2010年12月31日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Brazil


AP Interview: Abbas says recognitions hit Israel (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:24 PM PST

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, and Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim during a meeting at the Planalto palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Abbas is on a three-day official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres).AP - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that a recent wave of nations recognizing a Palestinian state based upon 1967 borders is pressuring Israel and the U.S. to return to negotiations and reach a peace deal.


Palestinian leader lays first stone of Brazil embassy (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 03:14 PM PST

The President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, applauds during a ceremony to lay the cornerstone for a Palestine Embassy in Brasilia.(AFP/Adriano Machado)AFP - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas laid the first stone Friday of what will become a Palestinian embassy in Brazil, the most important Latin American country to recognize a sovereign Palestinian state.


Brazil-Italy row over fugitive's extradition (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 12:50 PM PST

Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti leaves Rio de Janeiro's Federal Court in 2009, after testifying. On his final day in office, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has sparked a diplomatic row with Italy by refusing to extradite an Italian fugitive wanted by Rome for a string of murders in the 1970s.(AFP/File/Antonio Scorza)AFP - On his final day in office, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sparked a diplomatic row by refusing to extradite an Italian fugitive wanted by Rome for a string of murders in the 1970s.


Brazil won't extradite Italian fugitive Battisti (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 11:02 AM PST

FILE -  In this March 19, 2007 file photo, Italian leftist activist fugitive Cesare Battisti, center, is escorted by Federal Police officers as he arrives at the airport in Brasilia, Brazil. Battisti was granted political asylum by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, according to a statement released by the president's office, but the case must still be heard by the nation's Supreme Court, the top justice said. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, file)AP - Brazil's president decided Friday not to extradite an Italian fugitive and former leftist rebel convicted of four murders carried out in the late 1970s, despite strong words from Italy, which wants the man to pay for his alleged crimes.


Brazil's Lula decides against extraditing Italian (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 10:04 AM PST

Leftist Italian militant Cesare Battisti (R) is escorted by Brazilian federal police officers as he leaves the Federal Justice building in Rio de Janeiro December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Sergio MoraesReuters - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday that he will not extradite former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti, a move that threatens to damage relations with Italy.


Brazil hosts first Palestine embassy in Americas (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 09:26 AM PST

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah December 13, 2010. REUTERS/Mohamad TorokmanReuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked Brazil on Friday for recognizing his nation's statehood with the first embassy in the Americas and said other countries were following suit.


Berlusconi to 'fight on' for ex-militant's extradition (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 08:09 AM PST

Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti leaves Rio de Janeiro's Federal Court on December 10, 2009, after testifying. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday turned down an extradition demand for an Italian ex-militant, Cesare Battisti, considered a AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Friday he would press on to seek the extradition of former extremist Cesare Battisti following Brazil's refusal to send him back to Italy.


Brazil's Lula, a high-school dropout, closes an exceptional era (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:53 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - One of the best-selling books in Brazil this year was “Never In This Country’s History,” an acerbic but humorous look at the memorable phrases uttered by Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during his eight years in power that will come to a close tomorrow.

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