2011年5月23日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Brazil

Mexico pushes Carstens for IMF; Brazil reacts coolly (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:42 PM PDT

Mexico's Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens (C) stands with fellow G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors as they gather for a group photo during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings at IMF headquarters in Washington, April 15, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/FilesReuters - The race to pick a new leader for the IMF formally launched on Monday as Mexico sought support for its central bank governor and Brazil said more time was needed to make a choice.

Boat sinks in Brazil lake; 1 dead, 7 missing (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:05 AM PDT

Police and divers conduct a search for bodies after a Sunday night boating accident left one child dead and at least seven other people missing, in Paranoa Lake, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday May 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - A boat carrying more than 100 passengers has sunk in a lake in Brazil's capital. Rescue workers say a baby is dead and seven people are missing.

Brazilian nun beatified, on path to sainthood (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 08:43 PM PDT

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (2-L), former Brazilian President Jose Sarney (3-L) and Bahia State Governor Jaques Wagner taking part in Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes' beatification ceremony in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, on May 22, 2011. The nun, who died less than 20 years ago, is recognized now as Blessed Dulce.(AFP/Presidencia/Roberto Stuckert Filho)AFP - Tens of thousands of Roman Catholic faithful flocked to this far northeastern city for a ceremony that puts a Brazilian nun known as Sister Dulce on the path to sainthood.

Brazilians protest against new environmental laws (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 05:51 PM PDT

Environmental activists dressed as clowns, holding chainsaws made from Styrofoam and plastic stand on top of the Monumento às Bandeiras or Flag Monument during a protest against proposed changes to Brazil’s Forest Code, which protects deforestation of the Amazon, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday May 22, 2011. Brazilian farmers, meanwhile, have been demanding the country's Congress ease environmental laws in the Amazon region. They support a bill that would let them clear half the land on their properties in environmentally sensitive areas. Current law allows farmers to clear just 20 percent of their land in the Amazon zone. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - Brazilian authorities say about 1,000 people gathered in South America's biggest city to protest against environmental law changes that they say would increase deforestation in the Amazon.

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