2010年9月27日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Brazil


Petrobras becomes third biggest oil firm (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:26 PM PDT

A Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras petrol station in Sao Paulo. Brazil's state-run Petrobras became the world's third-biggest oil firm by market capitalization Monday as it completed a record share issue expected to bring in around 70 billion dollars.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)AFP - Brazil's state-run Petrobras became the world's third-biggest oil firm by market capitalization Monday as it completed a record share issue expected to bring in around 70 billion dollars.


Literacy test dims clown's bid for Brazil congress (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 01:05 PM PDT

In this photo taken in 2010, Francisco Silva, professional clown and Sao Paulo's federal deputy candidate, poses for a photo. Brazilian prosecutors want to make the clown prove he can read and write. Under Brazil's constitution, no member of congress can be illiterate. Silva's literacy was questioned by a weekend report in Epoca magazine. (AP Photo/Tiririca website, HO)AP - Brazilians seem eager to put a clown in Congress, according to the polls. But the courts are taking a less jovial look at a new report that the comic doesn't meet a legal requirement that lawmakers be able to read and write.


Lula's 'Bolsa Familia' a vote-winner in Brazil (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:09 PM PDT

A mother of four shows her AFP - If, as expected, Brazil's ruling party's presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff sweeps the October 3 election, it will be in no small part due to the "Bolsa Familia" welfare handouts to her country's poor.


Brazil's candidate Rousseff under fire in TV debate (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:00 PM PDT

Brazil's presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff of the Workers' Party gestures during a television debate in Rio de Janeiro September 26, 2010. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - Brazil's ruling party candidate and front-runner in next week's presidential election came under heavy fire in a TV debate on Sunday over corruption allegations and her government's relationship with Iran.


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