2011年2月11日星期五

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil, Germany, India, Japan demand UN change (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:51 PM PST

Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna speaks during a meeting in Kabul on January 2011. Brazil, Germany, India and Japan said Friday that they would press for AFP - Brazil, Germany, India and Japan said Friday that they would press for "concrete" action this year to open up the UN Security Council to new members.


Brazil arrests 35 in swoop on Rio police corruption (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:07 PM PST

Police officers from the Special Operations Battalion, BOPE, patrol during a police operation to take control of the Sao Carlos Slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011. Rio de Janeiro authorities say police faced no resistance in an operation to take control of nine slums commanded by drug traffickers. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)Reuters - At least 35 people, mostly Rio de Janeiro police officers, were arrested on Friday on suspicion of colluding with drug gangs as the Brazilian city attempts to clean itself up before hosting the 2014 World Cup and the Olympic Games two years later.


China sees U.S. stoking Brazil and India anger over yuan (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 02:06 AM PST

Reuters - The United States has incited Brazil and India to criticize China's currency policy, but Beijing need not worry too much because it can defuse the tension through talks, a series of Chinese government advisers told Reuters.
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