2009年8月5日星期三

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


US offers technology to win Brazil fighter deal: officials (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 03:04 PM PDT

A Mirage 2000 aircraft. The United States is prepared to make an unprecedented offer to transfer technology behind its F/A-18 fighter jets to Brazil to score a multi-billion-dollar contract, US officials said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)AFP - The United States is prepared to make an unprecedented offer to transfer technology behind its F/A-18 fighter jets to Brazil to score a multi-billion-dollar contract, US officials said Wednesday.


Backpacker 'fraud' duo to appear in Rio court (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 01:38 AM PDT

British tourists Shanti Andrews (left) and Rebecca Turner leave the Tourist Police office in Rio de Janeiro, July 27. Andrews and Turner, who are accused of lying about a robbery in a travel insurance scam, will appear at a Brazilian court on Wednesday.(AFP/HO/File/Paulo Araujo)AFP - Two young British women accused of lying about a robbery in a travel insurance scam will appear at a Brazilian court on Wednesday.


Massa leaves hospital in Brazil after tests (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Aug 2009 05:20 PM PDT

Brazilian Formula One driver Felipe Massa of the Ferrari team gives the thumbs up as he arrives at a hospital in Sao Paulo August 3, 2009. REUTERS/Alex AlmeidaReuters - Injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa left the hospital in Sao Paulo on Tuesday after a series of medical tests ruled out the need for further surgery, his personal physician said.


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