Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• AP Interview: Abbas says recognitions hit Israel (AP)
• Palestinian leader lays first stone of Brazil embassy (AFP)
• Brazil-Italy row over fugitive's extradition (AFP)
• Brazil won't extradite Italian fugitive Battisti (AP)
• Brazil's Lula decides against extraditing Italian (Reuters)
• Brazil hosts first Palestine embassy in Americas (Reuters)
• Berlusconi to 'fight on' for ex-militant's extradition (AFP)
• Brazil's Lula, a high-school dropout, closes an exceptional era (The Christian Science Monitor)

AP Interview: Abbas says recognitions hit Israel (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:24 PM PST AP - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that a recent wave of nations recognizing a Palestinian state based upon 1967 borders is pressuring Israel and the U.S. to return to negotiations and reach a peace deal.

Palestinian leader lays first stone of Brazil embassy (AFP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 03:14 PM PST AFP - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas laid the first stone Friday of what will become a Palestinian embassy in Brazil, the most important Latin American country to recognize a sovereign Palestinian state.

Brazil-Italy row over fugitive's extradition (AFP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 12:50 PM PST AFP - On his final day in office, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sparked a diplomatic row by refusing to extradite an Italian fugitive wanted by Rome for a string of murders in the 1970s.

Brazil won't extradite Italian fugitive Battisti (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 11:02 AM PST AP - Brazil's president decided Friday not to extradite an Italian fugitive and former leftist rebel convicted of four murders carried out in the late 1970s, despite strong words from Italy, which wants the man to pay for his alleged crimes.

Brazil's Lula decides against extraditing Italian (Reuters) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 10:04 AM PST Reuters - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday that he will not extradite former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti, a move that threatens to damage relations with Italy.

Brazil hosts first Palestine embassy in Americas (Reuters) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 09:26 AM PST Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked Brazil on Friday for recognizing his nation's statehood with the first embassy in the Americas and said other countries were following suit.

Berlusconi to 'fight on' for ex-militant's extradition (AFP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 08:09 AM PST AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Friday he would press on to seek the extradition of former extremist Cesare Battisti following Brazil's refusal to send him back to Italy.

Brazil's Lula, a high-school dropout, closes an exceptional era (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:53 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - One of the best-selling books in Brazil this year was “Never In This Country’s History,” an acerbic but humorous look at the memorable phrases uttered by Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during his eight years in power that will come to a close tomorrow.

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