2009年5月26日星期二

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil detains Arab moderating anti-American site (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 05:30 PM PDT

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a news conference in Salvador, Brazil, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazilian authorities detained an Arab who ran a Web site forum that authorities initially suspected could be linked to terrorists and included anti-American statements in Arabic, a prosecutor said Tuesday night.


Brazil jet from Miami hits turbulence, injuring 21 (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 02:03 PM PDT

AP - A Brazilian jet liner traveling from Miami ran into rough turbulence, injuring 21 people on board.

Brazil detains suspected al-Qaida member (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:09 PM PDT

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a news conference in Salvador, Brazil, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - A suspected al-Qaida member has been taken into custody by Brazilian authorities in a case shrouded in secrecy, police said Tuesday.


Amazon hit by climate chaos of floods, drought (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 06:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2005 file photo is seen the Anama Lake after a drought affected the levels of parts of the Amazon River, 168 km from Manaus, Brazil.  In 2005, the water level of the Amazon dropped by several feet because of a months long drought, halting travel and harming the important fishing industry. In 2009, communities along the river are adding new floors to their stilt houses, trying to stay above rising floodwaters that have killed 44 people and left 376,000 homeless.  (AP Photo/Luiz Vasconcelos,Interfoto,File)AP - Across the Amazon basin, river dwellers are adding new floors to their stilt houses, trying to stay above rising floodwaters that have killed 48 people and left 405,000 homeless.


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