2010年4月21日星期三

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil: House arrest for priest on sex tape (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 10:42 AM PDT

Monsignor Luiz Marques Barbosa, 83, left, listens at a state congressional investigative panel in Alagoas, northeastern Brazil, Monday, April 19, 2010. Barbosa's detention for allegedly abusing boys as young as 12, has added to the scandals hitting the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America, even as Chile's bishops asked pardon on Tuesday for past sexual abuse cases. (AP Photo/Roni Lins) BRAZIL OUT - DO NOT USE IN BRAZILIAN PUBLICATIONS OR WEBSITES - NAO USAR NO BRASILAP - An 83-year-old Brazilian priest detained on allegations of sexually abusing young boys has been moved from jail to house arrest and authorities told a newspaper published Wednesday they are investigating allegations his accusers extorted money from him.


50 years on, Brazil's utopian capital faces reality (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 10:07 AM PDT

The Brazilian National Museum, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, is seen in Brasilia April 7, 2010. REUTERS/Ricardo MoraesReuters - The dream was big. In just a few years, Brazil would build a modern capital in the middle of a savanna, an experiment in egalitarianism that would also shift power toward the center of the vast country.


Brazil awards dam tender despite environmental protests (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 07:44 PM PDT

People from several tribes and social movements protest in front of the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) in Brasilia. Brazil speedily awarded the tender for a controversial hydro-electric dam projected to be the world's third-largest, despite fierce opposition from environmentalists.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)AFP - Brazil speedily awarded the tender for a controversial hydro-electric dam projected to be the world's third-largest, despite fierce opposition from environmentalists.


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