2009年8月6日星期四

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Clarification: Brazil-Custody Battle story (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 08:56 AM PDT

AP - In a July 30 story about a boy at the center of an international custody case, The Associated Press referred to the boy as Brazilian. The boy holds both Brazilian and U.S. citizenship.

Trial set for Brits accused of Brazil fraud: lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 07:41 AM PDT

British tourists Shanti Andrews (left) and Rebecca Turner leave the Tourist Police office in Rio de Janeiro, July 27. The two women accused in Brazil of trying to carry out a travel insurance fraud by lying to police about being robbed are to go on trial on August 17, their lawyer told AFP.(AFP/HO/File/Paulo Araujo)AFP - Two British women accused in Brazil of trying to carry out a travel insurance fraud by lying to police about being robbed are to go on trial on August 17, their lawyer told AFP on Thursday.


Waste shipped back from Brazil (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 05:15 PM PDT

Agents of Brazil's state environmental agency (IBAMA) inspect 41 containers from Britain containing 1,400 tons of household waste imported into the country improperly labeled as recyclable plastic, at Santos' port, south of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 22(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AFP - A cargo ship carrying 1,477 tons of waste, including used condoms, syringes and diapers, left Brazil on Wednesday to return the illegal trash to Britain, Brazilian officials said.


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