2011年1月27日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil man arrested for locking up wife for years (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 12:35 PM PST

In this photo released by Diario de Sorocaba, Joao Batista Groppo talks to the press as he sits handcuffed in the Sorocaba municipality in Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Thursday Jan. 27, 2011.  Police in southeastern Brazil say they arrested Joao Batista Groppo, 64, on Wednesday for allegedly keeping his wife of 40 years locked in a cellar for 16 years.  (AP Photo/Pedro Henrique Negrao, Diario de Sorocaba)AP - A man has been arrested for allegedly keeping his wife locked for eight years in the dark, dank cellar of their home in southeastern Brazil, police said Thursday.


Brazil's president: 8,000 homes for slide victims (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 12:29 PM PST

AP - Brazil is building 8,000 new, free homes for survivors of the deadly mudslides that ripped away mountainsides near Rio de Janeiro, President Dilma Rousseff announced Thursday.

Ex Brazil fire chief accused of killing drug users (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 12:16 PM PST

AP - A former fire chief in Brazil is suspected of killing at least eight drug users in the neighborhood where his son was shot dead in a robbery attempt, authorities said Thursday.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Brazil Green Lights Amazon Dam in Disregard for Environmental Laws and Local Opposition (PR Newswire)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 02:00 AM PST

PR Newswire - BRASILIA, Brazil, Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Brazilian government has issued a "partial" installation license allowing the Belo Monte Dam to break ground on the Amazon's Xingu River despite egregious disregard for human rights and environmental legislation, the unwavering protests of civil society and condemnations by its Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF). The license was approved by Brazil's environmental agency IBAMA despite overwhelming evidence that the dam-building consortium Norte Energia (NESA) has failed to comply with social and environmental conditions required for an installation license.

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