Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• Pilot in Brazil 2006 crash denies responsibility (AP)
• Scotland demand apology over Brazil 'racism' claim (AFP)
• Brazilians pay homage to late vice president (AP)
• Former Brazil VP Jose Alencar dies at 79 (AP)
• Brazil law boosts grandparents visitation rights (AP)
• Brazil arrests 4 in US-visa-fraud case (AP)
• Liberation theologist Jose Comblin dies in Brazil (AP)
• Chelsea would be ideal for Neymar, says Brazil coach (AFP)
• Brazil star Neymar in race row after banana thrown (AFP)
• Neymar helps Brazil sink Scots in football match (AFP)
• Special Report: Brazil's Olympic push isn't winning any medals (Reuters)
• Minister condemns police shooting of minor (AP)
• Brazilian plastic surgeon says operated on Gadhafi (AP)
• WTO rules against US in Brazil orange juice dispute (AFP)
• Clarification: Brazil-US-Custody Battle story (AP)
• Brazil's housing carnival stokes bubble worries (Reuters)
• Oil executive’s illness limits Obama’s exposure in Brazil to oil-drilling hypocrisy (Daily Caller)
• USW Lauds Brazilian Unions Asking Obama to Support Wisconsin Workers (PR Newswire)
• US bank: $3 bn in credit to Brazil for World Cup, oil (AFP)
• Brazil proposes Rio as UNESCO world heritage site (AP)

Pilot in Brazil 2006 crash denies responsibility (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:01 PM PDT AP - A U.S. pilot involved in one of Brazil's worst air disasters appeared before a Brazilian judge by videoconference on Thursday, denying allegations that his plane's anti-collision system was disconnected at the time of the 2006 crash.

Scotland demand apology over Brazil 'racism' claim (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:47 AM PDT AFP - The Scottish Football Association on Thursday demanded an apology from their Brazilian counterparts following allegations of racism made in Sunday's friendly international.

Brazilians pay homage to late vice president (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:55 AM PDT AP - Hundreds of Brazilians filed through the presidential palace Wednesday to honor former Vice President Jose Alencar, a man who earned respect by rising from poverty through hard work and by sharing with the public his struggle with cancer.

Former Brazil VP Jose Alencar dies at 79 (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:57 PM PDT AP - Former Brazilian Vice President Jose Alencar died Tuesday after a long battle with abdominal cancer. He was 79.

Brazil law boosts grandparents visitation rights (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:34 AM PDT AP - A bill that strengthens grandparents' right to visit their grandchildren when the parents are divorced took effect Tuesday in Brazil.

Brazil arrests 4 in US-visa-fraud case (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:55 AM PDT AP - The U.S. Embassy in Brazil says four people have been arrested on suspicion of selling false documents to people seeking a US visa.

Liberation theologist Jose Comblin dies in Brazil (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:24 AM PDT AP - The renowned theologian Jose Comblin has died in Brazil of natural causes.

Chelsea would be ideal for Neymar, says Brazil coach (AFP) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:19 PM PDT AFP - Brazil coach Mano Menezes believes Neymar would be a big hit in the Premier League if the teenage striker joined Chelsea.

Brazil star Neymar in race row after banana thrown (AFP) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:01 PM PDT AFP - Brazil star Neymar was at the centre of a racism row after the teenager claimed a banana was thrown at him during Sunday's 2-0 friendly win over Scotland in London on Sunday.

Neymar helps Brazil sink Scots in football match (AFP) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:04 AM PDT AFP - Brazil wonderkid Neymar underlined his growing reputation with both goals in a 2-0 friendly win over Scotland at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

Special Report: Brazil's Olympic push isn't winning any medals (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 06:10 AM PDT Reuters - It's 8 p.m. at Sao Paulo's sublimely overcrowded international airport and Marvin Curie, seeing all the chairs around him taken, decides to join dozens of other business travelers and sit on the floor.

Minister condemns police shooting of minor (AP) Posted: 25 Mar 2011 01:30 PM PDT AP - The Brazilian minister for human rights has called for 'rigorous punishment' of the police officers caught on tape shoving around and shooting an unarmed 14-year-old boy.

Brazilian plastic surgeon says operated on Gadhafi (AP) Posted: 25 Mar 2011 11:17 AM PDT AP - It was well past midnight when the Brazilian surgeon says he was escorted deep inside a bunker in the Libyan capital.

WTO rules against US in Brazil orange juice dispute (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:55 AM PDT AFP - The World Trade Organization on Friday ruled that some anti-dumping duties imposed by the United States on imports of Brazilian orange juice violated international trade rules.

Clarification: Brazil-US-Custody Battle story (AP) Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:08 AM PDT AP - In a March 22 story, The Associated Press reported the death of Raimundo Carneiro Ribeiro Filho, who along with his wife sought visitation rights of his 10-year-old grandson in the U.S. and was blocked by a U.S. court from seeing the boy, who was the center of a bitter international custody dispute.

Brazil's housing carnival stokes bubble worries (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 11:07 PM PDT Reuters - Listening to Jose Carlos de Vasconcellos talk about Rio de Janeiro's property market is like being transported back to the bubble days in the United States or Europe.

Oil executive’s illness limits Obama’s exposure in Brazil to oil-drilling hypocrisy (Daily Caller) Posted: 22 Mar 2011 03:44 PM PDT Daily Caller - A well-timed bout of illness by an oil-industry executive reduced President Barack Obama's exposure to embarrassing media questions about the president’s simultaneous support for oil drilling off Brazil’s coast and opposition to oil drilling off the coast of the United States.

USW Lauds Brazilian Unions Asking Obama to Support Wisconsin Workers (PR Newswire) Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:12 AM PDT PR Newswire - PITTSBURGH, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter to President Barack Obama on March 19, six Brazilian labor confederations expressed their solidarity with public employees in Wisconsin and other states who are fighting to defend collective bargaining rights. The letter was hand delivered by CUT President Artur Henrique da Silva to President Obama during his visit to Brazil.

US bank: $3 bn in credit to Brazil for World Cup, oil (AFP) Posted: 21 Mar 2011 02:40 PM PDT AFP - The US Export-Import Bank will establish a $1 billion line of credit for Brazilian companies to improve infrastructure ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, the bank's president said Monday.

Brazil proposes Rio as UNESCO world heritage site (AP) Posted: 21 Mar 2011 01:47 PM PDT AP - The Brazilian government is proposing that UNESCO name the city of Rio de Janeiro a World Heritage site.

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