2009年11月25日星期三

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Italian ex-militant ends hunger strike in Brazil (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:57 AM PST

Demonstrators hold a hunger strike last week in front of the Supreme Trbunal in Brasilia to protest the extradition of Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti, wanted for murders dating from the 1970s. Battisti ended his own 11-day hunger strike late Tuesday as he anticipated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's verdict on his extradition to Italy.(AFP/File/Joedson Alves)AFP - Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti ended an 11-day hunger strike as he anticipated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's verdict on his extradition to Italy.


New blackout hits Rio's glitzy beach neighborhoods (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 05:16 PM PST

Salesman leave their workplace during a blackout in the Ipanema neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009.  Rio de Janeiro's best beach neighborhoods lost power Tuesday in sweltering summer weather, forcing restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send their employees home. The outage came two weeks to the day after much of Brazil was darkened with by much larger electrical outage. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Rio de Janeiro's posh beach neighborhoods lost power for hours in sweltering summer weather Tuesday, prompting restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send employees home.


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