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The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO Embat- tled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tues- day lashed out at the two men in line to succeed her if she is impeached, calling her vice president and the house speaker "heads of the conspiracy" to remove her from office. Speaking to teachers and students at the presidential palace in Brasilia, Rousseff said Vice President Michel Temer and Lower House Speaker Eduardo Cunha are jointly plotting her downfall. The remarks came on the heels of an allegedly acci- dental release Monday of an address to the nation that Temer intended to deliver after a hypotheti- cal congressional vote that would suspend Rousseff from office. In the 13-min- ute-long audio, which Te- mer said he unintentionally sent to lawmakers through an instant messenger app, the vice president speaks as if he had already assumed the top job. Rousseff said she was "shocked" by the record- ing, which she said "re- veals treason against me and against democracy." "The mask of the con- spirators has fallen," she said. "I don't really know which one is the chief and which is his second- in-charge," Rousseff said, referring to Temer and Cunha, both members of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, or PMDB, which pulled out of Rous- seff's governing coalition late last month. "One of them is the not-so invisible hand that's lead- ing this impeachment pro- cess, through perversion of power and unimagina- ble abuses," she said. "The other is rubbing his hands together and is rehearsing the farce of a would-be in- auguration speech." On Monday, a lower house commission brought Rousseff one step closer to impeachment after approv- ing a report in favor of her removal. The proceedings stem from allegations her ad- ministration violated fiscal rules to mask budget prob- lems by shifting around government accounts. Opposition parties claim sleight-of-hand accounting moves allowed her to boost public spending to shore up votes. Rousseff and her sup- porters have insisted the allegations against her are bogus and that financial maneuvers like the ones she made were common prac- tice, used by two prior pres- idents. She has repeatedly denounced the proceedings as a blatant power grab by her foes. Her opponents say the impeachment process is in line with the wishes of the majority of Brazilians. Rousseff has seen her ap- proval ratings tumble amid the worst recession in de- cades, a spike in both job- lessness and inflation, and the spiraling corruption investigation at the state- run Petrobras oil com- pany, which has ensnared dozens of top politicians from across the political spectrum as well as some of Brazil's richest and most powerful businessmen. The latest person to be caught up in the scandal was a former senator, de- tained early Tuesday. Officials said Gim Ar- gello was placed in pre- ventive detention early Tuesday, accused of tak- ing bribes from construc- tion firms involved in the massive bribes scheme at the state-run Petrobras oil company. The bribes were allegedly in exchange for Argello's help in keeping the firms' executives from being called to appear be- fore parliamentary com- mittees investigating the scheme. Federal prosecutor Car- los Fernando de Lima said the illicit funds were then passed on as legal dona- tions to political parties. Lima told journalists at a news conference the prac- tice "has existed for a long time" and underscored that "corruption in Brazil is not partisan." Argello's aide and an- other person were tem- porarily detained in the sweep. 'C ON SPI RA CY' Br az il p re si de nt l as he s ou t at V P ov er i mp ea ch me nt b id ER AL DO P ER ES — T HE A SS OC IA TE D P RE SS Br az il' s P re si de nt D il ma Ro us se ff a tt en ds a c erem on y w it h t ea ch er s a nd s tu den ts a t Pl ana lt o p re si den ti al p al ac e i n Br as ili a, B ra zil , o n T ue sd ay . T he s ig n t ha t s ay " Ha te " i n P or tu gu es e a re p ar t o f a lo ng er p hr as e t ha t s ay s: " Th is is no t a cou nt ry o f h at e. " R ou ss eff o n T ue sd ay c al le d V ic e P re si den t M i ch el T emer t he " he ad o f t he c on sp ir ac y" t ha t s ee ks to rem ov e her f rom o ffice i n h er m os t d ir ec t a tt ac k o n h im s o f ar . By Samuel Petrequin The Associated Press PARIS A 400-year-old pic- ture that might have been painted by Italian mas- ter Caravaggio has been found in an attic in south- ern France. Eric Turquin, the French expert who retrieved the painting two years ago, said it is in an exceptional state of conservation and estimated its value at 120 million euros (about $135 million), even though he acknowledged experts dis- agree about its authenticity. Called "Judith Behead- ing Holofernes," it depicts the biblical heroine Ju- dith beheading an Assyr- ian general. It is thought to have been painted in Rome around 1604-05. Turquin told a news con- ference on Tuesday that there "will never be a con- sensus" about the artist. Two Caravaggio experts he consulted with attrib- uted the painting to Louis Finson, a Flemish painter and art dealer who was fa- miliar with Caravaggio, Turquin said. Finson pos- sessed a number of works from the Italian master and made copies of his pictures. "But the third expert I met told me that it was not only a Caravaggio, but also a masterpiece," Turquin said. "'Judith Beheading Holofernes' must be con- sidered the most impor- tant painting, by far, to have emerged in the last 20 years by one of the great masters." The picture has been awarded "National Trea- sure" status by French au- thorities, meaning that it can't be exported for 30 months, leaving the na- tional museums enough time for its acquisition. While the art work has yet to be authenticated, France's Culture Ministry justified its decision to ban the export of the painting because it "deserves to be kept on (French) territory as a very important land- mark of Caravaggism." Bruno Arciprete, the Na- ples-based expert who re- stored Caravaggio's "Flag- ellation of the Lord" and "Seven Works of Mercy," said the painting could well be a Caravaggio but that further studies are needed. "It has interesting char- acteristics that can be at- tributed to Caravaggio," he said in a phone interview. Arciprete said he saw the work a few months ago in Paris and came away with a "very good impression." IT AL IAN M AS TE R Possible lost Caravaggio painting found in attic in France By Malcolm Ritter The Associated Press NEW YORK With famed physicist Stephen Hawking at his side, an Internet in- vestor announced Tuesday that he's spending $100 mil- lion on a futuristic plan to explore far outside our solar system. Yuri Milner said the even- tual goal is sending hun- dreds or thousands of tiny spacecraft, each weighing far less than an ounce, to the Alpha Centauri star sys- tem. That's more than 2,000 times as far as any space- craft has gone so far. Propelled by energy from a powerful array of Earth- based lasers, the space- craft would fly at about one- fifth the speed of light. They could reach Alpha Centauri in20years,wheretheycould make observations and send the results back to Earth. They might discover a planet or planets there — experts think there may be some, but there's no proven sighting yet — and possi- bly even find signs of life there or elsewhere, said Mil- ner and a panel of experts at the announcement. The three stars that make up Al- pha Centauri are the closest stars to our star — the sun. "We commit to the next great leap into the cosmos," Hawking said, "because we are human and our na- ture is to fly." Hawking has joined Milner and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on the board of the proj- ect, called Breakthrough Starshot, which includes a team of scientists. Milner said his $100 million will go to establish the feasibil- ity of the project, and that a launch itself would require far more money. Hawking is also part of a project Mil- ner announced last sum- mer to use earthbound tele- scopes to seek intelligent life in outer space. 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