2008年12月3日星期三

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil

Brazil aims to repair ports destroyed by floods (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 03:19 PM CST

In this photo released by MF2, Honda Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello of Brazil, left, celebrates with an unidentified fan after winning the charity karting event International Challenge of the Stars in Florianopolis, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. In its fourth edition, the event organized by Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa in southern Brazil will aid local charities and the victims of recent flooding in the region. (AP Photo/MF2)AP - Brazil is committed to quickly repairing key ports damaged in massive floods in order to recoup millions of dollars in daily losses to the economy, a government official said Tuesday.


Mistaken killing of Brazilian not unlawful: British coroner (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 10:18 AM CST

A coroner has told jurors at an inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes that they cannot decide that the Brazilian was unlawfully killed by police in 2005. De Menezes was mistakenly shot during an anti-terror operation.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Jurors at an inquest into the death of an innocent Brazilian mistakenly shot by British police during an anti-terror operation cannot decide that he was killed unlawfully, a coroner said Tuesday.


Judge: No unlawful killing in death of Brazilian (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 09:40 AM CST

AP - Jurors weighing evidence in a public inquest into the shooting death of a Brazilian man mistaken for a terrorist cannot find that he was unlawfully killed, a judge said Tuesday.
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