2010年4月13日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Brazil

Brazil flood toll rises to 246, Rio's Christ statue cut off (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 06:06 PM PDT

Rio's landmark Christ the Redeemer, atop Corcovado hill in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is seen on April 13, as it remains isolated by several landslides, which have also cut the tracks of the train taking people up and downhill.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)AFP - Landslides triggered by pounding rain in Rio de Janeiro last week killed at least 246 people, officials said, as access to the city's eight-decade-old Christ statue was cut off for the first time.

Rio's Christ the Redeemer closed after rains (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 05:26 PM PDT

Men work on the rail used by the trolley ride that carries tourists up a mountain to the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. The threat of new mudslides forced officials to begin evicting some 2,600 families from at-risk areas as they embarked on a slum demolition program on Rio de Janeiro's hills. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue will be closed indefinitely because of damage to access roads from heavy rains last week, authorities said Tuesday.

Activists, officials laud verdict in nun's death (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 03:15 PM PDT

FILE-- In this Feb. 12, 2004 file photo, missionary sister Dorothy Stang, of Ohio, is seen before entering the Para's legislature in Belem, northern Brazil. A rancher accused of ordering the murder of Stang, a U.S. nun and Amazon defender,was found guilty and sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday April 12, 2010 in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Carlos Silva, Imapress, file) **BRAZIL OUT**AP - A Brazilian rancher's conviction for the murder of a U.S. nun in the Amazon could help discourage attacks on rain forest activists that for decades have largely gone unpunished, environmentalists and legal officials said Tuesday.

Brazil rancher convicted in U.S. nun's murder (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 10:49 AM PDT

Reuters - A court in Brazil has sentenced a rancher to 30 years in prison for ordering the murder in 2005 of U.S.-born nun Dorothy Stang, who lived in the Amazon region and opposed the destruction of the rain forest.

Brazilian rancher jailed for US nun's 2005 murder (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 08:50 AM PDT

Brazilian peasants hold up a portrait of murdered US nun Dorothy Stang in Sao Paulo in 2005. A Brazilian rancher who ordered the 2005 murder of the nun defending small farmers' rights has been sentenced to 30 years in prison on his third trial for the crime.(AFP/File/Mario Miranda)AFP - A Brazilian rancher accused of ordering the 2005 murder of a US nun defending small farmers' rights has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in his third trial for the crime, officials said Tuesday.

Why Brazil signed a military agreement with the US (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 06:17 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The US and Brazil signed a military agreement Monday that both nations touted as an example of partnership and transparency in the Americas.

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