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1 hr ago | Reuters

Michael Jackson's music had impact around the globe

Michael Jackson went from being Gary, Ind.'s most talented kid to one of the most recognizable human beings on the planet.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Gary, IN, Gary Metro, World News,

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Star-telegram.com

CONMEBOL says Copa final on despite swine flu

Next week's first-leg match in the finals of the Copa Libertadores will go ahead in Argentina despite a swine flu outbreak that is blamed in the deaths of at least 44 people in the country.CONMEBOL, the governing body of South American soccer, said on Friday the match between Argentine club Estudiantes and Brazilian club Cruzeiro would be played in ...

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, World News,

ABC News

Prison Guards Nab Cell Phone on Pigeon

In this July 1, 2009 photo released by Sao Paulo's state prison affairs department on July 3, 2009,... In this July 1, 2009 photo released by Sao Paulo's state prison affairs department on July 3, 2009, a live pigeon carrying a makeshift backpack containing a cell phone is shown in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Related Topix: Prison, Cell Phones, Electronics, World News, State Prisons, South America

Sun Bloggers

President of Brazil supporting OpenSolaris

Here we see President of Brazil, Lula, wearing an opensolaris hat at FISL and hanging put with opensolaris community in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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Related Topix: World News

Southeast Asia News

Brazilian oil company wins Uruguay contracts

Brazil has put up the winning bids to extract oil from Uruguay. The state-run oil company in Brazil, Petrobras, has turned in the bids for offshore sedimentary basins Pelotas and Punta del Este, in Uruguay's exploration area.

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Related Topix: World News

Thu Jul 02, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

French investigators say speed sensors not cause of Flight 447 cr...

Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French investigators said Thursday in their first report into the June 1 accident.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Air Accidents, Entertainment

People's Daily

Page 3: Senior CPC official calls for deepened China-Brazil partnership

China is willing to make joint efforts with Brazil to boost bilateral strategic partnership, a senior official of the Communist Party of China said in Brasilia Wednesday.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Jose Alencar

WebWire

GE Oil & Gas Wins $11m Contract with OGX of Brazil to Supply Advanced Subsea Wellhead Technology

GE Oil & Gas, a world leading company in oil and gas advanced technology equipment and services, today announced that it has been awarded a contract of more than $11 million to supply four VetcoGray subsea wellhead systems and running tool rentals to OGX Petroleo e Gas Ltda., the largest independent oil company in Brazil.

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Related Topix: South America, World News,

Clover Herald

21 more victims of Air France crash identified

Brazilian officials say they've identified the remains of 21 more people who were aboard an Air France jet when it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean last month.

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Related Topix: South America, World News,

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Mining News

Steelmaker Japanese and Korean Agreed Iron Ore Prices With Brazilian Mining Companies, Vale

The Japanese and Korean steel company has agreed a contract price of iron ore sales for the year 2009.

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Related Topix: South America, World News

WKBW

Controversial Bishop Retires After Abortion Flap

The Vatican has announced the retirement of a Brazilian archbishop who caused a major stir when he declared that those involved in an abortion for a 9-year-old rape victim were excommunicated.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Pope Benedict XVI, World News,

Ireland.com

Body of Irish doctor found

The body of one of the Irish doctors killed in the Air France plane crash last month has been recovered.

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Related Topix: South America, World News,

Sunday Times

Airbus could ground global fleet

Airbus is expected to face calls to ground its worldwide fleet of long-range airliners tomorrow when French accident investigators issue their first account of what caused Air France Flight 447 to crash off Brazil on June 1. Air France plane broke up in midair Air France flight faced rudder problem It is believed that the accident bureau will ...

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Related Topix: South America, World News

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Energy Current

PSS to provide ROV for deepwater work off Brazil

ITABORAI, BRAZIL: Marine diving and construction specialist Sistac has chosen Triton Group company Perry Slingsby Systems to provide a work-class ROV system for deployment on a range of projects within Brazil's deepwater terrain.

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Related Topix: South America, World News,

Prensa Latina

08:51 Brazil Guerrilla Fami...

Brasilia, Jun 24 Family members of dead or disappeared guerrillas during the military dictatorship rejected participation of the Army to search for remains of their loved ones.

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Related Topix: South America, World News,

Irish Independent

12:32 Child survivor of Yemenia air crash found in Indian Ocean

A relative of passengers on borad the Yemenia Airbus that crashed is comforted at Marseille Marignane airport.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster, France, World News, Comoros, Africa,

PR-inside.com

INVISTA Paulinia Site Celebrates 35-Year Safety Record

INVISTA's manufacturing facility in PaulA nia, which produces LYCRA A , LYCRA A XAa , and ELASPAN A fibers in the southeast region of Sao Paulo, Brazil, is celebrating 35 years - " more than 23 million work-hours - " without a lost-time injury.

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Related Topix: World News, Train Disaster

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Rays want to tap into Brazilian baseball talent

Brazilians may one day join other Latin Americans as top major league baseball players if an academy to be opened by the Tampa Bay Rays in Marilia is successful.

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Related Topix: World News

Coshocton Tribune

Adventure in Brazil

WEST LAFAYETTE - Ali Davis brought home more than 170 pounds of luggage when she returned from Brazil a little more than a week ago, but that wasn't all.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, West Lafayette, OH,

Clover Herald

Brazil approves controversial land tenure law

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a law that could legalize landholdings by some 1 million squatters occupying a Texas-sized chunk of the Amazon rain forest, despite environmentalist fears it will accelerate deforestation.

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Related Topix: World News

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