2011年1月19日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Brazil

At least 207 missing in Brazil floods, 741 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:49 PM PST

A man eats lunch outside his landslide-hit house in Teresopolis January 17, 2011. REUTERS/Ricardo MoraesReuters - At least 207 people are still missing after Brazil's worst landslides in decades, authorities said on Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster in a scenic mountain region reached 741.

Residents moved from Brazil disaster zone (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 01:55 PM PST

A damaged car remains stuck in the mud at a touristic city point named Suspiro Square in central Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilian officials began Wednesday moving thousands of people out of at-risk areas near Rio in a flooding disaster that has already left at least 739 people dead.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)AFP - Brazilian officials began Wednesday moving thousands of people out of at-risk areas near Rio in a flooding disaster that has already left at least 739 people dead.

Rains put Sao Paulo on alert, Rio deaths rise (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 12:42 PM PST

People salvage items from their homes after a landslide in the Alto Floresta neighborhood of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Wednesday Jan. 19, 2011. Mudslides have destroyed entire communities, killed at least 700 people since Jan. 11 and left nearly 14,000 homeless. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Brazilian officials put Sao Paulo on alert Wednesday as heavy rains hit the metropolis.

Brazil police investigate death of US priest (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 10:38 AM PST

AP - Authorities are trying to determine if a U.S. Jesuit priest found dead in northeastern Brazil committed suicide or was killed.

Brazil judge: Italian fugitive could be sent home (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:56 PM PST

File photo shows Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti in Brasilia. The head of Brazil's Supreme Court has said that Battisti may be extradited if he is found to be in the country illegally, a reversal of a decision made by the government of Lula da Silva.(AFP/Agencia Brasil/File)AFP - The head of Brazil's Supreme Court has said that convicted fugitive Cesare Battisti may be extradited if he is found to be in the country illegally, in a reversal from the Lula government's position.

World Bank lends Brazil $485 mln in disaster aid (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:47 PM PST

A flood-damaged car is seen trapped in mud in the centre of Nova Friburgo, close to Rio de Janeiro. The World Bank has it will lend Brazil $485 million for rebuilding and disaster prevention efforts following devastating mudslides that killed more than 700 people.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AFP - The World Bank has said it will lend Brazil $485 million for rebuilding and disaster prevention efforts following devastating mudslides that killed more than 700 people.

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