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Brazil to boost troops in Amazon, weapons industry (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2008 09:17 PM CST AP - Brazil will beef up troops in its vast Amazon rain forest, build nuclear and conventional submarines to protect offshore oil fields and modernize its weapons industry under a national defense plan outlined in a report Thursday.

Brazilian Gilberto on the way out at Tottenham: Redknapp (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2008 07:59 PM CST AFP - Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp revealed Brazilian Gilberto's time at White Hart Lane was about to be over following their 2-2 draw against Spartak Moscow in the UEFA Cup.

US rejects Castro dissident-prisoner exchange offer (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2008 05:32 PM CST AFP - Cuba's offer Thursday to release jailed political dissidents in Cuba in exchange for five Cubans convicted of spying in the United States was rejected by the State Department and Cuban rights groups.

US refuses to exchange convicted Cubans for jailed dissidents (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:59 PM CST AFP - The US State Department on Thursday rejected a Cuban proposal to exchange five Cubans convicted of spying in the United States for jailed dissidents in Cuba.

World Jewish Congress Welcomes Clear Commitment by Latin American Leaders; Presidents of Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela Sign Joint Declaration Agains (PR Newswire) Posted: 18 Dec 2008 09:56 AM CST PR Newswire - The presidents of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), Ronald S. Lauder, and the Latin American Jewish Congress (LAJC), Jack Terpins, have both welcomed the signing of a joint declaration by the presidents of Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela this week at a summit in Costa Sauipe (Brazil). In it, Presidents Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Hugo Chavez Frias unequivocally condemn "discrimination and religious intolerance, in particular, anti-Semitism and anti-Islamism"

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