2009年11月18日星期三

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil court backs Battisti extradition, but Lula has final say (AFP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 03:52 PM PST

Cesare Battisti is seen during a meeting with representatives from a human rights commission at Papuda penitentiary in Brasilia, on November 17. Brazil's supreme court on Wednesday voted to extradite Battisti, despite a government order granting him political asylum.(AFP/AGENCIA BRASIL/File/Jose Cruz)AFP - Brazil's supreme court Wednesday authorized the extradition of Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti, wanted for murders dating from the 1970s, but left President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with final say in the case.


Brazil: President to decide on Italian fugitive (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 03:17 PM PST

Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti gestures as he meets with Brazilian lawmakers while serving time in prison in Brasilia, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.  Brazil's Supreme Court will resume Wednesday its session to consider the extradition of Battisti, who was convicted in Italy of political slayings in the 1970s. Battisti is on a hunger strike to protest possible extradition home. (AP Photo/Jose Cruz, ABr )AP - Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the nation's president should decide whether to extradite Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti, a former leftist rebel wanted by his native country for political killings in the 1970s.


Movie reveals tragedy, ambition of Brazil's Lula (AFP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 08:54 AM PST

Brazilian actor Rui Ricardo Dias (C), and actresses Cleo Pires (L) and Juliana Baroni pose for photographers before the premiere of the movie 'Lula, the son of Brazil' during the Brasilia Film Festival at the National theatre in Brasilia, November 17. The premiere of the movie about the early life of Brazil's phenomenally popular president left the audience in tears.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)AFP - The premiere of a new movie about the early life of Brazil's phenomenally popular president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left an audience in tears -- and some critics on Wednesday predicting Oscar glory.


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