2009年5月12日星期二

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil

Brazil floods ease, but 267K still homeless (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 05:26 PM PDT

An aerial view of the flooded town of Araioses, Maranhao state, Brazil, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Flooding has killed 40 and forced nearly 300,000 Brazilians from their homes. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - Thousands of Brazilians returned home Tuesday following devastating floods but water kept on rising in some places and civil defense officials used helicopters, trucks and boats to deliver aid to victims in isolated communities.


Hillary Clinton may visit Brazil May 27-28: official (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 10:48 AM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington, DC on May 11, 2009. Clinton may visit Brazil late this month, a Brazilian foreign ministry official told AFP Tuesday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may visit Brazil late this month, a Brazilian foreign ministry official told AFP Tuesday.


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