2009年1月30日星期五

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil

South American leaders join anti-Davos forum (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 09:52 PM CST

People sit in a tent at a camp site during the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. The World Social Forum is an annual counter cultural gathering to protest the simultaneous World Economic Forum being held this year in Switzerland. The World Social Forum will run from Jan. 27 to Feb. 1. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - South America's leading advocates of socialism got a hero's welcome from 100,000 activists at the mouth of the Amazon River Thursday as they demanded an overhaul of global capitalism.


Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu creator dies (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 07:57 PM CST

AP - Helio Gracie, one of the main creators of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu that gained worldwide popularity, has died. He was 95.
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