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Workers pick cotton at a farm in Leme, 65 miles (150 kilometers) north of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday, April 28, 2004. A landmark World Trade Organization ruling this week that U.S. cotton subsidies cause artificially low international prices is leading to predictions that cotton producers from Brazil to Western Africa may now have an incentive to increase production and get what they call a fair price for their Brazil Threatens Retaliation in Dispute on Cotton Subsidies
 The New York Times  | BRASÍLIA (Reuters) — Brazil detailed its planned retaliation against the United States over American cotton subsidies on Monday, but said that Washington s... (photo: AP / Alexandre Meneghini)
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Milan's Ronaldinho celebrates a goal during their Serie A game against Siena in Milan, Italy Sunday Jan. 17 2010. Milan won 4-0. Ronaldinho fighting for Brazil place
 Joy Online  Ronaldinho is fighting to save his Brazil career and head to the World Cup this summer, says his brother and agent Roberto De Assis. | His resurgence at Milan has been ov... (photo: AP / Daniele Badlato)
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Pound and euro notes are displayed for photographs in London, Wednesday April 9, 2008.
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Iquique (Spanish pronunciation: [ikike]) is a city in northern Chile, capital of Tarapac Region, on the Pacific coast, west of the Atacama Desert and the Pampa del Tamarugal. It had a population of 216,419 as of the 2002 census[1]. It is also the main commune of the Greater Iquique.  Iquique has one of the largest duty-free commercial port centers (or Zona Franca) of South America and has been traditionally called Zofri. There are around 2.4 km of warehouses, banking branches, and restaurants.  Copper mining, mainly in Quebrada Blanca, Cerro Colorado, and Doa Ins de Collahuas, is also an important industry in Iquique.
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Actress Paris Hilton makes an appearance to promote her new movie "The Hottie and the Nottie" on MTV's
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