Yahoo! News: Brazil

UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemns Syria violence (AP)
Ex-leader of Brazilian landless activists arrested (AP)
Brazil says pro-marijuana rallies are legal (AP)
Bodies from Air France crash arrive in France (Reuters)
Bodies from Atlantic plane crash brought to France (AP)

UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemns Syria violence (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 03:05 PM PDT

AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on Syria's president to stop the bloodshed in his country and engage in dialogue before it's too late.

Ex-leader of Brazilian landless activists arrested (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:59 PM PDT

AP - A charismatic former leader of Brazil's landless rural workers movement was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misappropriating public funds intended for the resettlement of families, the federal police said.

Brazil says pro-marijuana rallies are legal (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 09:51 AM PDT

AP - Brazil's top court says that demonstrations favoring the legalization of marijuana can be held in Latin America's biggest country.

Bodies from Air France crash arrive in France (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 09:05 AM PDT

Reuters - The bodies of more than 100 victims from a Rio-Paris flight that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean two years ago arrived in France on Thursday, allowing experts to start the process of identifying them.