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London, Nov 21 : Madonna insisted on wearing a bullet proof vest during her visit to a Rio de Janeiro slum even as she was accompanied by a squad of bodyguards.

Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva said Friday after meeting the Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that peace in Middle East depends on establishing a Palestinian state.

Brasilia, Nov 20 The ninth Meeting of the Brazil-Cuba Cooperation Task Group closes two days of sessions Friday, with the signing of several bilateral collaboration agreements in different fields.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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