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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Brasilia - Several hundred people on Sunday protested the upcoming visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, taking him to task for his denial of the Holocaust. The protests, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, are expected to be followed by pr...
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France 24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
French tyre maker Michelin will build a new factory in Brazil at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, the company's chief executive Michel Rollier told a newspaper Saturday. The tyre factory will be in Resende, close to Rio de Janeiro, and will start production in 2013, Rollier told financial newspaper La Tribune. The plant will allow Michelin to "triple its capacity" in the region,...
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Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | yesterday
As South America continues to head South, David Bor writes me with this deeply disturbing update from Brazil. David writes: Yesterday,Friday (11-20) while receiving Mahmoud Abbas in Bahia one of the Brazilian States (the governor is a Jew),leftist president Lula da Silva said that Israel has to stop building in the "palestinian capital" meaning of course Jerusalem, and that Israel is the...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva confirmed Monday that he is set to attend the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December. Lula said in his weekly radio programme Breakfast with the President that he hopes for progr...
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Brazil must be careful to respect human rights as it moves to contain violence in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the 2014 soccer World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Rio de Janeiro - Israeli President Shimon Peres visited the headquarters of Brazilian oil company Petrobras in Rio de Janeiro Friday, on the last day of a historic official visit to Brazil. During his official visit to Brazil - the first by an Israel...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil says it will voluntarily reduce carbon emissions by 36.1 percent to 38.9 percent by 2020.
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Sify (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Organizers of the 2016 Olympics are pitching host city Rio de Janeiro as a potential "power island" immune from blackouts like the one that left 60 million Brazilians in the dark, though experts
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Three people died and 200 left homeless in Brazil as the result of heavy rains which hit northern suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian civil defense service said.
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Organizers of the 2016 Olympics are pitching host city Rio de Janeiro as a potential "power island" immune from blackouts like the one that left 60 million Brazilians in the dark.
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Organizers of the 2016 Olympics are pitching host city Rio de Janeiro as a potential "power island" immune from blackouts like the one that left 60 million Brazilians in the dark, though experts questioned Thursday whether a safe energy haven for the games is possible.
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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
A Briton has been arrested in Rio de Janeiro airport after security X-rays discovered he was trying to smuggle 1,000 live spiders out in his luggage, reports said Thursday. The man, unnamed in online reports by the state Agencia Brasil and other outlets, was apprehended late Wednesday for violating laws banning the export of Brazilian animals without authorization. He faces imprisonment of up to a...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil's federal police arrested in Rio de Janeiro an Englishman who intended to leave the country with 1,000 live spiders packed in two suitcases, the authorities said Thursday. Police said the arrest took place Wednesday at Rio de ...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (MARKET WIRE) MPX Energia S.A. (BOVESPA: MPXE3), informs that the Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (IBAMA) granted the Preliminary License ("LP") for the MPX Sul TPP project ("MPX Sul"). The LP attests to the environmental feasibility of the project, which foresees the development of a 600 MW coal-fired plant...
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Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian officials yesterday investigated a blackout that plunged as many as 60 million people - nearly a third of the nation's population - into darkness,...
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arora5cx27 | 10/21/2009
BARCELONA, Spain - Rafael Nadal has recovered from injury and made himself available for Spain's Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic in December. Nadal underwent successful medical tests in Barcelona on Wednesday that showed the 23-year-old Spaniard was ready to return for the first time since his U.S. Open semifinal. Nadal hasn't been on court since that semifinal defeat to eventual champion...
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bharatbook | 10/16/2009
Brazil’s tourism sector seems to be in a privileged position relative to other major tourist destinations worldwide. The relative weakness of Brazil’s currency, and the prospect of cheaper flights, has brought an increase in the number of visitors to the country over the last six months. These factors may also lead in particular to a larger number of US tourists enjoying Brazil’s myriad attractions.