2011年11月9日星期三

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil Indigenous compete in weeklong sports event (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:20 AM PST

A Rikibaktsa Indian attends the Indigenous Games on the island of Porto Real in the city of Porto Nacional, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Indigenous people from 38 ethnic groups are participating in the XI Indigenous Games, in which athletes compete in disciplines like archery, spear throwing, canoeing, swimming, among other sports. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - More than 1,000 Indians are celebrating Brazil's indigenous cultures with a weeklong sports competition in the northern city of Porto Nacional.


Students go on strike after arrests in Brazil (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 05:50 AM PST

Riot police officers stand outside a university building where students who had the building occupied for a week were forcibly removed during a dawn raid, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2011. Police smashed down doors at a University of Sao Paulo administration building and detained more than 60 students. No injuries were reported. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - Students at one of Brazil's most elite universities are going on strike a day after riot police forcibly removed them from an occupied building on campus.


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