Entertainment

• Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:05 UTC

  Dakar rally 2012 takes off from the Atlantic and ends in Peru on the Pacific

  

  Dakar Rally chief Etienne Lavigne said that the next edition of the competition which takes off from Mar del Plata, Argentina next January first and ends in Lima, Peru, fifteen days later, is the most renewed and challenging version since the rally moved to South America in 2008.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2011 - 13:42 UTC

  IOC shelves an investigation into former FIFA head Joao Havelange

  

  The International Olympic Committee has shelved an investigation into former FIFA head Joao Havelange after he resigned as an IOC member just days before an ethics hearing into his conduct, IOC President Jacques Rogge told reporters.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 21:57 UTC

  The most expensive car crash reported in the south of Japan

  

  A luxury sports car outing in Japan has ended in what may be one of the most expensive car crashes in history. Eight Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes, a Lamborghini and two other vehicles were involved in the pile-up in the southern prefecture of Yamaguchi.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 06:00 UTC

  China becomes the first to congratulate Latinamerica countries on CELAC

  

  Chinese president Hu Jintao was the first to congratulate the newly formed CELAC and expressed Beijing’s wishes to strengthen trade relations, cooperation and political understanding with the region.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 08:50 UTC

  Brazil counters bad press: “we can be ready to organize the World Cup in two months”

  

  Brazil, plagued by delays and in-fighting in its preparations for the 2014 World Cup, could stage the event in two months' time if necessary, the country's sports minister said on Friday.

• Thursday, December 1st 2011 - 05:57 UTC

  Meryl Streep portraying ‘The Iron Lady’ named best actress by NY Film Critics Circle

  

  Meryl Streep has been named best actress for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in upcoming film The Iron Lady by the New York Film Critics Circle.

• Thursday, December 1st 2011 - 04:09 UTC

  The best beauty contest in the world and a Brazilian obsession: Miss Bumbum

  

  What can be greater for Brazilians than the 2014 World Cup which will be hosted by the country? The best beauty contest of all times…the several reasons to visit Brazil in spite of all the street killings: the Miss Bumbum competition.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2011 - 00:18 UTC

  US engineers create limbo-dancing soft-body robot inspired in the squid

  

  US Harvard University engineers have built a limbo-dancing robot that can squeeze under obstacles in its path for search and rescue missions.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2011 - 23:11 UTC

  Mexico’s mariachi music named to UNESCO list of “intangible cultural heritage”

  

  Mexico celebrated as mariachi music was named to UNESCO's list of “intangible cultural heritage” in need of preservation. The Mexican music was among the new entries chosen by envoys at a meeting in Indonesia to be inscribed on the UN cultural agency's list of intangible heritage items.

• Monday, November 28th 2011 - 15:27 UTC

  Colourful plastic recycled penguins “take over” Carrasco airport in Montevideo

  

  The Belgian artist William Sweetlove (born Oostende, Belgium, 1949) has placed 330 gigantic sculptures with a strong ecological message in the international airport of Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay.