2009年12月20日星期日

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil boy recovering after needles removed (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:31 PM PST

A 2-year-old boy, found with 42 needles inside his body, arrives to a hospital in Salvador, northeastern Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. Roberto Carlos Magalhaes, the boy's stepfather, has confessed to jabbing them into the toddler as part of a religious ritual, Brazilian police said Thursday. (AP Photo/Arestides Baptista, AG A TARDE, Agencia O Globo)    DO NOT USE IN BRAZILIAN WEBSITES - NAO USAR EM WEBSITES DO BRASILAP - A 2-year-old Brazilian boy was recovering well Sunday and receiving support from across the country after surgery to remove sewing needles allegedly pushed into his body by his stepfather, a hospital official said.


AP Interview: US dad would let relatives visit son (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST

David Goldman speaks to the Associated Press in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. The US man fighting to regain custody of his 9-year-old son Sean in Brazil told the AP he will accept no other outcome other than being fully reunited.  Sean was taken to Brazil in 2004 by his then-wife Bruna Bianchi, who divorced Goldman and remarried before dying while giving birth to a daughter in 2008. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - A New Jersey man who has fought for five years to regain custody of his young son in Brazil would allow the boy's Brazilian family visitation if he wins his case, he told The Associated Press on Sunday.


US envoy visits Zelaya at Brazilian embassy (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:51 PM PST

US ambassador to Honduras Hugo Llorens (R) leaves after meeting with Honduras deposed President Manuel Zelaya, outside the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, on December 19. Washington backed an agreement in the Honduran crisis that called for Zelaya to be reinstated before the November 29 vote. The pact was not honored and US support for the Zelaya has cooled.(AFP/File/Claudia Barrientos)AFP - US Ambassador to Honduras Hugo Llorens visited deposed President Manuel Zelaya on Saturday as part of a bid to find a solution to the political crisis gripping the impoverished Central American nation, an official said.


Brazil needle victim recovers, outrage at cruelty (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 02:18 AM PST

Dozens of needles are seen in this undated X-ray handout taken of a two-year-old boy in Salvador. A Brazilian toddler is making a good recovery after surgery to remove the first of 31 sewing needles pushed into his body by his stepfather in a cruel act that has enraged local. REUTERS/Handout/HOSPITAL DO OESTEReuters - A Brazilian toddler is making a good recovery after surgery to remove the first of 31 sewing needles pushed into his body by his stepfather in a cruel act that has enraged locals, the hospital said on Saturday.


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