Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• Brazil choppers in Colombia to fly out FARC hostages (AFP)
• Arson not suspected in Rio Carnival fire (AP)
• Dam-Affected People Deliver Half Million Signatures Calling on Brazil to Stop Belo Monte Dam (PR Newswire)
• Rio horrified as Carnival props go up in flames (AFP)
• Is Brazil Ready to Investigate Past Human-Rights Abuses? (Time.com)
• US calls for Brazil to coordinate policies (AFP)

Brazil choppers in Colombia to fly out FARC hostages (AFP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:10 PM PST 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 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 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 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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