President Barack Obama is sending Vice President Joe Biden on a swing through Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago later …
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China pulls Quentin Tarantino’s film ‘Django Unchained’ on its opening day citing “technical problems,” Brazil’s new labor equality law for domestic servants could put them out of a job, and the hole in Cyprus’s finances is …
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The ruler of Qatar proposes a $1 billion-fund to help Palestinians in East Jerusalem, Peru declares an environmental state of emergency in its rainforest, and British judges have ruled that an Islamic preacher wanted on terrorism …
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Many Brazilian supermarkets will avoid meat from cattle raised in the Amazon, Malaysia – not China – is Asia’s top investor in Africa and Italian Supreme Court judges ruled that Amanda Knox should stand retrial for the death of …
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The U.N. will investigate whether Syria’s rebel forces used chemical weapons in a rocket attack, Brazilian lawmakers debate abortion reform, and Chad rebels threaten to restart rebellion against country’s government
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The Australian government apologies for its forced adoption policy from the 1950s to ’70s, Brasilia turns to the U.N. to help prepare its World Cup stadium and the Archbishop of Canterbury has underlined the challenges facing the …
Brazil: Dead Fish Swamp Future Olympic Rowing Venue
The Rio de Janeiro lake where Olympic rowers will compete in three years time has been filled with an estimated 65 tons of dead fish.
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Brazilian authorities continue to “pacify” shantytowns, Thailand pledges to ban ivory trade and violence breaks out in Mombasa as people vote in Kenyan election.
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Typhoons in the Philippines are reflecting a rapid deteriorating of the country’s climatic trends, an anonymous donor sends gold bars to survivors of Japan’s 2011 tsunami and a new party is launched in South Africa
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Catholics in Brazil wonder about the future of their faith, Chinese demand for shark fin soup wreaks havoc on marine life in Mozambique and South African President Jacob Zuma calls for an end to widespread rape across the country
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The Brazilian Congress picks leaders who are accused of corruption, the BRICS nations agree to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis together and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes an historic visit to Egypt
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Argentina and Iran agree to form a commission to investigate a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires, Italy makes a new push to clamp down on suspected tax evaders and Brazil mourns the loss of over 200 lives in a nightclub tragedy
Brazil’s Largest Corruption Trial Yields Its Most Important Guilty Verdict
José Dirceu, one of Brazil’s most powerful political figures, has been convicted in the wide-ranging mensalão scandal trial, which is considered a key test of the nation’s modernization
