2010年12月10日星期五

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Police say 14 drug gang suspects arrested in Rio (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 03:08 PM PST

A policeman uses a spray to mark a weapon, a bullet proof vest and drugs seized during an operation against drug traffickers at the Complexo do Alemao in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Rio police backed by helicopters and armored vehicles started invading a shantytown complex long held by traffickers on Sunday, slowly moving their way through small alleys amid heavy gunfire. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Authorities in Rio de Janeiro say they have arrested more than a dozen people during their search for suspected drug gang members who fled several slums when police took them over.


UN talks on knife edge, Mexico urges agreement (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 10:23 PM PST

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) activists light candles representing the earth as they demonstrate on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference COP16 in Cancun December 5, 2010.  REUTERS/Jorge SilvaReuters - Talks on a 190-nation deal to slow global warming were on a "knife edge" early on Friday as Brazil and Japan expressed guarded hopes of ending a dispute between rich and poor about curbing greenhouse gas emissions.


U.N. climate draft proposes $100 billion fund (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 03:49 PM PST

Activists from the 350.org environmental protection NGO sit on a table partially submerged in water as they pretend to represent countries taking part in the U.N. climate talks during a staged news conference at a beach in Cancun December 9, 2010. REUTERS/Jorge SilvaReuters - A draft accord from a U.N. climate conference on Friday proposed a raft of modest deals, including a $100 billion annual "green fund" by 2020, a temperature target and payments to protect tropical forests.


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