2009年7月9日星期四

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Going vertical: Brothers live on building's wall (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 01:57 PM PDT

Brazilian artists Gabriel Primo, left, and Tiago Primo sit in their installation art work, exhibited on the wall of a building, in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, July 9, 2009.  (AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes)AP - Two brothers in Rio are living over the edge — literally: sleeping, working and eating on the side of a building 33 feet (10 meters) up in the air. Twenty-seven-year-old Tiago Primo and his 20-year-old brother Gabriel spend 12 hours a day in the bed, hammock, chair and dining table they've attached to a bright red-and-yellow wall as part of an art exhibit in Rio's old center.


Obama gets jersey, and maybe a dig, from Brazil (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 01:55 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, is presented with a soccer shirt by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, signed by the Brazilian national soccer team, during the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy Thursday July 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - President Barack Obama seemed pleased with the gift he received Thursday from Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but it was bittersweet nonetheless.


Remains of Flight 447 en route to France for probe (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 08:01 AM PDT

FILE  -- In this Sunday, June 14, 2009 file photo  workers unload debris, belonging to crashed Air France flight AF447, from the Brazilian Navy's Constitution Frigate in the port of Recife, northeast of Brazi.  More than 600 pieces of Air France Flight 447 are being sent from Brazil to France by ship to be studied further for clues to the June 1 crash, Airbus said Thursday July 9, 2009 . The disaster overshadowed a meeting of Air France-KLM shareholders on Thursday, with pilots saying the company didn't do enough to prevent the plane from crashing into the Atlantic Ocean. All 228 people aboard were killed and the reason for the accident remains unclear.  (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)AP - More than 600 pieces of Air France Flight 447 are being sent from Brazil to France by ship to be studied further for clues into the June 1 crash, Airbus said Thursday.


Obama, Lula back deposed Honduran president (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 06:14 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called Thursday for the rapid return to power of deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya, a Lula aide said.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - US President Barack Obama and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called Thursday for the rapid return to power of deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya, a Lula aide said.


White House: Brazil should press Iran on nukes (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 03:13 AM PDT

AP - The White House says it is counting on Brazil to help convince Iran that it must keep its nuclear activities peaceful.
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