2010年5月21日星期五

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Iran letter to IAEA will advance nuclear talks: Brazil (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 04:29 PM PDT

Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Celso Amorim, speaks during a press conference at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, on May 18. Iran's letter to the IAEA confirming its deal with Turkey and Brazil over an exchange of uranium will advance negotiations on Tehran's nuclear program, Amorim said Friday.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)AFP - Iran's letter to the IAEA confirming its deal with Turkey and Brazil over an exchange of uranium will advance negotiations on Tehran's nuclear program, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Friday.


Brazil orders Polish priest arrested in abuse case (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 04:29 PM PDT

AP - A judge in Brazil has ordered the arrest of a Polish priest suspected of sexually abusing a teenager in a Rio de Janeiro suburb, authorities said Friday.

Brazil ready for first woman president: candidate (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 02:47 PM PDT

Brazilian presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, from the Workers Party (PT), speaks during an individual debate at the XIII National Meeting of Mayors, in Brasilia on May 19. The woman vying to become Brazil's first female president said Friday that the most populated country in Latin America is ready for a female at the helm.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)AFP - The woman vying to become Brazil's first female president said Friday that the most populated country in Latin America is ready for a female at the helm.


Amazon dams hold promise of clean energy for Brazil (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 May 2010 12:16 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - It is slated to be the world's third-biggest dam. Local authorities tried to halt it in court. But Brazil is pushing ahead with the Belo Monte Amazon dam â€" and has big plans for hydroelectric power elsewhere in the Amazon. Its argument for the controversial move? That it's a clean power source â€" and in this age of climate change, one that should be tapped.
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