2009年6月26日星期五

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil ends search for bodies, debris from Air France jet (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 04:47 PM PDT

Handout picture released by the Brazilian Navy showing recovered debris of the Air France aircraft lost in midflight over the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009 on board a Brazilian Navy Corvette at Recife's harbour on June 19, 2009. Brazil's military said late Friday it had ended its search for more bodies and debris from an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic nearly four weeks ago.(AFP/HANDOUT-BRAZILIAN NAVY/Ho)AFP - Brazil's military said late Friday it had ended its search for more bodies and debris from an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic nearly four weeks ago.


Brazil calls off search for Air France victims (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 04:28 PM PDT

Relatives and friends of Air France cabin chief Brazilian Lucas Gagliano accompany his coffin, covered with Gagliano's much cherished football team Botafogo FC, during his funeral June 25, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil's military said late Friday it had ended its search for more bodies and debris from an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic nearly four weeks ago.(AFP/File/Vanderlei Almeida)Reuters - Brazil's Air Force and Navy on Friday called off the search for additional victims and wreckage from Air France Flight 447, which crashed over the Atlantic on June 1 carrying 228 people.


Search for Air France recorders likely to go on (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:51 PM PDT

Relatives and friends of Air France cabin chief Brazilian Lucas Gagliano accompany his coffin, covered with Gagliano's much cherished football team Botafogo FC, during his funeral June 25, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil's military said late Friday it had ended its search for more bodies and debris from an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic nearly four weeks ago.(AFP/File/Vanderlei Almeida)AP - The search for the black boxes of the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean will likely continue for at least another 16 days, even though their audio beacons are likely fading away, an American officer said Friday.


Lula signs land law aimed at reforming Amazon (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 01:40 PM PDT

Aerial view shows farmland next to the Amazon rainforest in Mato Grosso state August 9, 2005. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a law granting more than a million people land titles in huge chunks of the Amazon, aiming to end decades of legal chaos in the world's largest rain forest.


Brazil approves controversial land tenure law (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:27 PM PDT

AP - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a law that could legalize landholdings by some 1 million squatters occupying a Texas-sized chunk of the Amazon rain forest, despite environmentalist fears it will accelerate deforestation.

Alves spares Brazil's blushes at Confed Cup (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 02:01 AM PDT

Brazilian defender Daniel Alves celebrates after scoring the first goal during the FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final football match Brazil against South Africa at the Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. Brazil won 1-0.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)AFP - Barcelona defender Daniel Alves spared Brazil's blushes as his late goal earned the five time world champions a 1-0 win over spirited South Africa here Thursday to book their place in the Confederations Cup final.


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