Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• US Senator lifts objection to Brazil envoy (AFP)
• Court: Brazil boy can't be heard in custody battle (AP)
• Family tries to free arrested Brits from Rio jail (AFP)

US Senator lifts objection to Brazil envoy (AFP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 01:36 PM PDT AFP - A key US Senator said Thursday he was lifting his objection to confirming President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Brazil, career diplomat Thomas Shannon.

Court: Brazil boy can't be heard in custody battle (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 01:24 PM PDT AP - The Brazilian Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 9-year-old Brazilian boy at the center of an international custody battle will not be allowed to testify about whether he wants to remain with relatives in Brazil or join his American father.

Family tries to free arrested Brits from Rio jail (AFP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:18 AM PDT AFP - Efforts are continuing Thursday to try to free two British women being held in an overcrowded Rio de Janeiro jail on suspicion of staging a robbery insurance scam.

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