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Sunday Dec 27 | Xinhuanet

Helicopter accident kills 2 in north Brazil

The Brazilian aeronautics command said Sunday that they found two bodies on Sunday morning together with the remains of a Robinson R-44 helicopter of the Brazilian Aerial Force .

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Related Topix: Brazil, World News

Mon Dec 21, 2009

Local Breaking News

Brazil man says needles were meant to kill stepson

BRASILIA, BRAZIL: The 2-year-old boy who had nearly three dozen sewing needles shoved into his body by his stepfather is expected to undergo another surgery this week, doctors said today.

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Related Topix: World News, Brazil,

Fri Dec 18, 2009

Daily Chronicle

Brazilian pianist to play at Sycamore Baptist

Sycamore Baptist Church, 302 Somonauk St., will host pianist Fabiola Pinheiro in a pre-Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Sycamore, IL, World News, Brazil, Northern Illinois University, Carnegie Mellon University

Mon Dec 14, 2009

Expansion Management

Alcoa Dedicates Expanded Refinery in Brazil

Alcoa has inaugurated the $1 billion expansion of the Alumar alumina refinery in Northern Brazil, where capacity more than doubled from 1.5 million to 3.6 million metric tons per year.

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Related Topix: Brazil, World News

Fri Dec 11, 2009

The Miami Herald

Brazil suspends fines for Amazon razing by farmers

Drawing his .40-caliber pistol, Severiano Pontes dashes across the steaming, muddy jungle floor, a hunch telling him what he would find around a bend.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Brazil, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Wed Dec 09, 2009

Prensa Latina

Brazil's Senate Deciding on Venezuela into MERCOSUR

Brasilia, Dec 9 Legislators close to the government will try on Wednesday, for the fourth time in the past 30 days, to put to a vote at the Senate's floor the protocol for the entry of Venezuela in the Southern Common Market .

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Related Topix: World News, Brazil, Uruguay,

Tue Dec 08, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

Television control for the remote

A cheap way to deliver interactive communications to remote communities has been successfully tested in Brazil and Italy.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Brazil, Italy,

Thu Dec 03, 2009

World News from Times Online

Brazil in shock as secret video catches 'corrupt' governor red-handed

The secret video tapes could not be more damning. A newspaper owner shoves 30,000 reals in cash into his underpants.

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Related Topix: Journalism, South America, World News, Brazil,

Wed Dec 02, 2009

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Pedro II

IMAGES Pedro II.[Credits : Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. ] Main emperor of Brazil original name Dom Pedro de Alcntara born Dec.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Brazil, France,

Thu Nov 26, 2009

All About Jazz

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Local Musicians Organize Second Brasil Jazz Festa

Allison Adams Tucker, left, sings during the 2008 Brasil Jazz Festa at the Encinitas Library.

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Related Topix: Encinitas, CA, Sonoma County, CA, World News, Brazil, San Diego, CA, San Diego County, CA

Tue Nov 24, 2009

KGW-TV Portland

Jobs, economics complicate Brazil's Amazon fight

Drawing his .40-caliber pistol, Severiano Pontes dashes across the steaming, muddy jungle floor, a hunch telling him what he would find around a bend.

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Related Topix: South America, Brazil, World News, Global Warming

Sun Nov 22, 2009

MMA Junkie

New WEC champ Jose Aldo auctions fight night items for Brazilian charity

New WEC featherweight champ Jose Aldo is proudly carrying his new title belt back home to Brazil, but a few items brought to the cage with him on the night he won the 145-pound title can be delivered to your house.

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Related Topix: World News, Brazil, Family, Kids

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Ingeleraz

Latin America and the Basque Street

This note was published at EITb: Kepa Junkera presents new album 'Kalea' The musician from Bilbao counts on figures such as Pablo MilanA©s, who sings on the popular 'Txoria Txori' by Mikel Laboa, Lila Downs, and Juanes, who performs 'Aldapeko'. Kalea, which was presented on November 19 in the Basque Country, is the second part of the trilogy ...

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay,

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Judge Prohibits Minors from Participating in Gay Pride Parade in Brazil

A Brazilian judge prohibited children and teenagers from participating in the gay pride parade organized on Sunday in the city of Duque de Caxias, in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Brazil,

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Ann Arbor News

General Motors hiring 600 workers for factory jobs in Brazil; preferences given to ex-employees

General Motors is hiring factory workers in Brazil, home to the Carnival celebration each February, among other amenities.

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Related Topix: South America, Brazil, World News,

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Metro Santa Cruz

Nascimento at The Rio

L ONG BEFORE Milton Nascimento became Brazil's most incandescent international star, he was entranced by the night sky as a little boy growing up in TrAas Pontes, a rural town in the landlocked Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Brazil, Milton Nascimento, Latin, Astronomy, Science,

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Institutional Investor

Against the Tide: Brazil's Private-Equity Market Matures

Pinheiro Neto Like their foreign counterparts, the recession has forced Brazilian lawyers to adapt to a market with fallen demand for lending and capital markets practices.

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Related Topix: South America, Brazil, World News,

Sun Nov 01, 2009

All About Jazz

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: The Brazilian Jazz Collective Brings a Youthful Approach to an Honored Tradition

Los Angeles, CA -- On Sunday, November 29, 2009 the Brazilian Jazz Collective, featuring Danny Green , Ami Molinelli and Eva Scow , will begin their first California tour to present their unique collaboration of music.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Brazil, Los Angeles Metro, Chick Corea, Jazz, Indie

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Fightrs Only Magazine

Ronnys Torres talks UFC 109 debut fight v Guillard

News 29/10/09 - Ronnys Torres talks UFC 109 debut fight v Guillard After two injuries in a row, Ronnys Torres will finally debut at UFC 109, in February 2010.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Melvin Guillard, World News, Brazil,

Tue Oct 27, 2009

BBC

Brazil to probe its military past

Twenty four years after the military left power in Brazil, the government is to create a Truth Commission to investigate crimes committed by the security forces between 1964 and 1985.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Brazil,

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