Three encounters that showed what the Games meant to ChinaCNN - 16 hours ago11, 2001, as articulated by my colleague Pico Iyer in his Time essay "Why Travel Is Necessary." It's when the world is at its wobbliest that it's most …Inspired team going for gold Minneapolis Star TribuneHelping Olympic Volleyball Athletes Achieve Their [...]
Brazil Promotes Its Other, Less Famous Rain Forest in the US and …Brazzil Magazine, Los Angeles - 16 hours ago… is promoted by the Adventure Travel Trade Association (Atta) and includes the participation, for the organization of the edition in Brazil, …
Rogers Brings Home the GoldThe Santa Barbara Independent, CA - 16 hours agoAlthough weary from 17 hours of travel, Rogers spent another hour accommodating well-wishers’ requests for pictures and autographs. …Video: Olympic Minute: US Track Trouble, and More AssociatedPressall 940 news articles
Brazil Anticipating US$ 35 Billion in Foreign Direct Investment …Brazzil Magazine, Los Angeles - 16 hours agoAccording to the projection of the Central Bank of Brazil, the country should receive US$ 35 billion in FDI in the whole of 2008. …
Lewis Hamilton beats pain to stay on trackTimes Online, UK - 19 hours ago“At least I don't travel everywhere with my teddy bear,” he said. The exchange came after a race in which there was almost no overtaking and where Massa had …Massa shuns pit-stop blame, seeks reliability. crash.netall 1,650 news articles
Inspired team going for goldMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Aug 23, 2008Exceeding expectations, the US women's volleyball team has made it to today's finals against Brazil. By RACHEL BLOUNT, Star Tribune BEIJING - Kim Glass …Helping Olympic Volleyball Athletes Achieve Their Dreams eMaxHealth.comUS volleyball coach finds she can go home again DetNews.comall 674 news articles
Panic That Just Won’t Quit: Competition at the KeyboardNew York Times, United States - Aug 22, 2008By JERÉ LONGMAN BEIJING — The United States’ victory over Brazil in the gold medal soccer game Thursday gave me a shiver of recollection about my first …Video: Olympics '08: US Women Celebrate Soccer Gold AssociatedPressall 739 news articles
Final Plea For Pinellas County Area Host FamiliesWeekly Challenger, FL - 15 minutes agoThe organization is designated by the United States Department of State and is listed by the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel, …
Start the New Year 2009 Celebrating at World-Famous Beaches in Rio …PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - 52 minutes ago… or cultural attractions in Brazil. Intelligent Leisure Solutions (ILS3) and the Discover Travel Group is an Online Travel Company for Latin America that …
An error-prone Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamas partner Mark Knowles went down in straight sets to Brazilian Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa in the doubles final of 8,000 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament here.
Beijing.– Brazil won its first gold medal in women’s volleyball Saturday, beating the U.S. 3-1 and ending an emotional run by an American team struck by tragedy hours after the opening ceremony….
The southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais wants to export limes to the United Arab Emirates. The state is developing a project to increase the export of fruit produced in the city of JaÃba, …
a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange as the dollar strengthened against its major competitors. The dollar index (DXY), which measures the greenback against a trade-weighted basket of curren…
Beijing - Brazil ended four decades of Cuban medals supremacy in Latin American sport on Sunday. The final medals table at the Beijing Olympics left Cuba in 27th place with 24 medals but only two gold…
Petrobras and the Government of Ceará sign a Protocol of Understandings for a Pr… Petrobras' total oil and gas production in July tops at 2.4 million barrels/day Presidente Lula inaugura central …
Violent attacks on police officers, roadblocks, civic stoppages enforced by armed fascist youth groups and threats to cut off meat supplies and take over gas fields have all been part of what left-win…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has promised new Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo all the oil he needs during a public event in Uruguay after Lugo was inaugurated on August 15.
Beijing - The United States on Sunday stunned defending champions Brazil to win the final of the men's Olympic volleyball tournament in Beijing. After dropping the first set 25-20, the Americans came …
BEIJING : The intensely emotional 16-day run of the United States men's volleyball team ended Sunday when it defeated Brazil in a four-set match. The United States, undefeated at this tournament…
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Are exploding oil prices about to burn Latin America? With the largest petroleum reserves outside the Middle East, the region has been on a roll in recent years. Record exp…
B EIJING - Brazil won its first gold medal in women’s volleyball yesterday, beating the United States, 3-1, and ending an emotional run by an American team struck by tragedy hours after the Open…
DETROIT: Nissan Motor Company said it will start building two passenger cars in Brazil for the first time as it seeks to boost its presence in emerging markets. Japan's third-largest car maker will b…
Sergio Gabrielli, the CEO of Brazil's state-controlled oil and gas multinational Petrobras said that he expects new ultra-deep-water finds to yield 100,000 barrels of oil a day by 2010…
NAGOYA — A Brazilian man was fatally stabbed on a street of Kitanagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on Saturday, police said Sunday. A passerby found the man bleeding and lying on the street and alerted …
day, joining other leaders of Colombia's notorious Norte del Valle cartel facing U.S. trials for allegedly smuggling 500 tons of cocaine worth US billion. Ramirez Abadia was flown before dawn from …
LA PAZ (AFP) - President Evo Morales said he has put all of Bolivia's gas and oil installations under military protection, as protesters geared up in three energy-rich provinces against federal encroa…
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The Brazilian government is to launch a campaign as part of an effort to get 300,000 guns off the streets and to cut the country's high murder rate. Anyone who hands over a firearm will receive betwe…
Brazil's women's volleyball team put an end to years of heartbreak by winning the Olympic gold medal for the first time in their history here Saturday, defeating the United States by three sets to one…
Brazil extradited Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia on Friday to the United States, where he is wanted on murder, racketeering and drug charges as one of the most powerful leaders of Colombia’s cocaine car…
Under the Kenya-Brazil Joint Commission for Cooperation founded in 2005, the two parties agreed to cooperate in enhancing their capacities in the production of sugar and ethanol from sugar cane.
Santo Domingo .- The Dominican metals artist Jose Ignacio Morales (El Artistico) received the Yes America Latina 2008 Award, an entity with presence in 55 countries, in the Second Latin American Meeti…
Logan Tom and her U.S. women's volleyball teammates gave Brazil its toughest test of the Olympic tournament, but still lost the gold medal match in four games Saturday. Brazil won 25-15, 18-25, 25-1…
Sheilla Castro (L) of Brazil spikes the ball during the women's volleyball gold medal match at the Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 23, 2008. Brazil beat the United States 3-1 and won the…
Maurren Maggi of Brazil claimed gold medal in women's long jump by bettering Russian elite Tatyana Lebedeva over one centimeter at the Beijing Olympics in Beijing on Friday.
Brazilian energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA and Indian petrochem major Reliance Industries, are considering a petrochemical joint venture in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco and in the…
One day after Brazil and the United States set up a mouthwatering final in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament, the men's teams from both countries will be sure to meet in the other final of the…
More disputes are expected in the World Trade Organization (WTO) after the Doha round failed, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Friday. Brazil considered the U.S. cotton subsidies unfair be…
Bolivia's political opposition demanded Friday that the government charge more for the natural gas it exports to neighboring Brazil and Argentina.Opposition leader Raynaldo Bayard called for export pr…
Brazil is asking the World Trade Organization to outline the sort of sanctions it can impose against the U.S. to retaliate for American cotton subsidies.Foreign Minister Celso Amorim on Friday said he…
The president of Brazil's state-run oil company says the United States must exploit offshore resources while limiting environmental impact.Petroleos Brasileiro SA President Sergio Gabrielli says that …
Eight people were arrested Friday in the southeastern Brazilian city of Curitiba during an operation against international drug trafficking via the Internet, Federal Police said. The police said the c…
Paraguay moves up food chain By Jude Webber in Buenos Aires and Benedict Mander in Caracas Published: August 23 2008 03:01 | Last updated: August 23 2008 03:01
Athletics: Bolt makes it three SHANGHAI - Jo scored two goals and Diego added a third overnight (NZT) to give Brazil a 3-0 win over Belgium and the Olympic bronze medal in men's football.Diego scored …
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil is resuming action at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to take retaliatory trade measures against the United States over subsidies it pays its cotton farmers, the foreign…
Jade Johnson, Britain's No1 long jumper, was left angry and frustrated after the Olympic gold medal was won by a woman who has previously tested positive for drugs. Johnson was never in touching dista…
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks eased on Friday as falling commodity prices knocked Petrobras and Vale, while the local currency fell sharply against the dollar, which benefited…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Brazil plans to increase its petroleum refining capacity by building five new refineries, the head of the state-owned oil consortium Petrobras said Friday. The goal is to increa…
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - Major Latin American markets closed mixed Friday, with Brazilian stocks ending lower as resource heavweights came under pressure.
HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka Pref. (Kyodo) Cinthia Nagashima, 24, has been unemployed since she lost her factory job in May and is now aware of the need to study Japanese more strongly than before.