2009年7月3日星期五

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Dispute deepens on who controlled Flight 447 (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 02:51 PM PDT

Aviation specialist British lawyer James Healy-Pratt answers reporters following a meeting with families of victims of the June 1, Air France flight 447 crash, in Paris Friday July 3, 2009.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - Brazil's air force released a recording Friday it said proves it handed over control of Air France Flight 447 to Senegalese authorities before it crashed — but African officials denied that.


Brazil prison guards nab pigeon with cell phone (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 12:57 PM PDT

In this July 1, 2009 photo released by Sao Paulo's state prison affairs department on July 3, 2009, a live pigeon carrying a makeshift backpack containing a cell phone is shown in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Officials say they have thwarted yet another attempt at using carrier pigeons to smuggle cellular phones into a prison in southeastern Brazil.  (AP Photo/Sao Paulo State Prison Affairs Department)AP - Prison guards foiled a new attempt to smuggle a cell phone into a Brazilian prison by carrier pigeon — this one wearing a tiny backpack — and said Friday that the practice is becoming almost commonplace.


Brazil's Lula scolds rich nations on migration (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:53 PM PDT

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (pictured on June 29) issued a law giving tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants legal status and criticized rich nations for taking a tough stance against illegal migrants.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)AFP - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva issued a law giving tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants legal status and criticized rich nations for taking a tough stance against illegal migrants.


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