Hundreds of people have marched along Brazil's famed Ipanema Beach to protest against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to the South American state.

By ALAN CLENDENNING Updated: November 24, 2009, 8:52 PM / Rio de Janeiro's posh beach neighborhoods lost power for hours in sweltering summer weather Tuesday, prompting restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send employees home.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seeking a new source of legitimacy while making his first visit to Brazil, a nation that maintains close ties to the U.S., Israel and other countries trying to halt Iran's nuclear push.

Eds: APNewsNow. Will stand. Moving on general news and financial services. AP Photo XFD105, XFD101, XFD102, XFD109 BRASILIA, Brazil Hundreds of Brazilians are protesting the impending visit of Iranian's president, citing his calls for Israel's destruction, his government's controversial nuclear activities and his declarations against homosexuals.

The Ipanema locals are more at ease in skimpy beachwear than foreigners are. Randall Shirley I think that as an Eagle Scout, I should have been taught how to tie dental floss into a bikini bottom.

Cool in voice, cool in demeanour, Sao Paulo siren Cu belongs in a great tradition of unflappable Brazilian female singers that goes back beyond Astrid Gilberto and the iconic Girl from Ipanema.

Two companies that depended on operators and clipboards to monitor equipment condition find wireless devices improve performance while minimizing installation cost.

Vehicle and emergency lighting in buildings lining Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro during yesterdaya s blackout.

The latest country to get the MoMA Design Store treatment is a land more known for samba and sunshine than for industrial design.

Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 4:58 pm Press Release: Reel Brazil Press Release – for immediate release November 3, 2009 November 26 - 29, 2009 Soundings Theatre Te Papa, Wellington This month Wellington will be filled with the sound of drums, as the first Reel Brazil Film Festival kicks off! Paying special tribute to the Brazilian Carnival and ...

The biography of a Brazilian novelist 'who looked like Marlene Dietrich and wrote like Virginia Woolf.' By Roger Gathman FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Imagine that Sylvia Plath, aside from writing poetry and "The Bell Jar," also penned beauty tips for Cosmopolitan and ghost wrote an advice column under Marilyn Monroe's name for ...

Tom Jobim and Louis Armstrong belong to an exclusive fraternity of musicians who have had airports renamed in their honor.

Brazilian Bebel Gilberto carries the bossa nova torch orginally lit by her father, the legendary Joao Gilberto.

Gang shoots down police chopper Brazilian drug traffickers shoot down a police helicopter in northern Rio de Janeiro, killing two officers.

According to news reports, staffers at the conservative Weekly Standard cheered when they learned that Rio de Janeiro rather than Chicago had been selected to host the 2016 Olympics.

Known as the "Wonderful City," Rio de Janeiro offers attractions that have rendered the city international fame.

HAVE you heard the one about Diana Krall and Barbra Streisand playing gin rummy? Actually, that isn't a joke, it's a fact, but at some point on Krall's present world tour the story could come with a punchline attached.

As part of their Latin American Film Festival, AFI Theatre in Silver Spring is screening the documentary Beyond Ipanema: Brazilian Waves in Global Music .

Brazil's most iconic city has been losing its luster for decades, and those who live there hope that the 2016 Olympic Games will help it regain lost glory.

When Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Summer Olympics yesterday, it was a victory for all of South America, which has never hosted the Games.