Tourism to New York flourishingBoarding.no, Norway - 13 hours agoThis is the 18th international office marking the culmination of a two-year plan to strengthen the impact of the City’s billion travel and tourism …

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Sarkozy Defends Travel Budget Increase, Says `It's Not Tourism'Bloomberg - Oct 16, 2008He plans to visit Brazil and Poland in December. Since 2001, Dosiere has put out an annual report of presidential spending that he says is as “murky as it …

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China Daily

Brazil boosted by Kaka before Colombia gameAFP - Oct 15, 2008Alfio Basile's Argentina travel to Santiago to play Chile on Wednesday following their 2-1 home win over Uruguay on Saturday night. …Kaka's return a big boost for Brazil Independent OnlineBenitez, Valencia and tale of two reds This Is AnfieldBolivia battle to stay in contention Teamtalk.comReuters.uk - [...]

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On-line bookings lose their appealLimerick Post, Ireland - Oct 16, 2008Though travel agents in general do not always see eye-to-eye with Michael O’Leary’s Ryanair, Mr Brazil conceded that the airline had been of tremendous …

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South Africa: Brazil Announces New Soccerex Inter-business ForumAllAfrica.com, Washington - Oct 16, 2008The Soccerex Brasilia Forum 2009 will be presented by Grupo Aguia, the leading tourism and travel services company in Brazil, in association with the …

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AFP

Poorer tourists could still bring riches to Latin AmericaAFP - 2 hours ago… like Brazil, it's very likely that we'll see a 25 percent drop (later)." The Brazilian Association of Travel Agencies said it was too early to predict …

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Introducing the panelists for “The Future of the Travel Blog” live …Tips from the T-List, Canada - 3 hours agoShe graduated from Oxford with a degree in languages, then left the UK for a year in Brazil, where she launched a new energy drink. …

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Beef study tour to Brazil set for JanuaryMontana State University, United States - 3 hours agoPeck and Joe Roybal of Minneapolis, editor of "Beef," will lead the tour along with travel coordinator Renata Stephens of Brazilian Liaison. …

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Sydney Morning Herald

In the steps of the slave tradersSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 3 hours agoIntrepid travellers get the opportunity next year to explore the coast of Brazil in a wooden sailing ship. A 40-metre vessel, built in the Amazon jungle, …

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Lecture NotesIndiana University, IN - 5 hours agoHe traces the links that bound them to the wider fraternity of slaveholders in Cuba, Brazil and elsewhere, and charts their changing political place in the …

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A group led by Japanese trading house Itochu and including top Asian steelmakers is to invest around bn for a 40 per cent stake in Brazilian miner Namisa

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Drawing on their worldwide fame as football stars, Brazil's Ronaldo and France's Zinedine Zidane are to play in a match next month to highlight an anti-poverty campaign, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said.

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Sao Paulo, Oct 17 (bna) Clashes Between Thousands Of Striking Civil Police Officers And Elite Anti Riot Police Forces Have Left More Than 30 People Injured In Brazils Financial Capital Of Sao Paulo Re…

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Members of the Brazilian police force have clashed with each other on the streets of Sao Paulo. The incident happened when striking officers marched towards a building being used by the governor to d…

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Striking police officers were embroiled in a mass-melee with hundreds of their own colleagues in riot gear who policed their protest, amid bizarre scenes in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo. The c…

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Anti-riot state troopers take up positions on a main street in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday to contain a demonstration by striking police investigators.

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TOKYO/SEOUL, Oct 17 - A group led by Japanese trading house Itochu and including top Asian steelmakers is to invest around 4,000bn won (bn) for a 40 percent stake in Brazilian miner Namisa, group me…

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The governments of Brazil and India are hopeful to reach, in up to three weeks, a common position with regard to the most important themes covered in the Doha Rounds, for liberalization of world trade…

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Nacional Minerios, as Namisa is formally known, produces about 20 million tonnes of iron ore a year, the report said, adding that a 40 percent or so stake in that firm translates into the equivalent o…

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Brazilian company Adhemir Fogassa Maquetes, which currently has an 80% share of the scale model market in Brazil, is investing heavily to find new customers all over the world. In the same year in whi…

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Riot police in Brazil have clashed with striking regular police officers in Sao Paulo who are on strike over a pay dispute. The striking police were trying to force their way into the state governmen…

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Imports of shoes in Brazil grew 54.7% from January to September this year as against the same period in 2007. The Brazilian market purchased abroad a total of 30.8 million pairs, against 19.9 million …

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The Brazilian Central Bank announced on Thursday, October 16, further measures to ensure liquidity and support the real, Brazil's currency, the real. The bank expanded the list of securities it wi…

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The federal judge in the case of a money-stuffed suitcase seized in Argentina ruled Thursday that the defendant's lawyer can argue to the jury that his client was ''entrapped'' by the U.S. government'…

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Oct 17 2008 by Anthony Woolford, Western Mail THREE South Wales youngsters will next week embark on a trip of their golfing lifetime when they jet off to Brazil for the grand final of the Faldo Se…

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — Brazil's military police clashed with striking civil police officers in Sao Paulo Thursday afternoon, leading to a shooting and at least 23 people were injured. Th…

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Latin rocker Juanes tops the nominations for Thursday's MTV Video Music Awards Latin America in Guadalajara, Mexico.The 36-year-old Colombia native is competing in seven categories, including best vid…

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A controversial own-goal by Italy playmaker Adriano Foglia as extra time expired Thursday gave Spain a 3-2 win and a spot in the Futsal World Cup final against host Brazil.Foglia put the ball in his o…

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By Brian Homewood BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters): Jamaica followed up Saturday's shock 1-0 home win over Mexico with a repeat performance against Honduras on Wednesday to stay in the hunt for a pla…

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Mexican stocks lost more than 3% and Brazilian stocks extended declines Thursday on further worries that global economic demand is shifting significantly lower.

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Jessica Kurten finished in second place tonight at the Global Champions Tour final in Sao Paulo in Brazil, riding her Dublin Grand Prix winner Castle Forbes Libertina. This evening's round was the fi…

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Argentina were outplayed and beaten 1-0 by a Chilean team led by their former coach Marcelo Bielsa in the World Cup qualifiers on Wednesday while Brazil continued their astonishing run of goalless dra…

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 16 (IPS) - Brazil is winning its battle against hunger thanks to a comprehensive package of food security legislation, institutions and new concepts, in addition to programmes gear…

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Blasting rich countries for turning the world into "a gigantic casino," Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva joined leaders from India and South Africa in urging that emerging economies' voic…

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Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday expressed his dissatisfaction at delays in implementing projects agreed between Mozambique and Brazil.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (SW) - Defending champions Spain and hosts Brazil have made it to the final of the 2008 Futsal World Cup, leaving Italy and Russia behind in the semi finals. The Spanish needed only …

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— A Brazilian palm berry sweeping the globe as a popular health food - though little research has been done on it – now may have its purported benefits better understood.

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Latin American stocks spiraled lower Thursday, adding to recent losses from some of the region's worst trading sessions in a decade as concerns of a global recession deepened.Sao Paulo's Ibovepsa stoc…

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As Election Day draws near, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama repeatedly have focused their attention on such key foreign policy issues as the Iraq War and the global financial cris…

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will receive a record 2.1 million foreign visitors in 2008, some 10 percent higher than the previous year, said Eduardo Arrarte from the National Tourism Chamber. But he added: "In the long ru…

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ASUNCION — En la zona denominada Triple Frontera -compuesta por la paraguaya Ciudad del Este; Foz de Yguazú, de Brasil, y Puerto Yguazú, de Argentina- "no existe terrorismo operativo",…

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New Delhi, Oct 16: Brazil has proposed joining hands with India's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to build its own capacity in the area of human rights.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire - Oct. 16, 2008) - South American Silver Corp. ("SASC" or the "Company"), (TSX:SAC), reported today that tests at SGS Lakefield, Ontario have successfully reco…

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Latin America is losing its fight against hunger, as the rising price of staples drives millions to malnutrition, the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Wednesday."The good news is th…

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The Brazilian Geological Service agreed to help Cuba, the world's third-biggest nickel producer, compile data to develop the island nation's mining industry.Work on a databank will start in January, t…

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A group of Tampa Bay tourism officials are heading to South America to market the area. The joint sales mission includes Paul Catoe, president and chief executive of

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South American powers Brazil and Argentina failed to fire in World Cup qualifying Wednesday, while Paraguay cemented its place at the top of the standings. Brazil played out a scoreless draw with str…

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El Salvador secured a spot in the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying on Wednesday, while Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala will have to wait until the last week to try to get their berth. The …

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AGENCIES, RIO DE JANEIRO AND SANTIAGO Friday, Oct 17, 2008, Page 19 South American giants Brazil and Argentina failed to fire in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday, while Paraguay cemented their pl…

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FC Shakhtar Donetsk have lost two important Brazilian players before the visit of Sporting Clube de Portugal in the UEFA Champions League next Wednesday. Duo out Defender Ilsinho, who celebrated his …

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