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3 hrs ago | Reuters

Montreux unveils 2010 poster by Brazil's Britto

Brazilian Romero Britto has created the 2010 edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival's poster, adding to a long list of striking images by famous artists that have made the posters desirable objects among collectors.

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Related Topix: Montreux, Jazz, World News, Entertainment

7 hrs ago | Daily Record

Monmouth Co. father fighting to get son back from Brazil to testify before human rights panel

WASHINGTON - Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., announced Thursday that a congressional panel dedicated to human rights will hold a hearing on the international child abduction case involving David Goldman of Tinton Falls, N.J. "David Goldman's human rights as a father, his rights under U.S. law and international treaty have been trampled," Smith said.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Christopher Smith, Adam Smith, Democrat, Monmouth Metro, Tinton Falls, NJ

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Jurist

Brazil top court rules for extradition of Italy fugitive

The high court has yet to decide if the order mandates Lula to extradite Battisti or merely authorizes him to do so.

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Related Topix: South America, World News

Philly.com

Brazil's hot spots

The spotlight is on Rio de Janeiro, now that it will host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Travel

KSNT-TV Topeka

Reports: Glover to wed Brazilian girlfriend

Actor Danny Glover arrives at the reading of 'The World Of Nick Adams' to honor Paul Newman held at Davies Symphony Hall on October 27, 2008 in San Francisco, California.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, San Francisco Metro, Entertainment

OfficialWire

BG Group Eyes FLNG Vessel In Brazil

BG Group signed a joint venture agreement with Brazil's Petrobras to vet proposals to develop a floating liquefied natural gas vessel in the Santos Basin.

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Related Topix: World News

India eNews

Brazil airline company to test sugar-based aviation fuel

Rio de Janeiro, Nov 19 Brazil's Azul Airlines will conduct a demo flight by 2012 to test a sugar-based aviation fuel manufactured by a US firm, the company has announced.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Global Warming

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Boston.com

Brazil: President to decide on Italian fugitive

Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the nation's president should decide whether to extradite Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti, a former leftist rebel wanted by his native country for political killings in the 1970s.

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Related Topix: South America, World News

Thoroughbred Times

Goecochea lands Brazila s Grande Premio Bento Goncalves

Three-year-old Goecochea edged two-time defending winner Starman by a head to win the Grande Premio Bento Goncalves , the Rio Grande do Sul Jockey Club's most important race of the year for Brazil's best stayers on the dirt, at Hipodromo Cristal.

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Related Topix: World News

UPI

BG Group makes find in Brazil

BG Group announced it encountered medium crude oil at the Tupi Northeast well in Block BM-S-11 in a development off the coast of Brazil.

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Related Topix: South America, World News,

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Crofsblogs.typepad.com

Brazil: Seven deaths in Rio Grande do Norte, 1,447 in the country

Via Folha Online: Rio Grande do Norte confirma sete mortes por gripe suA na .[Rio Grande do Norte state confirms seven swine flu deaths] Excerpt, with my translation: A confirmaA A o de sete mortes por gripe suA na --a gripe A -- no Rio Grande do Norte, todas entre o final de outubro e o inA cio de novembro, deixou em alerta autoridades de saAode.

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

MSNBC

Brazil minidress woman soaks up fame

Brazilian freshmen university student Geisy ArrudaA in her lawyer's office in Sao Paulo, Tuesday.

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Related Topix: South America, World News,

News.com.au

Actor Danny Glover to wed

LETHAL Weapon co-star Danny Glover is to marry his longtime Brazilian girlfriend in a December, he told a Rio de Janeiro film festival this week, according to the O Globo newspaper.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Blindness, Black Entertainment, Danny Glover, South America, World News,

ContactMusic.com

Madonna - Madonna Helps Brazilian Kids

Madonna has secured a $7 million donation from Brazil's richest man to help set up a children's charity in the South American country.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Kids, Family

Reuters

In Amazon, a frustrated search for cancer cures

The task of harvesting the secrets of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest that could help in the battle against cancer largely falls to Osmar Barbosa Ferreira and a big pair of clippers.

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Related Topix: World News

Mon Nov 16, 2009

HowardThomson.co.uk

Tuna body shies from fishing ban

The body responsible for managing Atlantic bluefin tuna has decided not to suspend the fishery in response to concerns over dwindling stocks.

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Related Topix: World News

Xinhuanet

Brazilian gov't says blackout was caused by short circuit

Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy said on Monday that the massive blackout which affected18 states of the country and neighboring Paraguay last week was caused by a short circuit.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Hydroelectric Power

KGAN

Brazil's Lula blames blackouts on short-circuit

Brazil's president says last week's massive blackouts in Latin America's largest nation were caused by a short-circuit in a transmission tower.

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Related Topix: South America, World News

Medical News

Clinipace acquires Worldwide Clinical Research, changes its name to Clinipace Worldwide

Clinipace, a global technology-driven clinical research organization , announced today that on October 26th, 2009 the company closed its acquisition of Worldwide Clinical Research, Inc.

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, Park, KS, Overland Park, KS, World News, Health

Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bluefin tuna quotas 'still too high'

Environmentalists have warned bluefin tuna are on their way to extinction after a international meeting of fishery ministry officials trimmed catch quotas but upheld continued hauls of the fish, prized in sushi dishes.

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Related Topix: World News

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