2009年3月13日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Brazil

Lula to talk credit, protectionism with Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 11:34 AM PDT

Reuters - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday that counteracting the global credit crunch and preventing a wave of protectionism will be high on the agenda when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama this weekend.

Obama-Lula meeting sign of Brazilian ascendancy: US (AFP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 11:04 AM PDT

US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon delivers a speech during the 2008 Latin American Cities Conference in Buenos Aires in August 2008. The weekend summit between presidents Barack Obama of the United States and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil underscores Brazil's AFP - The weekend summit between presidents Barack Obama of the United States and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil underscores Brazil's "ascendancy in the world," a top US diplomat said Friday.


Brazilian hijacks small plane, kills child in crash (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 10:50 AM PDT

Reuters - A man wanted for rape abducted his 5-year-old daughter in a light airplane and tried to smash it into a busy shopping center in a Brazilian city, missing it but killing them both, police said on Friday.

Crisis on agenda for Obama-Lula meet (AFP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 09:20 AM PDT

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, seen here on March 5, 2009, delivers a speech during the opening of the International Development Seminar at a hotel in Brasilia. Lula da Silva was heading to Washington Friday, ahead of weekend talks with US President Barack Obama that would include the global crisis -- and the fate of an eight-year-old boy.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)AFP - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was heading to Washington Friday, ahead of weekend talks with US President Barack Obama that would include the global crisis -- and the fate of an eight-year-old boy.


Brazil: Man hijacks plane, kills self, child (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 08:23 AM PDT

Police work at the scene where a single-engine plane crashed in a parking lot of a mall in Goiania, Brazil, Thursday, March 12, 2009. A man accused of rape, kidnapped his daughter, stole a small plane and flew for two hours before crashing into the parking lot of a mall, killing himself and his child, police said Friday. (AP Photo/Cristiano Borges, Jornal O Popular)AP - A man accused of rape kidnapped his daughter, stole a small plane and buzzed a major city before crashing into the parking lot of a mall, killing himself and his 5-year-old child, police said Friday.


Brazil leader takes regional clout to White House (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 11:33 PM PDT

AP - His meet and greet with the U.S. president was bumped to Saturday, and when the White House announced his official visit, they misspelled his name.

Prince Charles: world must act now to save planet (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 12:51 PM PDT

Britain's Prince Charles, second left, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, second right, listen to translators during a 'Capoeira' presentation, an Afro-Brazilian ritual of movements from martial arts and dance in the Complexo de Mare slum in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, March 12, 2009. Prince Charles said that unless nations succeed in curbing deforestation and greenhouse emissions, the planet will suffer irreversible environmental damage in less than a decade. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - Britain's Prince Charles warned on Thursday that mankind has 100 months or less to save the planet from a climate-caused disaster.


Prince Charles in Brazil to deliver eco-warning (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 05:33 PM PDT

Prince Charles (left) shakes hands with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a meeting at Planalto Palace, on March 11, in Brasilia. The British Royals are on a five-day official visit in Brazil.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)AFP - Prince Charles has arrived in Brazil with a warning that time was running out for the world to come up with a coordinated plan to combat climate change.


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