2011年2月8日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil choppers in Colombia to fly out FARC hostages (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:10 PM PST

One of two Brazilian helicopters lands at the airport of Villavicencio, department of Meta, Colombia. Two Brazilian military helicopters bearing Red Cross markings arrived Tuesday in Colombia where they will be used to fly out five hostages set for release by Marxist rebels.(AFP/Eitan Abramovich)AFP - Two Brazilian military helicopters bearing Red Cross markings arrived Tuesday in Colombia where they will be used to fly out five hostages set for release by Marxist rebels.


Arson not suspected in Rio Carnival fire (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:58 PM PST

A firefighter enters the burned warehouse of the Grande Rio samba school in Samba City in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday Feb. 8, 2011.  Rio de Janeiro police say they do not think arson is to blame for a fire that engulfed warehouses holding costumes, props and floats for the city's massive Carnival parades, but an investigation into the blaze will continue. The fire destroyed months of work for the Carnival championship for three samba groups. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Threads of smoke rose from the charred warehouses of three major samba groups Tuesday as workers salvaged what they could of floats and costumes so they can put on some sort of a show before millions celebrating Rio de Janeiro's famed Carnival in less than a month.


Dam-Affected People Deliver Half Million Signatures Calling on Brazil to Stop Belo Monte Dam (PR Newswire)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:01 PM PST

PR Newswire - BRASILIA, Brazil, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over half a million people, most of them Brazilians, are calling on newly elected President Dilma to halt plans to construct the Belo Monte Dam. Outside the Presidential Palace this morning, several hundred people gathered in protest including indigenous chiefs in full tribal regalia and community leaders from the Xingu River Basin, and delivered the petition signatures to the Dilma Government.

Rio horrified as Carnival props go up in flames (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 10:06 PM PST

A firefighter sprays water on Rio de Janeiro's Samba City, a facility where the samba school floats and fancy dresses are made for the traditional annual Carnival parade. The disaster occurred about a month before this year's carnival was set to begin.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)AFP - Rio's famed Carnival due to be held next month was dealt a devastating blow when a fire destroyed workshops containing some of the floats and thousands of intricate costumes made for the event.


Is Brazil Ready to Investigate Past Human-Rights Abuses? (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 10:00 PM PST

Time.com - With a former left-wing guerrilla and political prisoner as President, Brazil inches toward confronting decades-old charges of murder, torture and forced exile

US calls for Brazil to coordinate policies (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 11:46 AM PST

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner gestures during a meeting with students at Getulio Vargas Foundation, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazil should not act alone in trying to halt its currency's rising value, Geithner said Monday, calling for concerted action with the US and other major economies.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)AFP - Brazil should not act alone in trying to halt its currency's rising value, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in Sao Paulo Monday, calling for concerted action with the US and other major economies.


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