2008年8月31日星期日

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil

Amazon deforestation on the rise (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 07:25 PM CDT

AP - Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in the past 12 months — the first such increase in three years — as rising demand for soy and cattle pushes farmers and ranchers to raze trees, officials said Saturday.

Brazil intel agency accused of illegal wiretaps (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 04:18 PM CDT

Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, center left, and Marta Suplicy, center right, Sao Paulo mayoral candidate of the ruling Workers Party, wave to supporters as they ride in an open car during a rally in Sao Paulo, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Mayoral elections are scheduled for Oct. 5, 2008. At back is Suplicy's running mate Aldo Rebelo. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - Brazil's national intelligence agency will investigate accusations that its agents tapped the phones of top government officials including the president of the Supreme Court, officials said Saturday.


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