London, Aug 18 : A community of Laron dwarfs in Ecuador, who are believed to be immune to cancer, may hold secrets to a cure for the disease.
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Archive for August 18th, 2008
Laron dwarfs in South America may hold secrets to cancer cure
Posted in August 18th, 2008
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Latin American crime a world apart
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Rio is in the midst of campaigning for municipal elections that will take place in October. Not surprisingly, security is the main issue, and ideas from around the world float easily through the tropi…
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Summaries of Brazil vs Germany at Olympic women
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Following are the summaries of Brazil against Germany match at Olympic women's soccer semifinals on Monday: Brazil - 4 Germany - 1 Scorers: Brazil - Formiga, 43, Cristiane, 49, Marta, 53, Cristiane ,7…
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Brazil ties Germany 1-1 at halftime, Formiga breaks Angerer
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Midfielder Formiga scored an outstanding goal to break Germany keeper Nadine Angerer's impenetrable jinx, as Brazil drew with Wolrd champions Germany 1-1 at halftime of the Olympic women's soccer semi…
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Five-star Brazil shatters world champions Germany 4-1 in Olympic semifinal
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Marta and Cristiane's Brazil had a five-star show and crashed the "invincible" Germans 4-1 to cruise to the Olympic women's soccer final on Monday. It was a fiasco night for Germany, as the …
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Brazil crush Germany to make football final
Posted in August 18th, 2008
SHANGHAI - Brazil came from a goal down to stun Germany 4-1 Monday and book a place in the women's Olympic decider, avenging their painful defeat to the European powerhouse in last year's World Cup fi…
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NewMarket Technology, Inc. Latin American YTD Financial Performance Lifts Already Higher Than Anticipated Overall Sales Performance
Posted in August 18th, 2008
NMKT ) today released an update on YTD revenue and net income growth for the Company's operations in Brazil, Chile and Venezuela. The Latin American operations have reported .6 million in revenu…
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Americans secure rematch with Brazil for gold medal
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Angela Hucles, right, celebrates scoring Team USA's opening goal in a semifinal win over Japan on Monday. The team will face Brazil for the gold medal.
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Looking to Expand Your Business South to Latin America "No problemo" With eXpancom.
Posted in August 18th, 2008
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire - Aug. 18, 2008) - Montreal-based consulting firm eXpancom Inc, announces its opening to the Canadian market today. eXpancom emerges as cost-effective solution for Canad…
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SHI bags Petrobras drillship order
Posted in August 18th, 2008
SAMSUNG Heavy Industries, the worlds second largest shipbuilder said today it had received an order for a drillship worth 2m. The drillship, which is slated for delivery in the first quarter of 201…
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Toxoplasmosis Found More Severe In Brazil Compared To Europe
Posted in August 18th, 2008
— Newborns in Brazil are more susceptible to toxoplasmosis than those in Europe, according to a recent study. Researchers based in Austria, Brazil, Denmark, France, Italy, Poland, Sweden, and the…
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USA meet Brazil in final as both dominate football semis - Summary
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Beijing/Shanghai - Brilliant Brazil at times ran world champions Germany ragged, while the United States took apart Japan Monday to set up what promises to be a memorable olympic women's football fina…
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Brazilians to meet in semis on the beach
Posted in August 18th, 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Defending champions Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego beat the second U.S. team on Monday to secure a place in an all-Brazilian semi-final in the Olympic beach volleyball.
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Dazzling Brazil beat their German bogey team to reach women
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Shanghai - Brazil's women footballers turned on their country's legendary style Monday to produce an emphatic 4-1 win over bogey team Germany and reach the Olympic final. Two goals from Cristiane and …
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Former bishop takes power
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Once known as the bishop of the poor, Fernando Lugo was sworn in as president of landlocked Paraguay on August 15 in the capital and ended more than 60 years of one-party rule. Now released by the Vat…
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New Paraguay president meets with poor
Posted in August 18th, 2008
SAN PEDRO, Paraguay - The Associated Press Paraguay's new leftist president returned Saturday to the province where he spent 11 years as bishop, and pledged to raise living standards by eradicating po…
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Brazil and Argentina in semi-final clash
Posted in August 18th, 2008
One of football's combustible rivalries is rekindled with defending champions Argentina taking on Brazil here on Tuesday for a place in the Olympic Games final.
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Portuguesa beats Cruzeiro 2-1 in Brazilian league
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Gremio strengthened its grip on its first place standing in the Brazilian league with a 1-0 win over defending champion Sao Paulo on Sunday.Striker Perea scored the only goal of the match in the 9th m…
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Brazilian-born pair takes Georgia to beach volleyball semis
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Beijing - Brazilian-born Renato Gomes and Jorge Terceiro - who compete with the aliases "Geor" and "Gia" - made history for Georgia on Monday by advancing to the semi-finals of the Olympic beach volle…
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El Salvador front-runner pledges Cuba relations
Posted in August 18th, 2008
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (Reuters): The leftist front-runner in the race to be El Salvador's next president said on Sunday he would reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba if elected.
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The important thing is to show Bolivia
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Bolivian marathoner Sania Calizaya said on Sunday that she was satisfied for having participated in the Olympic Games of Beijing 2008, although she finished 59th place with a time of 2:45.53. Accordin…
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Vietnam diplomat escapes Rio captors
Posted in August 18th, 2008
A Vietnamese diplomat, and three Chinese tourists, kidnapped at gunpoint while visiting the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, have escaped from their captors unharmed. The Vietnamese Embassy advisor i…
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Eight dead in Brazilian passenger bus crash
Posted in August 18th, 2008
assenger bus sped off a road and plummeted down a 49-foot (15-meter) ravine.Police officer Franckson Maciel says that four men, three women and the baby were killed in the crash early Saturday morning…
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Fire devastates theater in Brazil
Posted in August 18th, 2008
A fire Sunday destroyed the theater "Cultura Artistica" in the center of Sao Paulo city, southeast Brazil, causing no casualties. The fire occurred at 4:00 local time (0700 GMT) in a nearby …
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Kenya and Brazil to seal deal
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Kenya's interest in the partnerships is in infrastructure, public health, sugar cane cultivation and alcohol processing. Mr Jaguaribe said his government will also help Kenya combat HIV and Aids sayin…
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Search underway for Vietnamese Embassy official abducted in Brazil
Posted in August 18th, 2008
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian police say a Vietnamese Embassy counsellor has been kidnapped at gunpoint as he rode a taxi to Rio de Janeiro's best-known tourist site. A Rio police spokeswoman say…
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Chavez assures Paraguay to meet all its oil need
Posted in August 18th, 2008
San Pedro de Ycuamandiyu (Paraguay), Aug 17 : In a bid to strengthen bilateral ties, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has assured Paraguay to supply it all the oil it needs to meet its crude shortages…
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A Difficult Road Ahead for Paraguay
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Despite his remarkable victory in April, the gray-bearded Mr. Lugo, a 57-year-old former Roman Catholic bishop, faces a challenging road in pursuing his agenda, knowing that the Colorado Party, which …
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Mexican Stocks Gain Ground After Rate Hike; Brazil Slumps
Posted in August 18th, 2008
(MarketWatch) — Mexican stocks finished higher Friday after the central bank indicated that it may be near the end of its interest rate- tightening cycle, while a slide in energy prices sent Brazil…
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Petrobras invests US$ 309 million in the environment
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Petrobras invests US$ 309 million in the environment The money should be applied by the oil company between 2008 and 2012. Part of the total - Us$ 37 million - should be turned to projects chosen by t…
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Brazil wins 1st game to beat Belarus 68-53 in women
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Brazil won its first game by beating Belarus 68-53 on Sunday in Olympics women's basketball tournament. Kelly Santos of Brazil, placing sixth in the preliminary round Group A, scored a game-high 14 po…
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Brazil, Argentina qualify semifinals, Italy out
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Brazil and Argentina struggled into semifinals after beating Cameroon and Netherlands 2-0 and 2-1 in extra time, respectively, while Italy was knocked out by neighbor Belgium 3-2. The two remaining fa…
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Venezuela to guarantee oil supply to Paraguay
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that oil exports to Paraguay will be guaranteed, according to news from Paraguay. Paraguay will receive "all the oil it needs" from Venezuela, …
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Brazil samba tests perfect German defence in semis
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Brazil will meet Germany in the Olympic Women's soccer semi-final. The Brazilian samba is resolved to break the perfect German defence, but their ruthless, and more organized opponents are also determ…
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Petrobras seeking sub-salt big picture
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras will begin high definition seismic testing of deep-water su-salt fields off the country to see if they are part of one giant sea of oil, the companys explorati…
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Big capital takes over agriculture
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Concentration is the concept used in political economy to explain the movement of large corporations to combine, accumulate, and become large groups. In every sector of production, an oligopoly is bei…
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Hugo Chavez basks in Paraguay President Fernando Lugo
Posted in August 18th, 2008
SAN PEDRO, PARAGUAY — On his first full day in office, President Fernando Lugo traveled Saturday to this agricultural zone where he first won acclaim as a Roman Catholic bishop defending the landles…
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Magical Messi praised as Olympic Brazil test awaits
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Lionel Messi (top) of Argentina celebrates with his teammates Angel Di Maria (L) and Sergio Aguero after scoring a goal against Netherlands during their men´s quarter-final football match at the Beij…
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Morales opponents call for civil strike in Bolivia
Posted in August 18th, 2008
"radicalize" tactics after talks with President Evo Morales stalled.Santa Cruz senior state official Carlos Dabdoub says Morales has ignored their concerns, and his representatives are no lo…
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Left challenge gathering momentum
Posted in August 18th, 2008
El Salvador is an exciting Central American nation to be watching at the moment, because if current polls are to be believed, the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), looks set …
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Messi magic helps Argentina wither Oranje to meet Brazil in semis
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Lionel Messi had another magic night on Saturday as the prodigy's amazing goal and assist gifted Argentina a hard-fought victory over the Netherlands at the Olympic men's soccer quarter-finals. Messi …
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Historic vote confirms will for change
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Surpassing the 53.7% he received in the 2005 national elections (until August 10 the highest vote recorded by a presidential candidate in Bolivia's history) the result confirmed the broad support for …
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Influential Brazilian singer-songwriter Caymmi dies
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Brazilian singer-songwriter Dorival Caymmi, who rose to fame in the 1930s by writing a hit song for Carmen Miranda and became known as the grandfather of bossa nova, died. He was 94. Caymmi, who li…
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Soros Boosts Stake in Lehman
Posted in August 18th, 2008
WASHINGTON — Billionaire George Soros's hedge fund reported raising its stake in financial firm Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. to 9.5 million shares as of June 30 from 10,000 shares at March 31. In it…
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Brazil, Argentina face semi-final showdown at Olympics
Posted in August 18th, 2008
BEIJING (AFP) - Tournament favourites Brazil and Argentina set themselves up for a semi-final showdown, while Nigeria will play Belgium after the Olympic men's football tournament quarter-finals were …
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Brazil Navy gears up to safeguard offshore oil finds
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Sao Paulo: Brazil's armed forces will hold manoeuvres next month to show they are capable of defending new offshore oil reserves that could convert the country into a global energy player, a senior of…
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Brazil beat Cameroon in extra time to enter semis
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Marcelo of Brazil (R) celebrates scoring a goal against Cameroon with team-mates Ronaldinho (C) and Rafinha during their men's quarter-final soccer match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Shen…
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Brazilian Navy plans maneuvers to defend new-found oil reserves
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Brazil's armed forces will hold maneuvers next month to show they are capable of defending new offshore oil reserves that could convert the country into a global energy player, a senior official said …
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Argentina, Brazil to clash in Olympic men
Posted in August 18th, 2008
Argentina and Brazil advanced to a South American showdown and Belgium scored three goals with a man disadvantage to shock Italy 3-2 in men's Olympic football on Saturday, earning a semifinal match ag…
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CEOs view Brazil, Russia, India and China as opportunities
Posted in August 18th, 2008
WASHINGTON: Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) are viewed as opportunities rather than threats by CEOs in a globalising world but the US is still cited as the most important region crucial to t…
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