2008年11月19日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Brazil

Brazil: Body-heat sensors to track lost tribes (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 12:50 PM CST

An aerial view of the Amazon forest next to Manaus City in 2006. Growing concern over climate change, and the potential of the carbon credit market, could give the Amazon forest a financial value rivalling the lucrative activities that are eating it away, Brazilian officials believe.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)AP - The Brazilian government will begin using a plane equipped with body-heat sensors to locate — and protect — uncontacted Indian tribes in the Amazon, officials said Tuesday.


Obama's rise forces Brazil to look at racial divide (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 10:01 AM CST

Commuters wait for the train in a subway station in Sao Paulo in a file photo. Barack Obama's rise to power in the United States has exposed cracks in Brazil's self-image as a racially integrated society, with many seeing the Latin American giant years away from electing a black president. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)Reuters - Barack Obama's rise to power in the United States has exposed cracks in Brazil's self-image as a racially integrated society, with many seeing the Latin American giant years away from electing a black president.


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