2009年3月11日星期三

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil

Brazil: Rancher tied to nun's case is charged (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 01:56 PM PDT

AP - A rancher fighting accusations that he ordered the murder of a U.S. nun has now been charged with trying to fraudulently obtain the plot of Amazon rain forest she died trying to defend, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

US lawmakers call on Brazil to return boy to US father (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 01:34 PM PDT

General view of the Pavao and Pavaozinho shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. US lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on the Brazilian government to return a boy who is living with his stepfather in Brazil to his American father.(AFP/File/Vanderlei Almeida)AFP - US lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on the Brazilian government to return a boy who is living with his stepfather in Brazil to his American father.


Prince Charles heads to Brazil with eco-warning (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 08:41 AM PDT

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla attend a public event in the port of Valparaiso. Charles was heading to Brazil with a warning that the world had just months to come up with a coordinated plan to combat climate change.(AFP/Gardner Hamilton)AFP - Prince Charles was heading to Brazil on Wednesday with a warning that the world had just months to come up with a coordinated plan to combat climate change.


Nine-Year-Old's Abortion Outrages Brazil's Catholic Church (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PST

Time.com - A divisive controversy over legalizing abortion arises after the Vatican excommunicates a family for having a girl, raped by her stepfather, undergo the procedure
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