How We Triumphed in Atlanta – KanuThis Day, Nigeria - 18 hours ago“No, we were never among the favourites every one was tipping Brazil and Argentina. But in football it is one thing to be the favourite and another to …

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SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazilian mining company Vale has placed a US.6 billion order for 12 huge iron ore carriers from China's Rongsheng shipbuilder, and the vessels will be the biggest of their kind…

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Major Latin American stock markets dropped Monday, led by a slide in Brazilian equities as prices for resources sparked a broad sell-off.

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RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian police said they killed at least 10 suspected drug traffickers on Monday after gunmen cornered a group of officers in a Rio de Janeiro slum. Police who had entered the slu…

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BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. – USIMINAS (OTC: USNZY) (BOVESPA: USIM3, USIM5, USIM6) (Latibex: XUSI, XUSIO) announces the following …

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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian authorities say they have recovered numerous body parts of a dismembered British teen beside a remote river near the central city of Goiania.

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Brazilian authorities said the left arm of a British teen who was dismembered has been found along the banks of a remote river near the central city of Goiania. Authorities escort Mohammed D'Ali Carva…

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SALVADOR, BRAZIL : "I am connected to the divine, to these forces here," João Carlos Cavalcanti, the Brazilian mining magnate, said as he swept an arm out across the lily pad-covered lake behind …

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Argentina this week with hundreds of business leaders in tow to patch over differences that surfaced at last week's failed global trade talks. …

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Brazilian authorities said the left arm of a British teen who was dismembered has been found along the banks of a remote river near the central city of Goiania. Authorities escort Mohammed D'Ali Carva…

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BRAZIL: Oil workers represented by the Sindipetro union have decided to cancel a strike against Brazilian federal energy company Petrobras. The strike over one more day of pay for platform workers was…

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BRAZIL: In an interview with the Financial Times, Petrobras President and Chief Executive Jose Sergio Gabrielli said the state oil company would scale back on operations abroad in order to concentrate…

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Petrobras to begin Tupi pilot production in 2009 Aug-04-2008 Uchenna Izundu International Editor LONDON, Aug. 4 — Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) plans to start oil production from its giant Tupi …

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A gentle breeze rustled through his thick white beard. Cavalcanti stood on the pier and closed his eyes for a moment. A uniformed servant, one of a staff of 15, hovered nearby with hors d'oeuvres and …

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The spokesman for Sindipetro-NF said the deal is retroactive to January 2005. In July, offshore workers held a five-day strike demanding a whole day off to compensate for travel time. Petroleo Brasile…

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Fred. Olsen Production and El Paso Maritime B.V have entered into a Letter of Intent (LoI) for the provision of Knock Dee as a floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) on the Pinauna field offshor…

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Dubai: The only UAE national playing professional football in Brazil is set to feature in two Under 20 international tournaments. Mario Bertraligya, president of Brazilian club Atletico Paranaense, sa…

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Police in Brazil are examining a leg and two arms they believe belong to a British teenager murdered in the country, according to reports. The torso of Cara Marie Burke, 17, from south London, was …

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Intrepid Travel Announces South American Tour from Argentina to Brazil24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - Aug 3, 2008… the highlights of Argentina and Brazil. Intrepid Travel's tour hits two of South America's most exciting cities, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. …

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Tom Hall of Lonely Planet answers your questions about worldwide …guardian.co.uk, UK - Aug 2, 2008Q My friend and I are going on a dream trip to Brazil to take in Rio de Janeiro, Campo Grande for the Pantanal wetlands, Iguazu Falls and Salvador across 10 …

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Chambers will travel to Brazil to help orphanageRed Bluff Daily News, CA - Aug 1, 2008Sammi Chambers has an opportunity to travel to Brazil on a mission trip with former Brazilian missionaries Jay and Peggy Ross this fall to work on the new …

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Brazil's TAM Airline Has Now a 116-Aircraft FleetBrazzil Magazine, Los Angeles - 1 hour agoAdditionally, it has codeshare agreements with international airline companies that allow passengers to travel to another 64 destinations.

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British drugs retailer and wholesaler Alliance Boots announced its first foray into Latin America today, saying it had agreed to buy a 25% stake in Brazilian pharmaceuticals wholesaler Athos Farma. P…

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Maputo – Brazilian engineering and construction firm Camargo Correia is to invest 3 billion dollars in a new dam in southern Africa's Zambezi Valley, Radio Mozambique reported Monday. Brazil's Ambassa…

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Brazil offshore oil workers rescind strike threatInternational Herald Tribune, France - 4 hours agoAP RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: An oil workers union says it has reached an agreement with government-run oil company Petrobras over compensation for travel time …

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Brazil oil workers drop strike plans at PetrobrasReuters - 4 hours ago… which accounts for about 85 percent of Brazil's oil output, to demand that the time it takes to travel from the platforms to shore be counted as paid …

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LONDON: Brazil is prepared to hit the United States with court action over its farm subsidies following the collapse of world trade talks, Foreign Minister Celso Amorim told the Financial Times newspa…

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(Associated Press WorldStream Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SAO PAULO, Brazil_Brazil's largest private-sector bank says profits fell 13 percent during the second quarter, after a one-time gain a year ag…

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Scorpion Offshore Ltd. signed its 6 year contract with PetrÃ?³leo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) for a newbuild deepwater semisubmersible for operations offshore Brazil. The revenue from this contract …

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Presidents Lula da Silva of Brazil and Hugo Chavez from arrived Sunday night in Buenos Aires where they will meet President Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner to discuss pending issues, such as trade relat…

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Gremio remained atop the Brazilian league standings on Sunday after midfielder William Magrao and striker Reinaldo scored a goal apiece to defeat Vitoria 2-0 win.Magrao opened the scoring early in the…

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President Tony Saca said El Salvador will send its 11th contingent of troops to Iraq this month. The 280 troops will replace soldiers carrying out humanitarian and reconstruction work in Kut, a city s…

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Read my answers to this week's questions The World Club Championship takes place at the end of the year and the coach of the South American representatives is already fretting about meeting Mancheste…

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Perth, Western Australia–(marketwire – Aug. 4, 2008) – Troy Resources Nl (tsx:try)(asx:try) – Not For Distribution To United States Newswire Services For Dissemination In The United States Highligh…

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed best wishes for the Beijing Olympics and his country's bid for the 2016 Summer Games, and said Brazil-China ties have bright prospects. In a rec…

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– WebTech Wireless Inc., a leading provider of location-based and fleet telematics services, announces that the Municipality of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, through its public transportation arm BHTrans, …

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SAO PAULO, Brazil (Kyodo) An exhibition of photographs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after they were devastated by the atomic bombs has opened in Sao Paulo, the first such show in Latin America, organizer…

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BRASILIA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) — With their fourth consecutive victory in this year's Brasileiro Championship, Sao Paulo found themselves within the top four teams of the tournament. In front of their hom…

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BRAZIL: August 4, 2008 RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA – Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched an international fund on Friday to finance conservation and sustainable development in the Amaz…

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A Swiss delegation is attending the five-day meeting, the first of its kind in Latin America, which is expected to draw around 25,000 participants from across the globe, including many world-renowned …

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Police in Brazil believe they may have been looking in the wrong location for the missing body parts of the murdered London teenager Cara Marie Burke. A detective said the suspect, Mohamed D'Ali Carv…

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Brazil is preparing to take action against the US over what it says are illegal subsidies and other trade barriers following the collapse of the Doha round of talks at the World Trade Organisation in …

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Gozo Bishop Mario Grech donated the sum of €14,000 to two Gozitan missionaries work in South America – Fr Saviour Vella of Xewkija, who works in Brazil and Fr Raymond Portelli of Nadur, a doctor,…

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Brazil's state oil company PDVSA or Petrobras is to build a new production platform by the method of 'cloning' an advanced model, the company said. The new platform, called P-62, will be a repetition …

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GENEVA — Brazil is likely to ask the World Trade Organization to open a blockbuster case into U.S. ethanol tariffs, a senior official said Wednesday, outlining the first possible dispute to arise as …

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Amauri has been at the subject of overtures from the Azzurri for the past year, who want him to represent their side. However, the striker has so far been reluctant to feature for Italy, while he hope…

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Travel alerts on Antigua, Brazil, Germany, Guatemala, IndiaChicago Tribune, United States - 6 hours agoTwo British honeymooners were shot by intruders while sleeping in their resort cottage July 27, the woman dying at the scene and the man seriously wounded. …

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