2010年4月12日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Brazil


Rio starts demolishing slums in high-risk areas (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:27 PM PDT

Residents carry goods as they are evacuated at the Morro do Urubu slum in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, April 12, 2010. Rio de Janeiro officials said about 2,600 families are being removed from areas where the threat of new mudslides is most immediate. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - The threat of new mudslides forced officials to begin evicting 2,600 families from at-risk areas Monday as they embarked on a slum demolition program on Rio de Janeiro's hills.


U.S. and Brazil sign defense pact, no decision on jets (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:02 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States and Brazil signed an agreement on Monday meant to bolster military ties, but Brazil's Defense Minister Nelson Jobim did not offer any hint about a key defense contract sought by U.S.-based Boeing Co.

More bodies pulled from Rio mud, 205 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:39 PM PDT

An army doctor examines Ingrid Gomes as her mother Lidiane Gomes (L) looks on after heavy rains and landslides at an army field hospital in Sao Goncalo near Rio de Janeiro April 12, 2010. REUTERS/Sergio MoraesReuters - Rescuers pulled more bodies from a collapsed hillside slum near Rio de Janeiro on Friday, abandoning hope of finding survivors from a mudslide that buried more than 100 people after the heaviest rains in four decades.


US, Brazil sign defense agreement (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:29 PM PDT

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates(R) with his Brazilian counterpart Nelson Jobim in February 2010. The two defense chiefs on Monday signed a military cooperation agreement designed to bolster security ties, despite strain over Iran and a fighter jet contract.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - US and Brazilian defense chiefs on Monday signed a military cooperation agreement designed to bolster security ties, despite strain over Iran and a fighter jet contract.


Brazil rancher goes on trial for US nun's murder (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:39 AM PDT

AP - A rancher accused of ordering the murder of U.S. nun and Amazon defender Dorothy Stang is back on trial in northern Brazil.

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