2010年4月22日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Brazil


Bishop: 'Shame' on Brazil church in sex scandal (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 06:56 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims on his arrival in St. Peter's square at Vatican, for his weekly general audience on April 21. The alleged victim of a notorious US priest sued the pope and the Vatican Thursday in an attempt to open the Catholic Church's secret files containing internal investigations into clergy sex abuse.(AFP/File/Vincenzo Pinto)AP - A Roman Catholic bishop in Brazil says he strongly supports the police investigation of three priests in his region accused of sexual abuse.


Indigenous groups sent to occupy Amazon dam site: chief (AFP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 07:23 PM PDT

Natives from several tribes and social movements protest in front of the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) in Brasilia, against the construction of the Belo Monte power plant in northern Brazil, on April 20. Boats carrying 150 Native Americans have reportedly been dispatched to occupy the area where the government wants to build the controversial hydro-electric dam.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)AFP - Indigenous activists threatened a clash with Brazil's government as they dispatched boats carrying 150 men to occupy the planned site of a controversial hydro-electric dam in the Amazon, a chief said.


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