quinta-feira, 6 de janeiro de 2011

CBO: Healthcare repeal price tag $230B

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Repealing the healthcare law -- sought by U.S. House Republicans -- would increase the federal deficit by $230 billion, the Congressional Budget Office said.

The non-partisan CBO's preliminary analysis of the Republicans' Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act boosted Democrats' claims that overturning President Obama's signature domestic bill would devastate the deficit, Politico reported.

The CBO score on the Affordable Care Act indicated it would decrease the deficit by $143 billion over 10 years -- a figure Republicans dispute.

The CBO estimated that the March 2010 healthcare legislation "would reduce budget deficits over the 2010-2019 period and in subsequent years; consequently, we expect that repealing that legislation would increase the budget deficit," CBO Director Doug Elmendorf said in his analysis.

Michael Steel, spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, called the estimate faulty.

"There is no one that believes the Washington Democrats' job-killing healthcare law will lower costs, because it won't. That's why we pledged to repeal it and replace it with common-sense reforms that will actually work," Steel told Politico.

He said House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said the CBO analysis excluded the $115 billion needed to implement the law and double-counted $521 billion in Social Security payroll taxes, among other things.

"It measures 10 years of revenues to offset six years of new spending," Steel said. "Even the administration's own actuaries have said it won't reduce the deficit".

The House is scheduled to vote on the repeal measure next week. UPI

Gates cutting Pentagon budget by $78bn over five years


US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has announced a $78bn (£50.3bn) military budget cut, in part by scrapping a $14bn amphibious fighting vehicle.
The cuts are part of a five-year spending plan for the defence department and go beyond the $100bn in internal savings already announced.
Those savings will be redirected to other defence programmes, but the new cuts reduce the overall defence budget.
The plan comes as a new Congress takes office amid concerns about the deficit.
Much of the roughly $178bn in defence cuts will come through reduced administrative costs, new organisational efficiencies, and slashed personnel costs, which the defence department called a "vigorous scrub of bureaucratic structures".
The Pentagon's budget is expected to be $553bn in 2012, reflecting roughly 3% growth. After that, growth would slow and would be essentially flat in 2015 and 2016, the Pentagon said. BBC News

Global spam e-mail levels suddenly fall


The amount of junk e-mail being sent across the globe has seen a dramatic fall in recent months.
The volume of spam has dropped steadily since August, but the Christmas period saw a precipitous decline.
One security firm detected around 200 billion spam messages being sent each day in August, but just 50 billion in December.
While the reasons for the decline are not fully understood, spam watchers warn the lull may not last.
Around the Christmas holidays, three of the largest spam producers curtailed their activity, Paul Wood, a senior analyst at Symantec Hosted Services told BBC News.
"But it's hard to say why," he added. BBC News

Women raped in mass attack in Congo, humanitarian group says


(CNN) -- Dozens of women were raped in a coordinated attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo on New Year's Day, Doctors Without Borders said Thursday.
The humanitarian agency said 33 women were raped in Fizi, South Kivu, in the eastern part of the war-torn country.
"Women had been restrained with ropes or beaten unconscious with the butt of a gun before being attacked, some in front of their children," said Annemarie Loof, an official with the agency, commonly known by its French name, Medecins Sans Frontieres.
"Up to four armed men were involved at a time and homes and shops were looted," she said in a statement.
Rape is a frequent weapon of war in Congo, the United Nations says.
It has named the Democratic Republic of Congo the "rape capital of the world," with 15,000 women raped in eastern Congo in 2009. The attacks occurred in parts of the country where armed rebel groups moved into areas considered to be pro-government but lacking in army or police protection, according to the United Nations.
Many rape survivors took to the streets in October to speak out against sexual violence.
"My heart is in pain. Why are you raping me?" sang the rape victims, many of whom left hospital beds to join the march in eastern Congo.
A U.N. report in September slammed Congo's security forces for failing prevent a wave of mass rapes over several days last summer.
The preliminary report confirmed the rape of at least 303 civilians between July 30 and August 2 in the Walikale region of Congo's North Kivu province.
And the rapes have clearly not stopped, Medecins Sans Frontieres said.
"MSF is extremely concerned about the current situation in and around Fizi," Loof said Thursday. "People are fleeing the area fearing further violent attacks".
The agency provided medical and psychosocial care for 5,600 rape victims in North and South Kivu in 2009, it said. CNN

Ivory Coast president-elect expects military help


Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- Ivory Coast's President-elect Alassane Ouattara is "confident" that military action to remove self-declared President Laurent Gbagbo is on its way, he told CNN Thursday.
Ouattara said he expects the regional group the Economic Community of West African States to intervene in the situation. But he doesn't think such military intervention will lead to civil war, he added.
The cocoa-producing West African nation was plunged into crisis after Ouattara was declared the winner of the November presidential runoff election, but Gbagbo, the incumbent, refused to leave office.
The U.S. Treasury froze Gbagbo's assets in the United States on Thursday, and barred Americans from doing business with him. His wife and three top aides also were sanctioned. CNN

Bill Clinton a Chavez ambassador choice

CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, having rejected the U.S. ambassador to his country, named others he would accept -- including former President Bill Clinton.

In a televised speech in Caracas this week, Chavez also suggested director Oliver Stone, actor Sean Penn and Massachusetts linguistics professor Noam Chomsky, The Christian Science Monitor reported.

Chavez last week turned down Larry Palmer, a career diplomat, the Obama administration's choice as U.S. ambassador to Caracas, which caused a diplomatic dustup, the Monitor reported.

Palmer had criticized Chavez's government during his Senate confirmation hearing, suggesting the Venezuelan military has low morale and that Venezuela has intruded in Colombia on behalf of leftist guerrillas, the Monitor said.

In retaliation, the Monitor said, President Obama revoked the diplomatic visa of Venezuela's ambassador to Washington.

Chavez suggested there were many other candidates he would prefer as ambassador, saying, "We have a lot of friends in (the United States)". UPI

Judge appoints lawyer for Warren Jeffs

SAN ANGELO, Texas, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A Texas judge appointed a lawyer for polygamist leader Warren Jeffs after he asked for more time to find counsel.

Judge Barbara Walther said Jeffs, while seeking to have his trial postponed, had refused Wednesday to waive the 120-day deadline for trial, Scripps Texas Newspapers reported. Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, has now had five pre-trial hearings.

Jeffs came into court with lawyer Gerry Morris of Austin, Texas. But he apparently decided Morris was not suitable after Morris asked for more time to prepare for trial.

The charges, sexually assaulting children and bigamy, involve activities at the Yearning For Zion Ranch, the church's Texas base. Texas authorities raided the ranch in 2008.

Eight men have been convicted of criminal charges and given sentences ranging from six to 75 years.

Jeffs faces separate trials on the sexual assault and bigamy charges. UPI

Rogers: All budgets subject to knife

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- No one will be exempt from budget-cutting scrutiny, Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Thursday.

"Our budget ax will swing wide and true and no budget area will be immune," Rogers said during debate on a bill that would cut the House operating budget by 5 percent. "Sacred cows, for all intents and purposes, are extinct".

He noted his committee would reduce its operating budget by 9 percent, saying, "The Appropriations Committee is saying, 'We see your 5 and raise you 4'".

He said the Appropriations Committee would be "ground zero" for a wide range of reductions across federal government.

"We will be an instrument of change to enforce the will of the American people," Rogers said.

He said Thursday's House action "represents a crucial turning point for our nation as this new Congress begins a path to fiscal sanity". UPI

South Sudan truce precedes historic vote

JUBA, Sudan, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Backers of a breakaway Sudanese general said they supported a South Sudan measure of secession as a cease-fire was signed with the government in Juba.

Military leaders with the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army signed the cease-fire with supporters of breakaway Gen. George Athor, who allegedly was backed by the government in Khartoum.

Athor, a former top-ranking official in the SPLA, fought against government forces after losing an election in April 2010.

Brig. Gen. Michael Majur, who signed the agreement on behalf of the SPLA, said he welcomed Athor's "tireless effort" to bring about an agreement between warring factions in the south, the Sudan Tribune reports.

Maj. Gen. Abraham Thon, who signed the agreement for Athor, said the cease-fire was "an important step toward establishing peace in south Sudan".

Voters in South Sudan take to the polls in a Sunday referendum on self-determination. The measure for the oil-rich south is part of a comprehensive peace deal brokered in 2005 that ended years of civil war.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the international courts for war crimes in Darfur, said he would respect the outcome of Sunday's referendum.

Human rights groups worry that attention given to the referendum is overshadowing ongoing atrocities in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, however. UPI

South Sudan truce precedes historic vote

JUBA, Sudan, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Backers of a breakaway Sudanese general said they supported a South Sudan measure of secession as a cease-fire was signed with the government in Juba.

Military leaders with the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army signed the cease-fire with supporters of breakaway Gen. George Athor, who allegedly was backed by the government in Khartoum.

Athor, a former top-ranking official in the SPLA, fought against government forces after losing an election in April 2010.

Brig. Gen. Michael Majur, who signed the agreement on behalf of the SPLA, said he welcomed Athor's "tireless effort" to bring about an agreement between warring factions in the south, the Sudan Tribune reports.

Maj. Gen. Abraham Thon, who signed the agreement for Athor, said the cease-fire was "an important step toward establishing peace in south Sudan".

Voters in South Sudan take to the polls in a Sunday referendum on self-determination. The measure for the oil-rich south is part of a comprehensive peace deal brokered in 2005 that ended years of civil war.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the international courts for war crimes in Darfur, said he would respect the outcome of Sunday's referendum.

Human rights groups worry that attention given to the referendum is overshadowing ongoing atrocities in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, however. UPI

EU presidency on conflict course with EU

BERLIN, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Because of its controversial media and tax policies, Hungary has clashed with the European Union just as Budapest is at the helm of the 27-member body.

The center-right government led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban shocked observers across Europe when it introduced a media law that many say curtails press freedom. A few days later, more than a dozen Western European companies complained they're being discriminated against by a new Hungarian crisis tax.

The European Commission has since said it would investigate the tax and the body is likely to closely scrutinize what Budapest is doing -- Hungary since Jan. 1 has taken over the rotating six-month presidency of the EU.

"Especially the media law casts a cloud on the Hungarian presidency," Kai-Olaf Lang, a Hungary expert at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, a Berlin think tank, told United Press International in a telephone interview Wednesday. "The EU will now very closely watch Orban's future domestic policies and its performance at the helm of the EU".

Orban became prime minister last April after his Fidesz party won the elections in a landslide. He has since embarked on a sort of "conservative revolution" that is aimed at restoring the economic and political clout of Hungary, a nation of 10 million that has been plagued with a recession and a budget crisis.

Yet the conservative revolution has worried critics who say Orban is steering a too nationalist course, amassing too much political control and pursuing policies that go against the EU's values.

The new regulatory authority, for example, can impose heavy fines on media outlets and tries to turn state-owned news agency MTI into a public loudspeaker, Lang said.

The so-called crisis tax, imposed on the telecommunications, retail and energy sectors, has infuriated large Western companies. A group of them, including German utilities RWE and Eon, telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom and Dutch bank IN in an open letter complained that the tax was drawn up to milk large foreign corporations while sparing domestic firms.

The two recent policies and Orban's general strategy of power consolidation has launched a conflict with the EU -- and at the worst possible time, Lang said.
"The EU is interested in having a presidency that's capable of acting but at the same time it wants one that honors key values of European integration -- and press freedom is one of those," Lang told UPI. "While there won't be any short-term reactions, the EU will definitely loot out options for sanctions". UPI

N. Ireland water shortage brings apology

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Northern Ireland's water authority apologized for its handling of a recent water shortage that led to more than a million customer complaints, officials say.

Liam Mulholland, Northern Ireland Water's director of customer service, told a Parliament committee the scale of the problem had caught them off-guard, the BBC reported Thursday.

NIW chief executive Laurence Mackenzie resigned after mounting criticism of the company's response.

Mackenzie was due to appear before the Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Regional Development hearing evidence about the crisis.

His decision not to attend was criticized by the committee chairman, Fred Cobain.

"This is a huge issue, not just for this committee and the Assembly, but for the thousands of people who have suffered," Cobain said.

"He has a responsibility to those people. As far as we are concerned, he should have been here and he is not".

During the shortage, as many as 40,000 homes and businesses in 74 towns were without water after a thaw followed icy conditions that caused pipes to burst. UPI

Freezing rain creates chaos in Germany

BERLIN, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Authorities in Berlin declared a state of emergency after freezing rain coated much of the city in ice, causing transport chaos.

The Berlin fire brigade says it deployed crews to 170 incidents in which people were injured Thursday morning, the BBC reported.

In other parts of Germany, police have asked people not to go out unless it is absolutely necessary.

About 30 people were injured when a truck skidded out of control on an icy patch of a highway between Stuttgart and Munich and collided with a tour bus.

The accident occurred Thursday when the truck swerved to avoid an earlier accident and was unable to brake and avoid the tour bus.

Police said freezing rain had made the roads extremely dangerous.

Berlin's Tegel airport was closed for part of Thursday morning, while sections of the city's S-Bahn rapid transit system were closed for four days because of the weather.

In many parts of the country, there was ice reported as thick as 0.75 inches.

The German weather service is forecasting more storms but said temperatures would be milder. UPI

Freezing rain creates chaos in Germany

BERLIN, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Authorities in Berlin declared a state of emergency after freezing rain coated much of the city in ice, causing transport chaos.

The Berlin fire brigade says it deployed crews to 170 incidents in which people were injured Thursday morning, the BBC reported.

In other parts of Germany, police have asked people not to go out unless it is absolutely necessary.

About 30 people were injured when a truck skidded out of control on an icy patch of a highway between Stuttgart and Munich and collided with a tour bus.

The accident occurred Thursday when the truck swerved to avoid an earlier accident and was unable to brake and avoid the tour bus.

Police said freezing rain had made the roads extremely dangerous.

Berlin's Tegel airport was closed for part of Thursday morning, while sections of the city's S-Bahn rapid transit system were closed for four days because of the weather.

In many parts of the country, there was ice reported as thick as 0.75 inches.

The German weather service is forecasting more storms but said temperatures would be milder. UPI

No scores to settle at U.N., India says

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- New Delhi doesn't have any scores to settle as it takes its seat for a two-year term at the U.N. Security Council, the country's envoy said.

India joined Colombia, Germany, Portugal and South Africa at the Security Council this week, marking New Delhi's first presence at the table in 20 years.

Indian Ambassador to the United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri told Bloomberg News that his country didn't have any "axes to grind" during its tenure at the Security Council.

"We are acutely conscious that you have to work with others," he said. "We have excellent relations with the U.S., we have excellent relations with Britain and France, and we have excellent relations with the Russians. With the Chinese, we have growing relations".

New Delhi last year complained that U.S. efforts to sanction Iran weren't the best way to settle disputes over the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear program. The envoy, however, said his country wouldn't use the Security Council to settle any scores and would consider each issue before the panel individually.

Brazil, Germany, India and South Africa are all lobbying for permanent seats on the Security Council. Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, was quoted as saying the two-year terms will offer "an interesting opportunity to see how a number of important emerging countries that have an interest in more regular service on the council take up their responsibilities". UPI

Estados Unidos propone abrir las carreteras del país camiones mexicanos

El Gobierno de Estados Unidos propuso este jueves un nuevo régimen de inspección y vigilancia para permitir el transporte de larga distancia de camiones mexicanos en las carreteras del país.
El plan del Departamento de Transporte busca eliminar los bloqueos llevados adelante por grupos de presión en el Congreso, que han estancado por años el avance del programa iniciado bajo el Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (NAFTA, por sus siglas en inglés). El Mundo

Punta del Este, templo de celebridades

Desde un príncipe europeo a una princesa. Desde Laetitia D’Aremberg hasta el Príncipe Pierre Casiraghi, hijo menor de la Princesa Carolina de Mónaco. Desde las actrices y conductoras argentinas Moria Casan y Graciela Alfano, hasta jugadores de fútbol como Diego Forlán o empresarios exitosos como Marcelo Tinelli. Todo pasa por el balneario top de América del Sur, durante el verano 2011 que tiene su epicentro en la primera quincena de enero.
Las celebridades de la región, y algunos visitantes europeos de destaque, se encuentran durante estos días entre el más de medio millón de personas que conviven en el Este de Uruguay, en un verano ya calificado de "excelente" por parte de las gremiales hoteleras y cámaras empresariales del sector turístico del país.
Uno de los epicentros de la temporada se dio en la noche del miércoles en el Conrad Punta del Este con la fiesta de apertura de temporada, a la cual asistieron algo más de 2.000 invitados de Brasil, Argentina y Uruguay. La consigna de vestir fue prenda o detalle negro o animal print, diseño que protagonizó la decoración en livings distribuidos en los salones, estaciones de comida, áreas vip y escenario.
A la actuación de la cantante argentina Lara Sambert, quien interpretó una selección de temas pop, le siguió un sensual desfile con la participación de las Conrad Angels y de modelos argentinas de Leandro Santos y uruguayas de Valentino Bookings.
La velada contó con la presencia de figuras argentinas como Jessica Cirio, Gabriel Corrado, Moria Casán, Graciela Alfano, Caterina Hagopian, Flavia Palmiero, Sergio Lapegüe, Carlos Di Doménico, Patricio Giménez, Paula Colombini, Bernardita Barreiro y Pancho Dotto.
Los actores brasileños Mara Carvalho, Thierry Figueira, Natália Rodrigues y Paulo Vilela. De Uruguay estuvieron Katja Thomsen, Natalie Kriz, Ignacio Alvarez, Gustavo Trelles, Alejandra Forlán, Orlando Pettinati, Nacho Cardozo, Omar Varela, Sergio Puglia y el equipo de "Día perfecto": Ximena Barbé, Ximena Torres, Martín Pacheco y Nelson Fernández. El Mundo

Detienen en Barcelona a los pilotos de un avión con más de 900 kilos de 'coca'

La Guardia Civil ha detenido en el aeropuerto de El Prat de Barcelona a los dos pilotos de un avión argentino de transporte médico privado, que transportaba un alijo de más de 900 kilos de cocaína, según han informado fuentes de la investigación.
El aparato, que volaba para la compañía argentina de traslados médicos Medical Jet, llegó hace días desde Cabo Verde, país de la costa africana en el que, según todos los indicios, cargó la droga.
Además de los dos pilotos, de nacionalidad argentina, los agentes del instituto armado han arrestado también a una tercera persona que viajaba en el avión y de la que no ha trascendido su identidad.
Medios digitales argentinos informan hoy de que los dos pilotos detenidos son Gustavo Juliá -uno de los principales accionistas de la compañía- y su copiloto Gastón Miret.
Juliá es hijo del ex jefe de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina, el brigadier retirado José Juliá.
Las investigaciones corren a cargo de un juzgado de Barcelona, cuyo titular ha decretado el secreto del sumario. El Mundo

River Plate despide a Ariel Ortega, uno de sus últimos ídolos

El River Plate decidió prescindir de los servicios del delantero Ariel Ortega, uno de los últimos ídolos en activo de los hinchas del club, luego de que el jugador faltase el miércoles al entrenamiento del equipo de la Liga de Primera División argentina.
Ortega, de 36 años, se presentó este jueves a los entrenamientos y comenzó a hacer ejercicios con sus compañeros, pero el técnico del equipo, Juan José López, le llamó para decirle que no iba a tenerlo en cuenta para el próximo torneo de la Liga, que comienza a mediados de febrero.
Antes de retirarse, el delantero declaró a los periodistas que se propone hablar con el presidente del River Plate, Daniel Passarella, "para arreglar la desvinculación" del club.
El miércoles, el futbolista no acudió a la primera práctica del equipo ypresentó un certificado médico sobre una indisposición digestiva, lo que causó el disgusto del técnico y de Passarella, dijeron fuentes del club a la prensa deportiva local.
Los portavoces señalaron que este incidente fue el que decidió a las autoridades del River a prescindir de los servicios de Ortega, uno de los últimos ídolos en actividad de los hinchas del club.
Ortega, quien desde hace unos años sufre de alcoholismo, surgió de la cantera del River Plate, en cuyo equipo de primera división debutó en 1991, bajo la dirección técnica de Passarellla, que acaba de cumplir su primer año de gestión al frente del club.
El delantero jugó dos temporadas en el Valencia (1996-98), una en el Sampdoria italiano (1998-99) y otra en el Parma hasta 2000, cuando regresó al River por dos temporadas. En 2002 fue fichado por el Fenerbahce turco, del que se alejó al año siguiente sin cumplir su contrato por lo cual fue suspendido por la FIFA en 2003-2004.
Después de jugar un año en el Newell's Old Boys argentino, se reincorporó por segunda vez al River, en el que jugó dos años más, hasta que a mediados de 2008 fue cedido al Independiente Rivadavia, de la Liga de Segunda División argentina, luego de una serie de incidentes por su adicción al alcohol
Ortega, quien había regresado al River en junio de 2009, ganó seis Ligas con la camiseta riverplatense, una con la del Newell's Old Boys, además de una Copa de Italia con el Parma. Con la selección de Argentina, el delantero participó en los Mundiales de Estados Unidos (1994), Francia (1998) y Corea-Japón (2002). El Mundo

El ex secretario de Comercio William Daley, nuevo jefe de Gabinete de Obama

El presidente Obama nombró a William Daley, ex secretario de Comercio de Clinton, como nuevo jefe de Gabinete de Obama, según informó este jueves un oficial del Gobierno.
El anuncio se realizará a las 02.30 hora local (1930 GMT). Obama tiene previsto nombrar al actual jefe de Gabinete, Pete Rouse, como asesor del presidente.
Un mes antes de las legislativas del pasado noviembre, Rahm Emnauel abandonó este cargo para postularse a la alcaldía de Chicago.
Daley, de 62 años, fue secretario de Comercio en el Gobierno de Bill Clinton entre 1977 y 2000, y después pasó al banco JP Morgan Chase como un alto ejecutivo.
El próximo jefe de Gabinete es considerado una persona abierta a los medios y cuenta con buenos vínculos en el sector empresarial. Varios expertos estiman que Daley tendrá será un buen puente entre la Casa Blanca y los empresarios. El Mundo

Companhia aérea Azul começa a operar no Galeão a partir de fevereiro

A Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras anunciou nesta quinta-feira que começa a operar no aeroporto Tom Jobim (Galeão), no Rio, a partir de 1º de fevereiro. Com isso, a companhia --que já está no aeroporto Santos Dumont-- terá 20 voos partindo da capital fluminense para seis cidades brasileiras.

Partindo do Galeão, haverá voos diretos para Campinas (SP), Cuiabá (MT), Joinville (SC) e Navegantes (SC), além das demais cidades atendidas em Viracopos por meio de escalas e conexões.

Atualmente, já é possível voar pela Azul do aeroporto Santos Dumont para Campinas, Salvador (BA) e Porto Alegre (RS).

"O Galeão é um dos principais aeroportos do Brasil e nossa entrada neste mercado trará maior comodidade para nossos clientes, principalmente aqueles que irão para o exterior", diz em nota Gianfranco Beting, diretor de comunicação e marca da Azul.

Segundo a companhia, as passagens estão à venda com tarifa promocional a partir de R$ 69 por trecho.

Com dois anos de operações, a Azul conecta 28 destinos com 200 voos diários. A companhia opera uma frota de 26 jatos composta por dez Embraer 190 e 16 Embraer 195. Folha Online

Corpo de Lily Marinho é enterrado no Rio de Janeiro

O corpo de Lily Marinho, viúva do fundador da TV Globo, Roberto Marinho, foi enterrado no cemitério São João Batista (zona Sul do Rio) às 12h15 desta quinta-feira. O velório aconteceu de manhã, no mesmo local. Lily morreu ontem, aos 89 anos.


Lily estava internada em estado grave desde o dia 13 de dezembro na Clínica São Vicente, na Gávea, zona sul do Rio. Poucos dias depois da internação, foi transferida para a UTI (Unidade de Terapia Intensiva).

De acordo com boletim médico, Lily Marinho apresentava infecção respiratória. Nos últimos dias, estava sedada. Ela morreu às 20h05, vítima de falência múltipla dos órgãos.

Lily Marinho, que completaria 90 anos em maio, esteve internada outras vezes recentemente por causa de problemas decorrentes da idade.

PERFIL

Em 2005, Lily Monique de Carvalho Marinho disse a um médico amigo acreditar que tinha 'quatro ou cinco anos de vida com boa saúde'.

'Estou em paz comigo mesma. Estou em idade avançada. Já vendi tudo o que tinha de valor', afirmou à Folha em maio passado.

'Acho que dei certo na vida. Nunca pedi nada aos meus maridos, mas eles sempre me deram tudo'.

Falar de Lily sem citar seus maridos é impossível, até porque se tornou mais conhecida ao unir o sobrenome dos dois.

Nascida Lily Monique Lemb, em Colônia (Alemanha), em 10 de maio de 1921, foi casada com dois dos homens mais ricos do Brasil --Horacio de Carvalho e Roberto Marinho--, que tinham em comum o fato de serem amigos, donos de jornal e ambos apaixonados por Lily --por muito tempo simultaneamente.

Filha única da francesa Jeanne Bergeon e do militar britânico John Lemb, Lily Marinho nasceu na Alemanha por que lá servia o pai, mas foi criada em Paris. Embora frisasse a origem europeia, declarava-se brasileira de coração.

Em julho passado, ofereceu um almoço para a então candidata do PT à Presidência, Dilma Rousseff, com 50 convidadas. Lily recepcionou as mulheres presentes dizendo que o almoço era homenagem à 'senhora D, essa grande dama chamada democracia'. E agradeceu a Dilma, citada como a 'outra senhora D', por expor diretamente suas propostas como candidata. Folha Online

Hacker acusado de divulgar fotos íntimas de Miley Cyrus é preso

Um homem acusado de entrar ilegalmente no email de Miley Cyrus e roubar fotos pessoais da cantora foi preso nesta quinta-feira, informa a agência "Associated Press".

Josh Holly, 21, foi preso pelo FBI em Nashville com números não autorizados de cartões de crédito.

Segundo o FBI, ele confessou ter hackeado a página de Cyrus no MySpace e que ele também foi o responsável por entrar no email pessoal da cantora em 2007 e adquirir lá fotos pessoais, que postou posteriormente na internet.

Em uma das imagens, a adolescente aparece tomando banho vestindo apenas uma camiseta branca.

Miley Cyrus não quis comentar a prisão. Folha Online

Robert De Niro será o presidente do próximo Festival de Cannes

O ator americano Robert De Niro será o presidente do júri do 64º Festival de Cannes, que será realizado de 11 a 22 de maio, anunciaram os organizadores nesta quinta-feira. As informações são do site "Hollywood Reporter".

Os organizadores querem prestar uma homenagem a carreira de De Niro no cinema e também ao seu trabalho com o festival de cinema de Tribeca, do qual ele é um dos fundadores, que completa dez anos neste ano.

"O festival de Cannes é uma rara oportunidade para mim e é um dos mais antigos e um dos melhores do mundo", disse De Niro sobre a honra de presidir o júri.

De Niro já apresentou oito filmes no festival, sendo que dois deles ganharam a Palma de Ouro: "Taxi Driver", em 1976, em "The Mission", em 1986.

"Como já presidi o júri nos anos 1980 duas vezes, eu sei que não é uma tarefa fácil, mas estou muito honrado e feliz de encabeçar o júri para o festival de Cannes deste ano", acrescentou De Niro. Folha Online

Vocalista do Maroon 5 posa nu em campanha contra câncer

O vocalista da banda Maroon 5, Adam Levine, posou nu para uma campanha de prevenção ao câncer. Nas fotos, o cantor está sem roupa com suas partes íntimas cobertas por mãos femininas.

As imagens serão publicadas na revista "Cosmopolitan" e buscam conscientizar os homens da necessidade de exames para detectar câncer de próstata e testículos. Folha Online

Da sarjeta a Harvard

Lucas Mendes
De Nova York para a BBC Brasil

Liz morava no Bronx, filha de pais viciados em heroína. Ambos morreram de Aids.
Aos 15 anos, pouco depois da morte da mãe e da transferência do pai para um abrigo de homens, Liz foi morar na rua.
Em junho de 2009 ela se formou em Harvard.
A história de Liz já foi comprada pela televisão e está contada em livro, seminários, programas de rádio e tevê.
Liz não é a primeira pobre novaiorquina que vai da sarjeta para Harvard, mas são casos tão raros que merecem atenção, especialmente num país socialmente cada vez mais desigual, com as classes média e baixa estagnadas.
Liz é um modelo para quem quer cortar a ajuda aos pobres e drogados, como os republicanos, e um modelo para os democratas, que querem reforçar os programas sociais.
A primeira lembrança de Liz de ver os pais com drogas foi aos 3 ou 4 anos.
Da sala via os dois na cozinha, num ritual diário que envolvia fósforo, colher, injeção, fios. Depois, os olhos bonitos e arregalados da mãe, a euforia do pai e a prostração de ambos, no sofá, gastos.
Liz e Lisa, a irmã mais velha, com frequência encontravam a geladeira vazia. Ela se lembra quando dividiram um tubo de dentifrício e um batom de proteção de lábios com sabor de cereja.
Mas as duas não se sentiam maltratadas nem mal amadas pelos pais. Liz se lembra, em especial, do carinho da mãe.
Depois da morte dela, quando foi morar na rua, o Bronx estava bem mais seguro que nas décadas de 70 e 80, mas era preciso saber onde encontrar uma escada, um banco de praça seguro, ou uma calçada para passar a noite.
O título de seu livro biográfico, Breaking Night, é uma gíria entre os sem-teto e significa o momento que surge o primeiro raio de sol. Era hora de sair do prédio, do banheiro ou sofá dos amigos e amigas antes que os pais deles acordassem. Não gostavam que seus filhos desssem abrigo a filhos de drogados.
O pai de Liz e Lisa era voraz nas drogas e nos livros. Roubou dezenas deles da Biblioteca Pública de Nova York, lia e incentivava a leitura das filhas.
Quando morreu em 2006, aos cuidados de Liz que tinha suspendido a matrícula em Harvard, disse que a leitura tinha sido a contribuição dele para as filhas.
Talvez tenha vindo dele a disposição das duas de estudar mesmo nos momentos mais miseráveis.
Liz entrou na Humanities Preparation Academy, no bairro do Chelsea, em Manhattan e em apenas dois anos anos terminou o curso secundário.
Nesta escola foi descoberta pelo New York Times que deu a ela uma bolsa, provavelmente o grande passo para a entrada em Harvard, onde, de 23 mil candidatos super qualificados, brilhantes, afluentes ou vindos da aristocracia acadêmica americana, a cada ano, só entram 2 mil.
A história de Liz no jornal não resolveu mas diminuiu o problema de dinheiro e o drama dela despertou outros impulsos.
Na saída da escola foi abordada por uma mulher que se desculpou por não poder ajudar com dinheiro porque era pobre, mas se ofereceu para lavar a roupa dela toda semana, e durante seis meses nunca faltou.
Semana passada Liz estava no programa “Talk of the Nation”, da NPR, a rádio pública. Em menos de uma hora o programa se tornou um confessionário. Filhos que tinham passado por situações parecidas, pais ou mães, alcoólatras, drogados, socialmente inúteis.
Blake, o irmão e três irmãs foram criados pela mãe viciada em cocaína que acabou perdendo tudo que tinha.
Blake foi morar no velho carro, um Lumina 95 e saiu do banco de trás para a Washington University, uma das melhores do país, com uma bolsa generosa.
Lisa, a irmã mais velha de Liz, também terminou o curso universitário e é professora de crianças autistas.
Quase todas estas pessoas acham que venceram porque tiveram o que a maioria dos filhos fracassados não têm ou tiveram: amor materno.
O do pai também pode ser salvador mas são casos mais raros.
A mãe, por mais perdida, drogada, enlouquecida, é capaz de amar e de salvar os filhos.
Liz Murray é parte desta minoria de sobreviventes mas acha que amor materno, ou paterno, não são as únicas salvações.
Da iniciativa do Times à mulher que lavava as roupas dela, qualquer adulto ou organização pode salvar uma crianca ou adolescente. Esta é a ação da “Manifest Living”, um movimento criado por ela para transformar adultos indiferentes em protetores engajados. BBC Brasil

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