Brazilian film wins rights to Chico Mendes life story
JN Filmes beat Hollywood bidders to secure exclusive rights from the Chico Mendes Foundation for a English Portuguese film TV series autobiographical book and videocassette about ecologist Chico Mendes. The contract worth 1.76 million follows Mendes death and global attention on his rubber tappers union fight to defend the Amazon.
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Freed monk claims he saw American POWs in Vietnam
Japanese Buddhist monk Ganshin Yoshida said five or six American prisoners were at a Vietnamese camp where he was held for 14 years. He told Kyodo News Service he did not know their living conditions. Vietnamese Embassy official called the claim groundless. no POWs remain according to the embassy. Yoshida was freed January 20 for humanitarian reasons.
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