2009年10月20日星期二

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Rio death toll rises to 25 after bloody clashes (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:43 PM PDT

Police officers carry the coffin containing the body of fellow officer Izo Gomes Patricio during his funeral at the Jardim da Saudade cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. The death toll from weekend clashes between rival gangs rose to 21 when more bodies were found in the Morro dos Macacos slum, where a shooting also downed a police helicopter, according to police. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - The death toll from bloody clashes in Rio de Janeiro is up to 25 after authorities found more bodies.


Brazil to Tax Foreign Investors (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 12:36 PM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - With news Monday that Brazil will impose a tax on foreign purchases of its debt and equity, stocks in the surging Latin American giant have taken a sharp hit. This decline has tempered enthusiasm about the red-hot MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which was up 73 percent year-to-date before Tuesday's outflows from Brazil.

Brazil hunt chopper attackers in Rio de Janeiro (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:36 AM PDT

Armed police on patrol near the Sao Joao slum in Rio de Janeiro on October 18. Brazil's president has pledged to spend $60 million on security and prove the country could successfully host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics after drugs gangs shot down a helicopter.(AFP/File/Helio Cardoso)AFP - Brazil's president pledged to spend 60 million dollars on security and prove the country could successfully host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics after drugs gangs shot down a helicopter.


Brazil plans Doha trade meeting in late November (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 08:02 PM PDT

World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy speaks in New Delhi September 4, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Brazil plans to organize a meeting of trade ministers in late November to discuss progress in the World Trade Organization's long-running Doha round, a senior Brazilian official said on Monday.


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