The news came as a shock to Brazilians, unaware that Lula was ill. He will have his first chemotherapy session on Monday. Since leaving office, Lula has often traveled abroad, and has been busy with his activities as head of the governing Worker's Party.

FIFA will make half-price tickets available for Bra-zilians aged 65 and over at the 2014 World Cup finals, amid plans to make all tickets cheaper for fans from the host nation. Brazilian law states that people aged over 65 are entitled to half-price tickets but FIFA had initially refused to follow the policy, sparking anger in Brazilian political circles, before relenting.

However, Jerome Valcke, secretary general of world football's governing body, said in an interview published in last Tuesday's edition of newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo that half-price tickets could not be made available to other specific groups, such as "blood donors, students or former players".

FIFA and the Brazilian government are at logger-heads over the sale of cheap tickets to students, in line with Brazilian law, and over the sale of alcohol in stadia, with Valcke insisting cheaper tickets across the board is a more viable option.

FIFA plans cheap WC tickets for

Brazilians

Brazil has thousands

working in forced labor: ILO

Thousands of people still toil in forced labor in Brazil, despite government attempts to curtail the practice, the International Labour Organization said in a new report. Since 1995, more than 40,000 people have been rescued from forced labor, citing field reports from the poor, rural areas in the coun-try's northeast and interviews with 121 people who were released between 2006 to 2007.

The workers were found to be mostly black males who grew up in poverty, began working as children and had little formal education, said the ILO report. Many of them were working in near slave-like conditions without contracts and did not receive any salary, doing long hours of manual labor without the possibility of leaving their remote work sites, the report said.

Those who were paid were forced to use their pitiful wages to buy food and pay for lodging, often in tents or huts without running water or sanitation facilities. Some were even required to pay for their work tools. Many of the men rescued ended up back in similarly difficult working conditions, the report noted. Employers were said to be mainly white men from the affluent southeast of Brazil, Latin America's largest economy.

Brazil Indians in dam protest

release 7 hostages

Brazilian authorities say Kaiabi Indians have released seven people they had been hold-ing hostage to oppose construction of a dam.

The Justice Ministry says five employees of the government's Indian affairs agency and two workers for an electric company were released last Sunday in good condition. They had been held for five days in the Amazon com-munity of Kururuzinho.

The Kaiabi oppose the construction of a dam and demand speedier official recognition of their land in Mato Grosso state.

The ministry said in a statement last Mon-day that demarcation of the land will start soon. A Kaiabi delegation will fly to the capital within a week for further negotiations.

The 1,200-member Kaiabi tribe says the dam will harm its fishing and sacred sites.

Brazil to invest $13.7 bln in technical education

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff last Wednesday signed a bill which will provide as much as 13.7 billion U.S. dollars to increase students' access to technical schools in the next three years. Under the so-called "National Program for Access to Technical Education and Employment" (Pronatec), the government expects to create eight million places in tech-nical courses.

Next to its investment in the nationwide program for the 2011-2014 period, the govern-ment plans tax-deductible funding from pri-vate companies. A total of 208 technical schools are being built, 35 of which are expected to be finished by the end of this year. In addition to building new public technical schools, the government is also cooperating with private institutions to offer more free courses.

In an official statement, Rousseff said the program will help increase the quality of edu-cation in Brazil. She said although the coun-try has managed to establish access to univer-sal education, the quality of education needs to improve.

"We have the challenge to ensure qualifi-cation to our youngsters and our adults, who in the past did not have the opportunity to get this qualification," Rousseff said. She said the technical schooling must "combine general information, practical teachings and the neces-sary qualification to face the economy of knowledge and technological sophistication."

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Brazil ex-president Lula diagnosed

with throat cancerFormer president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who

governed Brazil for eight years and left power with record-high approval ratings, was diagnosed with throat cancer, a hospital said Saturday. Following a series of tests, the 66-year-old Lula "was diagnosed with a tumor located in his larynx" and will receive outpatient chemotherapy treatment, the Sao Paulo Hospital said. The former president was otherwise in good health.

President Dilma Rousseff, a Lula protege, warmly wished her former boss a speedy recovery. "Thanks to preventative exams, the tumor was dis-covered at a stage that allows it to be treated and cured," she said. "With his strength, determination and capacity to overcome all types of adversities," Lula "will also overcome this challenge."

Lula left power with a soaring 80 percent approval rating after two consecutive terms from January 2003 to December 2010. The former copper factory worker's social programs helped lift 29 mil-lion Brazilians out of poverty, and his foreign policy turned Brazil into a global power player. The news came as a shock to Brazilians, unaware that Lula was ill. He will have his first chemotherapy session on Monday. Since leaving office, Lula has often traveled abroad, and has been busy with his activities as head of the governing Worker's Party.

FIFA will make half-price tickets available for Bra-zilians aged 65 and over at the 2014 World Cup finals, amid plans to make all tickets cheaper for fans from the host nation. Brazilian law states that people aged over 65 are entitled to half-price tickets but FIFA had initially refused to follow the policy, sparking anger in Brazilian political circles, before relenting.

However, Jerome Valcke, secretary general of world football's governing body, said in an interview published in last Tuesday's edition of newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo that half-price tickets could not be made available to other specific groups, such as "blood donors, students or former players".

FIFA and the Brazilian government are at logger-heads over the sale of cheap tickets to students, in line with Brazilian law, and over the sale of alcohol in stadia, with Valcke insisting cheaper tickets across the board is a more viable option.

FIFA plans cheap WC tickets for

Brazilians

Brazil has thousands

working in forced labor: ILO

Thousands of people still toil in forced labor in Brazil, despite government attempts to curtail the practice, the International Labour Organization said in a new report. Since 1995, more than 40,000 people have been rescued from forced labor, citing field reports from the poor, rural areas in the coun-try's northeast and interviews with 121 people who were released between 2006 to 2007.

The workers were found to be mostly black males who grew up in poverty, began working as children and had little formal education, said the ILO report. Many of them were working in near slave-like conditions without contracts and did not receive any salary, doing long hours of manual labor without the possibility of leaving their remote work sites, the report said.

Those who were paid were forced to use their pitiful wages to buy food and pay for lodging, often in tents or huts without running water or sanitation facilities. Some were even required to pay for their work tools. Many of the men rescued ended up back in similarly difficult working conditions, the report noted. Employers were said to be mainly white men from the affluent southeast of Brazil, Latin America's largest economy.

Brazil Indians in dam protest

release 7 hostages

Brazilian authorities say Kaiabi Indians have released seven people they had been hold-ing hostage to oppose construction of a dam.

The Justice Ministry says five employees of the government's Indian affairs agency and two workers for an electric company were released last Sunday in good condition. They had been held for five days in the Amazon com-munity of Kururuzinho.

The Kaiabi oppose the construction of a dam and demand speedier official recognition of their land in Mato Grosso state.

The ministry said in a statement last Mon-day that demarcation of the land will start soon. A Kaiabi delegation will fly to the capital within a week for further negotiations.

The 1,200-member Kaiabi tribe says the dam will harm its fishing and sacred sites.

Brazil to invest $13.7 bln in technical education

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff last Wednesday signed a bill which will provide as much as 13.7 billion U.S. dollars to increase students' access to technical schools in the next three years. Under the so-called "National Program for Access to Technical Education and Employment" (Pronatec), the government expects to create eight million places in tech-nical courses.

Next to its investment in the nationwide program for the 2011-2014 period, the govern-ment plans tax-deductible funding from pri-vate companies. A total of 208 technical schools are being built, 35 of which are expected to be finished by the end of this year. In addition to building new public technical schools, the government is also cooperating with private institutions to offer more free courses.

In an official statement, Rousseff said the program will help increase the quality of edu-cation in Brazil. She said although the coun-try has managed to establish access to univer-sal education, the quality of education needs to improve.

"We have the challenge to ensure qualifi-cation to our youngsters and our adults, who in the past did not have the opportunity to get this qualification," Rousseff said. She said the technical schooling must "combine general information, practical teachings and the neces-sary qualification to face the economy of knowledge and technological sophistication."

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WikiLeaks shuts down operations for now

Whistleblower website WikiLeaks on last Monday cables last year. The refusal by US firms to accept said it was temporarily stopping publication of exposes donations has cost the WikiLeaks "tens of millions of to concentrate on economic survival in the face of a dollars" in lost funding, WikiLeaks said. Its founder blockade by US financial companies. Julian Assange maintained that donations to the

While announcing this, WikiLeaks founder Julian website were running at 100,000 euros a month in 2010, Assange said that an "arbitrary and unlawful financial but had dropped to a monthly figure of 6,000 to 7,000 blockade" since last December has "destroyed 95% of our euros this year. While Assange vowed to fight back the revenue". economic blockade, his group also issued a statement

WikiLeaks would saying it would stop pub-need $3.5 million over the lishing in order to focus next year to continue on making money, operating, Assange said, explaining that the adding that financial blockade imposed by problems may lead to the companies including closure of the site at the Visa, MasterCard, West-end of this year. ern Union and PayPal

Apparently under left it with no choice. US pressure, American Assange confirmed financial firms like Visa, that WikiLeaks was fac-MasterCard, Western ing legal cases in Den-Union and PayPal had mark, Iceland, the UK started pulling the plug and Australia as well as on WikiLeaks. The imme- an existing action in diate reason was the pub- the EU, which were a lishing of some 250,000 heavy drain on its US state department resources.

Murdoch Jr to be quizzed

againJames Murdoch, the apparent

heir to his father's News Corp before a phone hacking scandal engulfed the company in July, is to return before the British parlia-ment for further questioning in November. Murdoch and his 80-yearold father Rupert appeared before the powerful parliamentary committee in July at the height of the drama, to discuss how journal-ists at their 'News of the World' tabloid had hacked the phones of thousands of people to generate stories.

Since then, however, executives working below James Murdoch have contradicted his testimony over what he knew and when about the illegal activity, which has hammered the reputation and value of the company. The statement came as Murdoch's predecessor at British newspaper arm, Les Hinton, appeared before the same committee for a second time, saying he had not been complicit in a cover up and that he had not realized the scale of the problem. Asked by the committee if he was in any way complicit in letting untruth corrupt the truth, Hinton replied: "I don't think I was complicit in what you were suggesting." He also said he was busy at the time with other areas of the business.

PM Cameron faces party

revolt over EUNearly a quarter of the 300-

odd MPs in Britain's Conserva-tive party, the major partner in the ruling coalition, were chal-lenging the authority of their leader and prime minister, David Cameron, on last Monday by forcing a debate and vote in the House of Commons to have a referendum on whether or not the United Kingdom should remain a member of the Euro-pean Union (EU).

Despite a three-line Whip to oppose the motion, right-wing MPs, including some junior min-isters, were in a defiant mood as a six-hour debate expected to run late into the night got underway. David Nuttal, a rebel, clamed "two-thirds" of the British people want to pull out of the EU. This is the most serious challenge to Cameron's authority since he became party leader six years ago and the biggest backbench revolt of his 17-month premiership.

While this will not defeat the government - as both alliance partner, Liberal Democrats, and the main opposition Labour party were slated to vote against the proposal - it is deeply embar-rassing for the prime minister. Leading in to the debate, Cameron argued: "Our national interest is to be in the EU, helping to determine the rules governing the single market."

Referring to the crisis currently engulfing the euro currency, he added : "When your neigh-bour's house is on fire, your first instinct is to put out the flames, stopping them from reaching your house." Conservative backbencher Bernard Jenkin said the public had not been consulted on the issue of Europe for more than 35 years.

When Charles is king, Buckingham

will be hotelPrince Charles has plans to move the kind of grand official government hotel and

royal family out of Buckingham Palace, and centre for events.transform it into a hotel and events centre "The king would base himself not in Lon-when he becomes the king, says a book. don but at Windsor Castle," Marr is quoted as According to sources quoted in the upcoming saying in his book.book penned by BBC broadcaster Andrew However, palace sources have dismissed Marr, the 62-year-old Prince wants to put his it as "complete speculation." A Clarence House own stamp on monarchy by formulating a "de- spokesman said: "There have been no discus-tailed plan for a first year of change under sions or plans or meetings at all about this mat-King Charles III". ter, or any plans made about such future

In fact, the author has claimed in the biog- arrangements." According to Marr's book, raphy of the Queen that Prince Charles has Prince Charles, who has been heir to the already distanced himself from the monarch throne since 1952, has confided in aides that he court in the capital. "His wonders if he will out-succession would be fol- live his mother, who has lowed by a dramatic in the past ruled out abdi-clearing out of the cur- cating in favour of her rent Buckingham Palace eldest son. However, one staff and the arrival of source told Marr that his own team. One of the abdication has been dis-more dramatic ideas that cussed: "I wouldn't actu-has been discussed is for ally rule it out. If she got the royal family in his to a point where she was reign to leave the very old and very tired it Buckingham Palace could come to be the sen-entirely, leaving it as a sible view."

UK population 'to hit 70m by 2027'

The UK population is on course to reach 70 million within 16 years, fuelled by the number of migrants coming to the country, figures have shown. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the UK was set to reach the milestone by mid-2027.

Within 25 years, the UK pop-ulation is set to swell from 62.3 million last year to 73.2 million, with more than two thirds of this increase a result of immi-gration, the figures showed.

Of the 10.9 million increase, 5.1 million (47%) is due to pro-jected net migration, 2.3 million (21%) from migrant women giving birth, and 5.8 million (53%) due to projected natural increase as the number of births outpace deaths.

Officials said the UK's population was projected to rise by 438,000 a year until 2035 - the equivalent of adding a city the size of Bristol every year. The new long-term assumption for net migration - the number of people coming to the UK less the number leaving - is 200,000 each year, 20,000 a year more than in the last projections two years ago, the ONS report showed. Some 15,500 of this is based on England alone, with 5,500 extra in Scotland and 500 fewer in both Wales and Northern Ireland. Immigration Minister Damian Green said: "Immigration to the UK has been too high. That's why we have made sweeping changes to get a grip on immigration in this country, closing down routes subject to abuse and taking action against those with no right to be here.

“Much has been done, but there is more to do to bring down net migration to the order of tens of thousands a year and ensure migration which benefits the UK."

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WikiLeaks shuts down operations for now

Whistleblower website WikiLeaks on last Monday cables last year. The refusal by US firms to accept said it was temporarily stopping publication of exposes donations has cost the WikiLeaks "tens of millions of to concentrate on economic survival in the face of a dollars" in lost funding, WikiLeaks said. Its founder blockade by US financial companies. Julian Assange maintained that donations to the

While announcing this, WikiLeaks founder Julian website were running at 100,000 euros a month in 2010, Assange said that an "arbitrary and unlawful financial but had dropped to a monthly figure of 6,000 to 7,000 blockade" since last December has "destroyed 95% of our euros this year. While Assange vowed to fight back the revenue". economic blockade, his group also issued a statement

WikiLeaks would saying it would stop pub-need $3.5 million over the lishing in order to focus next year to continue on making money, operating, Assange said, explaining that the adding that financial blockade imposed by problems may lead to the companies including closure of the site at the Visa, MasterCard, West-end of this year. ern Union and PayPal

Apparently under left it with no choice. US pressure, American Assange confirmed financial firms like Visa, that WikiLeaks was fac-MasterCard, Western ing legal cases in Den-Union and PayPal had mark, Iceland, the UK started pulling the plug and Australia as well as on WikiLeaks. The imme- an existing action in diate reason was the pub- the EU, which were a lishing of some 250,000 heavy drain on its US state department resources.

Murdoch Jr to be quizzed

againJames Murdoch, the apparent

heir to his father's News Corp before a phone hacking scandal engulfed the company in July, is to return before the British parlia-ment for further questioning in November. Murdoch and his 80-yearold father Rupert appeared before the powerful parliamentary committee in July at the height of the drama, to discuss how journal-ists at their 'News of the World' tabloid had hacked the phones of thousands of people to generate stories.

Since then, however, executives working below James Murdoch have contradicted his testimony over what he knew and when about the illegal activity, which has hammered the reputation and value of the company. The statement came as Murdoch's predecessor at British newspaper arm, Les Hinton, appeared before the same committee for a second time, saying he had not been complicit in a cover up and that he had not realized the scale of the problem. Asked by the committee if he was in any way complicit in letting untruth corrupt the truth, Hinton replied: "I don't think I was complicit in what you were suggesting." He also said he was busy at the time with other areas of the business.

PM Cameron faces party

revolt over EUNearly a quarter of the 300-

odd MPs in Britain's Conserva-tive party, the major partner in the ruling coalition, were chal-lenging the authority of their leader and prime minister, David Cameron, on last Monday by forcing a debate and vote in the House of Commons to have a referendum on whether or not the United Kingdom should remain a member of the Euro-pean Union (EU).

Despite a three-line Whip to oppose the motion, right-wing MPs, including some junior min-isters, were in a defiant mood as a six-hour debate expected to run late into the night got underway. David Nuttal, a rebel, clamed "two-thirds" of the British people want to pull out of the EU. This is the most serious challenge to Cameron's authority since he became party leader six years ago and the biggest backbench revolt of his 17-month premiership.

While this will not defeat the government - as both alliance partner, Liberal Democrats, and the main opposition Labour party were slated to vote against the proposal - it is deeply embar-rassing for the prime minister. Leading in to the debate, Cameron argued: "Our national interest is to be in the EU, helping to determine the rules governing the single market."

Referring to the crisis currently engulfing the euro currency, he added : "When your neigh-bour's house is on fire, your first instinct is to put out the flames, stopping them from reaching your house." Conservative backbencher Bernard Jenkin said the public had not been consulted on the issue of Europe for more than 35 years.

When Charles is king, Buckingham

will be hotelPrince Charles has plans to move the kind of grand official government hotel and

royal family out of Buckingham Palace, and centre for events.transform it into a hotel and events centre "The king would base himself not in Lon-when he becomes the king, says a book. don but at Windsor Castle," Marr is quoted as According to sources quoted in the upcoming saying in his book.book penned by BBC broadcaster Andrew However, palace sources have dismissed Marr, the 62-year-old Prince wants to put his it as "complete speculation." A Clarence House own stamp on monarchy by formulating a "de- spokesman said: "There have been no discus-tailed plan for a first year of change under sions or plans or meetings at all about this mat-King Charles III". ter, or any plans made about such future

In fact, the author has claimed in the biog- arrangements." According to Marr's book, raphy of the Queen that Prince Charles has Prince Charles, who has been heir to the already distanced himself from the monarch throne since 1952, has confided in aides that he court in the capital. "His wonders if he will out-succession would be fol- live his mother, who has lowed by a dramatic in the past ruled out abdi-clearing out of the cur- cating in favour of her rent Buckingham Palace eldest son. However, one staff and the arrival of source told Marr that his own team. One of the abdication has been dis-more dramatic ideas that cussed: "I wouldn't actu-has been discussed is for ally rule it out. If she got the royal family in his to a point where she was reign to leave the very old and very tired it Buckingham Palace could come to be the sen-entirely, leaving it as a sible view."

UK population 'to hit 70m by 2027'

The UK population is on course to reach 70 million within 16 years, fuelled by the number of migrants coming to the country, figures have shown. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the UK was set to reach the milestone by mid-2027.

Within 25 years, the UK pop-ulation is set to swell from 62.3 million last year to 73.2 million, with more than two thirds of this increase a result of immi-gration, the figures showed.

Of the 10.9 million increase, 5.1 million (47%) is due to pro-jected net migration, 2.3 million (21%) from migrant women giving birth, and 5.8 million (53%) due to projected natural increase as the number of births outpace deaths.

Officials said the UK's population was projected to rise by 438,000 a year until 2035 - the equivalent of adding a city the size of Bristol every year. The new long-term assumption for net migration - the number of people coming to the UK less the number leaving - is 200,000 each year, 20,000 a year more than in the last projections two years ago, the ONS report showed. Some 15,500 of this is based on England alone, with 5,500 extra in Scotland and 500 fewer in both Wales and Northern Ireland. Immigration Minister Damian Green said: "Immigration to the UK has been too high. That's why we have made sweeping changes to get a grip on immigration in this country, closing down routes subject to abuse and taking action against those with no right to be here.

“Much has been done, but there is more to do to bring down net migration to the order of tens of thousands a year and ensure migration which benefits the UK."

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Brazil will grow eco-nomically by hosting the next World Cup, expand-ing its tourism & hospital-ity industry, but it is erro-neous to not consider this vision from a practical standpoint. In reality, Brazil is not equipped to host such a large world-wide event. It would be by 2020s, when today's invest-ments generate profit and economic stability; mean-while in the present, Brazil is taking the risk of being tremendously ridi-culed with delays in air-ports, insufficient accom-modation and lack of other necessary infra-structures. The possibility of vulnerable foreign people becoming victims of crimes is scarily high. Another downside that must be acknowledged and addressed is that local supporters and sport enthusiasts will not accept defeat "at home" (which is highly probable) and that increases the proba-bility of rioting which will make things even worse. Brazil still has 2 years to get its act together. If the government boosts its prepara-tions (and the football team as well), it is possible to turn the tables on this situation. And the nationalist that I am, nothing will give me more pleasure and satisfaction than to see Brazil do exactly that.

- Flavia Brisola (Guarapuava, PR)

UK and Brazil sign agreement on public safety

Cameron to miss Rio +20 Earth Summit

Last week, Brazilian and British governments signed a collaborative agree-ment on public safety. The meeting took place in London and the Brazilian Min-ister of Justice José Eduardo Cardozo, represented thefederal government. The meeting did not address the situation of Brazilians in UK in particular.

On Friday, 28, the Minister invited the Brazilian press in London at the Ambassador's Residence to explain the agreement. According to Cardozo, such deals are necessary for collaboration between the countries for security actions. "We clearly know today that the issue of public safety needs to be addressed and requires integration. Integration of our police with police elsewhere. Exchange of information and intelligence" he said. The minister explained that the Brazil-ian government is following the process of preparing for the next Olympics tak-ing place in London next year. "We maintain contact with authorities in relation to public security plans that we'll have to do for big events that we will host like the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics," he said. The fight against drug trafficking and organized crime were also guided by the visit. According to Cardozo, police actions must be inte-grated across boundaries. "For Brazil, the important actions that are been developed in relation to organized crime must reach these police forces. Must take more integrated action, more efficient and with good results.

In addition, Eduardo Cardozo attended a seminar sponsored by the Ministry of Justice Brazil and King's College London. The meeting discussed the transition and consolidation of democracy in the country, showing the main pub-lic policy folder.

The Prime Minister will not go to next year's global conference marking 20 years since the original Earth Summit because of the Queen's Jubilee celebrations.

MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee have called on the Prime Minister to attend the Rio +20 Earth Summit in Brazil next June to show leadership on tack-ling the environmental crisis facing the world.

The conference will focus on the "green economy" and sustainable development, but there are no binding agreements or treaties on the table for the conference. MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee said there could be positive outcomes from the conference, and urged the Prime Minister to attend to show commitment to tackling the problems facing the environment. Joan Walley, chairwoman of the Environmental Audit Com-mittee, said: "The Prime Minister should lead by exam-ple. He could make a big difference by demonstrating his commitment to Rio +20 and letting other world leaders know that he will personally be attending." But No 10 said the Prime Minister could not attend the summit as he would be in the UK for the celebrations to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

The Bishop of London has stepped into the row over cam-paigners camped outside St Paul's Cathe-dral, saying it is "time for the protesters to leave". Anti-capitalist pro-testers set up tents outside the cathedral 11 days ago. Richard Chartres, the third most senior cleric in the Church of England, said in a statement: "This demonstra-tion has undoubtedly raised a number of very important questions. “The St Paul's Institute has itself focused on the issue of executive pay and I am involved in ongoing discussions with City leaders about improving shareholder influence on exces-sive remuneration. Nevertheless, the time has come for the protesters to leave, before the camp's presence threatens to eclipse entirely the issues that it was set up to address. The Dean and the Chapter, who are responsible for St Paul's, have already made it clear that the protest should come to an end and I fully support that view."

Bishop tells protesters

to leave

According to a new poll conducted by FITNESS Magazine and Yahoo!, Jen not only has "the body women want most", but also "the best celebrity abs" and the best body over 40! The actress beat out Halle Berry in two cate-gories, and joins her ex-hubby, Brad Pitt, as the hottest actor over 40. Angelina Jolie, however, wasn't even mentioned!

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It's been 406 years since Guy Fawkes failed to blow up the Parliament but the thwarted Gunpowder Plot is still marked today with an explosive November night of fireworks, bonfires and sticky toffee apples. London's parks provide a picturesque backdrop for the fireworks, from Enfield Town Park in the north to Brockwell Park in the south, Chestnuts Showground in the east to Ravenscourt Park in the west. The colourful display is just what's needed to brighten up the chilly autumnal night and most displays are supplemented with bonfires, food stalls and funfairs.

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This is the section in which the Brazilian Post listens to the opinion of its readers about the last edition's front page. You too can send your opinion, get involved! Send your emails to [email protected]

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Brazil will grow eco-nomically by hosting the next World Cup, expand-ing its tourism & hospital-ity industry, but it is erro-neous to not consider this vision from a practical standpoint. In reality, Brazil is not equipped to host such a large world-wide event. It would be by 2020s, when today's invest-ments generate profit and economic stability; mean-while in the present, Brazil is taking the risk of being tremendously ridi-culed with delays in air-ports, insufficient accom-modation and lack of other necessary infra-structures. The possibility of vulnerable foreign people becoming victims of crimes is scarily high. Another downside that must be acknowledged and addressed is that local supporters and sport enthusiasts will not accept defeat "at home" (which is highly probable) and that increases the proba-bility of rioting which will make things even worse. Brazil still has 2 years to get its act together. If the government boosts its prepara-tions (and the football team as well), it is possible to turn the tables on this situation. And the nationalist that I am, nothing will give me more pleasure and satisfaction than to see Brazil do exactly that.

- Flavia Brisola (Guarapuava, PR)

UK and Brazil sign agreement on public safety

Cameron to miss Rio +20 Earth Summit

Last week, Brazilian and British governments signed a collaborative agree-ment on public safety. The meeting took place in London and the Brazilian Min-ister of Justice José Eduardo Cardozo, represented thefederal government. The meeting did not address the situation of Brazilians in UK in particular.

On Friday, 28, the Minister invited the Brazilian press in London at the Ambassador's Residence to explain the agreement. According to Cardozo, such deals are necessary for collaboration between the countries for security actions. "We clearly know today that the issue of public safety needs to be addressed and requires integration. Integration of our police with police elsewhere. Exchange of information and intelligence" he said. The minister explained that the Brazil-ian government is following the process of preparing for the next Olympics tak-ing place in London next year. "We maintain contact with authorities in relation to public security plans that we'll have to do for big events that we will host like the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics," he said. The fight against drug trafficking and organized crime were also guided by the visit. According to Cardozo, police actions must be inte-grated across boundaries. "For Brazil, the important actions that are been developed in relation to organized crime must reach these police forces. Must take more integrated action, more efficient and with good results.

In addition, Eduardo Cardozo attended a seminar sponsored by the Ministry of Justice Brazil and King's College London. The meeting discussed the transition and consolidation of democracy in the country, showing the main pub-lic policy folder.

The Prime Minister will not go to next year's global conference marking 20 years since the original Earth Summit because of the Queen's Jubilee celebrations.

MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee have called on the Prime Minister to attend the Rio +20 Earth Summit in Brazil next June to show leadership on tack-ling the environmental crisis facing the world.

The conference will focus on the "green economy" and sustainable development, but there are no binding agreements or treaties on the table for the conference. MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee said there could be positive outcomes from the conference, and urged the Prime Minister to attend to show commitment to tackling the problems facing the environment. Joan Walley, chairwoman of the Environmental Audit Com-mittee, said: "The Prime Minister should lead by exam-ple. He could make a big difference by demonstrating his commitment to Rio +20 and letting other world leaders know that he will personally be attending." But No 10 said the Prime Minister could not attend the summit as he would be in the UK for the celebrations to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

The Bishop of London has stepped into the row over cam-paigners camped outside St Paul's Cathe-dral, saying it is "time for the protesters to leave". Anti-capitalist pro-testers set up tents outside the cathedral 11 days ago. Richard Chartres, the third most senior cleric in the Church of England, said in a statement: "This demonstra-tion has undoubtedly raised a number of very important questions. “The St Paul's Institute has itself focused on the issue of executive pay and I am involved in ongoing discussions with City leaders about improving shareholder influence on exces-sive remuneration. Nevertheless, the time has come for the protesters to leave, before the camp's presence threatens to eclipse entirely the issues that it was set up to address. The Dean and the Chapter, who are responsible for St Paul's, have already made it clear that the protest should come to an end and I fully support that view."

Bishop tells protesters

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According to a new poll conducted by FITNESS Magazine and Yahoo!, Jen not only has "the body women want most", but also "the best celebrity abs" and the best body over 40! The actress beat out Halle Berry in two cate-gories, and joins her ex-hubby, Brad Pitt, as the hottest actor over 40. Angelina Jolie, however, wasn't even mentioned!

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Hello my beloved readers,The queen of pop Madonna and her daughter have started their search for the next material girl for their clothing line. Snooki has changed her look, but we are not quite sure about it. And some girls are in trouble again, like Courtney Love (is she still a girl, well she thinks so!) for not have returned borrowed jew-elry and Peaches was caught stealing at Boots. You know, life is not just difficult for us; even celebrities have their low moments. So come with me, because the freaky show is here! And keep sending me your love and feedback at [email protected]

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Attention all! Madonna & Lola maybe looking for

Madonna and Lola are hosting a "Lucky Stars" modeling search to find the next face(s) of Material Girl! Really! A celebrity-driven panel of judges, led by the current face of Material Girl Kelly Osbourne, will be searching around USA to find the next Mate-rial Girls.

“Lucky Stars” casting calls will be held at five of Macy's flag-ship locations. Material Girl contestants should bring a photo-graph of themselves and be prepared to tell the judging panel why they should be the next Material Girl. Contestants can also upload their photograph to www.materialgirlcollection.com and explain in 100 words or less why they should be selected.

The judges will narrow all entries down to 36, which will be placed online to be voted on by the public, narrowing it down to 10 finalists. The top 10 finalists with the highest votes will be flown to New York City, where Madonna and Lola will choose the winners and the new faces of Material Girl's spring 2012 campaign.

The "Lucky Stars" winners' ads will debut in fashion and lifestyle magazines and be part of a digital and outdoor cam-paign and in-store Macy's marketing collateral and receive a $5,000 cash prize. Sounds like an amazing opportunity!

The woman is almost 70, yet she still looks AMAAAZING! So what's Barbra Streisandz's secret?

Not exercising, pancakes, and cheap face cream! What?! We want in on THAT diet!!

Sure, she's dabbled in exercising before — yoga here, pilates there, but she almost always quits quickly or just stands around and talks to people during the classes. She got some exercise equipment once, but threw it out "in favor of aesthetics."

She's tried fad diets — low carb, high pro-tein. But her attempts were always thwarted by pancakes. Mmm, pancakes!

Also, she forgoes make up when she can, in favor of creams that have sunscreen to

block harmful rays. In fact, her favorite face cream for the night time only costs 7

pounds!A lot of people swear by all those

diets and all that exercise stuff, but we say just continue to do what works for you!! Obviously it hasn't been detrimental, you look so good!!

Streisand's secret to

keep looking fabulous

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Victoria Beckham has 95 million reasons to celebrate the success of her own clothing line. According to reports, the Victoria Beckham Col-lection is on track to earn Posh $95 million this year and that's before releasing her lower priced Victoria by Victoria Beckham line.

Damn!Congrats Miz Beckham!

Jersey Shore's #1 guidette, and my per-sonal hero when I'm feel-ing guilty after a night of drinks and embarrass-ments, Snooki stepped out in New York City on last Monday sporting new two-toned tresses.

At least this is better than those ratty looking white streaks she had, isn't it? But how can I put this delicately?

Snooki goes red!

Paul Stanleyz, the front man for Kiss, has undergone vocal cord sur-gery and we hope he's doing okay! That'd be one huge voice to lose for the music industry. And all the rockers out there put up your hands!

The procedure was successful for recurring vocal cord issues. Noth-ing out of the ordinary, and in fact he said it was normal issues that "come with 40 years of preaching rock 'n' roll." HA!

"I hold myself to a higher standard than others do. With that in mind, I wanted to remedy a few minor issues that come with 40 years of preach-ing rock 'n' roll.", he said.

We hope you feel better soon, Stanley! Rock and Roll needs you! We need you! The world needs you to rock!

KISS' Paul Stanley gets vocal cord surgery

Peaches Geldof We're not sure why rich Peaches Geldof was caught by an undercover detective

celebs feel the need to steal, with around £60 worth of make-up. She stole plenty. She but Peaches Geldof is at it stuffed it in her handbag and also a small yellow again! The socialite was Selfridges bag she was carrying. She was calm when she caught shoplifting makeup was caught and wasn't arrested as she handed the stash this past Friday from a over. We filled in a recovery note and she has been branch of Boots the Chem- banned from the store. She wrote down her address and ists. Is she serious? God, at we rang a number to confirm it. I think it was her boy-least try something bigger, friend, and we let her go.”something like Mac cosme- This isn't Peaches first incident with shoplifting. Just tics. earlier this year, she was accused of taking items on two

The 22-year-old was spot- other occasions. And we'll just go ahead and say it since ted by undercover security you're probably thinking it as well; we're betting Lindsay placing over $100 worth Lohan wished she lived in London when her "neck-of makeup into her lace theft" issue went down. Is it for real or a new pockets and bags way of putting her face in the news?

before heading out of the store.She was caught by security as she tried

to leave and taken to a back room where she handed over the stolen goodies. And while most would have called the police to report the incident, Peaches was let go.

A customer who was at the store when it all went down, reveals: “I noticed her browsing in the make-up aisle, just the normal cosmetics like Rimmel and L'Oreal. She spent five or 10 minutes there trying things out. I was really surprised to see her openly picking stuff up – foundation, mascara, eyeliner – and putting them in her coat pockets and in her Selfridges bag. She looked around a bit but didn't seem bothered, just dropped them in like it was a normal thing to do."

Staff at the store are con-firming the news, with one staffer commenting: “Yes,

caught stealing!

Ai, mama!Yeah, we've known that for a while, but in a recent ranking, Jennifer

Aniston has topped the list in not one, not two, but THREE categories! The former Friends star may be 42-years-old now, but she looks just as good (if not better) as she did when she first began playing Ross' main squeeze, Rachel!

According to a new poll con-ducted by FITNESS Magazine and Yahoo!, Jen not only has "the body women want most", but also "the best celebrity abs" and the best body over 40! The actress beat out Halle Berry in two categories, which is no easy feat, and joins her ex-hubby, Brad Pitt, as the hottest actor over 40. Angelina Jolie, however, wasn't even men-tioned!

In a not-so-honorable mention, Snooki was picked by correspondents to be "the celebrity whose body we're more sick of seeing", with Kim Kardashian not far behind. HA! Love it!

Jennifer Aniston has THE

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