2011年5月18日星期三

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazilian woman is world's oldest person: Guinness (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 02:11 PM PDT

This photo released by Guinness World Records shows Brazilian woman Maria Gomes Valentim in Carangola, in Minas Gerais state. Gomes Valentim was born on July 9, 1896 making her the world's oldest living person at 114 years and 313 days.(AFP/Guinness World Records)AFP - A Brazilian woman has elbowed out an elderly American as the oldest person in the world, the Guinness organization said Wednesday.


Brazil woman becomes world's oldest person at 114 (Reuters)

Posted: 18 May 2011 02:01 PM PDT

Reuters - A Brazilian great-great grandmother, Maria Gomes Valentim, is the world's oldest living person at the age of 114 and 313 days, Guinness World Records on Wednesday.

2 bodies from Air France crash may be identified (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 01:14 PM PDT

AP - French police say investigators have successfully extracted DNA from two bodies salvaged from the wreckage of an Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic — raising the prospect they might be identified.

Brazilian takes crown as world's oldest person (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:59 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Guinness World Records organization and taken on March 11, 2011, Brazilian Maria Gomes Valentim, 114, poses for a photo in Carangola, in Brazil's Minas Gerais state. Gomes Valentim is the world's oldest living human, Guinness World Records said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Guinness World Records)AP - A 114-year-old Brazilian woman is the world's oldest living human, Guinness World Records said Wednesday.


Travel industry looks to China, India, Brazil for boom (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:47 AM PDT

A group of Chinese tourists look for sourvenirs at the National Palace Museum in Taipei in 2009. China, India and Brazil are poised to fuel an explosion in international tourism in the coming years, showering money and jobs on countries ready for it, and trouble for those that aren't, industry leaders say.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)AFP - China, India and Brazil are poised to fuel an explosion in international tourism in the coming years, showering money and jobs on countries ready for it, and trouble for those that aren't, industry leaders say.


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