BRASILIA — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tried on Sunday to overcome opposition by three state governors to a legislative proposal he hopes will make the country a top oil producer an…

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RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian government proposed changes to existing laws on Monday to assign the primary role of developing key deep-sea oil reserves to the state-run energy giant, Petrobras,

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offshore oil fields by giving its oil company, Petrobras, a minimum 30 per cent stake in areas open to foreign company exploitation.Stock market documents filed by the partly privatised Petrobras show…

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California fires threaten thousands of homesSan Francisco Chronicle(08-31) 21:28 PDT Auburn, Placer County — A legion of fires has wiped out 103 homes in California within 48 hours and continues to threaten thousands more, prompting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency in four counties. …Southland fires rage around Los AngelesLos Angeles [...]

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Kidnap suspect's prison term raises questionsLos Angeles TimesSome wonder why Phillip Garrido, accused of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991, served only 11 years of a 50-year federal sentence in a previous kidnap-rape. By Maria L. La Ganga, Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Maura Dolan Reporting from San Francisco, …Investigators conclude search of Jaycee Dugard kidnapping [...]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 31 (IPS) - On what he referred to as “a new independence day for Brazil,” President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Monday proposed new legislation that would increase state co…

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Brazil won a significant ruling by the World Trade Organization in a long-running quarrel over U.S. cotton subsidies, but its ability to impose penalties is in dispute. The case has been important to …

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Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks at a ceremony to present a government supported bill on oil-exploration. Lula pledged to exert more state control over immense offshore oil finds. P…

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GENEVA — American goods will face around US5 million in annual sanctions as a result of the United States’ failure to eliminate illegal subsidies to U.S. cotton growers, the World Trade Organizati…

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barry@star-telegram.com In a long-simmering dispute over U.S. cotton subsidies, Brazil was allowed Monday to impose 4.7 million in sanctions against American imports, far less than it had so…

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RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian government proposed changes to existing laws on Monday to assign the primary role of developing key deep-sea oil reserves to the state-run energy giant, Petrobras,

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-4.41% ) , tumbled 4.5%, their steepest decline since early March. The oil giant filed plans Monday with Brazilian regulators to own at least 30% of all offshore wells. One of the proposals fro…

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Brazil’s industrial production was up 2.2 percent in July compared to June, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said Monday. It was the seventh consecutive increase in industria…

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened his own official blog on Monday. The president’s press office said the blog is the president’s effort to incre…

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Health-Care Anger Has Deeper RootsWall Street JournalWASHINGTON — Recent town-hall uproars weren't just about health care. They were also eruptions of concern that the government is taking on too much at once. That suggests trouble for the president and his party, …Obama's Threat to Bypass Republicans on Health May Be 'No Win'BloombergObama Faces Calls to [...]

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Brazil announced rules governing potentially enormous reserves of oil discovered off its coast in the past two years. The finds have been compared by industry leaders with the North Sea stocks of the 1970s

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Following a recent mission to Bolivia and Paraguay, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues released two reports today expressing grave concern over forced labour suffered by indigenou…

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Brazil’s government won’t put subsalt exploration and production blocks up for auction this year, Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao said Monday. “Definitively, there won’t be any auctions i…

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The World Trade Organisation has authorised Brazil to impose massive retaliatory sanctions against the United States in a dispute over US cotton subsidies.

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(BG.LN) applauded the Brazilian government’s intention to honor existing concession contracts for promising offshore oil deposits, the company said in a statement.

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Brazil was among the victims as emerging markets were jolted after Chinese stocks had their worst day in more than 14 months

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The World Trade Organisation has authorised Brazil to impose massive retaliatory sanctions against the United States in a dispute over US cotton subsidies.Brazil said the level of sanctions would reac…

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HOUSTON — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva submitted to Brazil’s congress his new proposals that call on Petróleo Brasileo, or Petrobras, to have greater–and in some cases exclusive–a…

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After young Team USA rallied to beat host Brazil in the third World Cup of bull riding, captain J.W. Hart made reference to the mammas who let them grow up to be cowboys.

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cotton subsidies .The level of sanctions is expected to reach 800 million dollars (557 million euros) for this year, the country’s ambassador to the WTO, Roberto Azevedo, told journalists after the gl…

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-(Dow Jones)- Existing concession contracts for promising offshore oil deposits will not fall under a new regulatory framework for Brazil’s oil and natural gas sectors, the government said Monday.

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Brazil and neighbors finally issued this past Friday, a statement warning “foreign military forces” against threatening the sovereignty and integrity of any South American country and “…

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The Olympic gold medallist and Brazilian beach volleyball star, Jacqueline Silva, will partner the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (

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SAO PAULO - Brazil’s president pledged to exert more state control over immense offshore oil finds and funnel profits toward social spending, proposing new rules Monday for foreign investors needed to…

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2021 is the year Brazil expects to have its first nuclear powered submarine. The warship is to be built in the country with French cooperation and equipped with conventional weapons, confirmed Defense…

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Petrobras (PBR), tumbled 4.5%, their steepest decline since early March. The oil giant on Monday filed plans with Brazilian regulators to own 30% of all offshore wells. In the filing, one of the p…

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BRASILIA (AFP) - A new blog launched Monday by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva became inaccessible within hours after aides sorely underestimated the number of Internet readers it would …

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Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorin, Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna and South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will attend the meeting. Amorin will preside over the meeting. T…

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Brazil is set to unveil today, August 31st, a sweeping reform of regulations covering the oil and natural gas industries. The regulatory framework will delineate how recently discovered offshore sub-s…

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva proposed legislation to boost the role of the state in managing huge new oil finds he sees as driving the country’s development for decades to come. T…

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Petrobras on Monday filed a plan with Brazilian regulators to own 30% of wells proposed for the country’s rich offshore oil reserves, according to the oil giant. Brazili…

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OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire - Aug. 31, 2009) - The Honourable Vic Toews, President of the Treasury Board, announced today, on behalf of the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Coope…

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(Click to Enlarge) Petrobras has reported that the President of Brazil submitted to Congress the new proposed legislation for the oil and gas industry. The proposals are based on studies conducted by …

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States voiced disappointment on Monday over a WTO decision allowing Brazil to retaliate against American cotton subsidies, but said the ruling gave the South American nat…

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Brazil is catching up with Argentina as Latinamerica’s main producer of wheat. This with the helped of the Argentine administrations of the Kirchner couple. This year Brazil will be planting only …

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New Delhi, Aug 31 : India and Brazil, two fastest-growing economies, today discussed reciprocal investments and commonality in their respective growth models, stressing the need for closer interaction…

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“We were working fast so that the mill would be ready to produce steel plate in December, but we now prefer to wait for an improvement in the market in 2010. Now we’re working at a slower pace,” sai…

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The World Trade Organisation gave the green light to impose 5m of sanctions on goods over Washington’s failure to scrap illegal subsidies to its cotton farmers

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(Click to Enlarge) Keppel FELS is on track to deliver Gold Star, the first of two DSS 38 deepwater rigs to Brazilian operator, Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás (QGOG) later this year. P…

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American goods will face around 5 million in annual sanctions as a result of the United States’ failure to eliminate illegal subsidies to U.S. cotton growers, the World Trade Organization ruled Mon…

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Brazil can retaliate against the United States with sanctions worth roughly 0 million a year, under a WTO ruling on Monday in Brazil’s six-year-old dispute with the United States…

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Geneva - Brazil was authorized Monday to impose nearly 295 million dollars in trade sanctions on the United States, as a result of Washington’s subsidies for its cotton farmers, which a World Trade Or…

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(AP) — SAO PAULO - Brazil’s president said Monday that a new plan to exert more state control over massive offshore oil finds and funnel profits to the people marks a new era of independence f…

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Berlin - Germany expects a surge in orders from Brazil in the coming years, with the preparations for the 2014 football World Cup likely alone to generate demand for infrastructure projects worth more…

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The inquiry into the crash of Air France Flight 447 could take at least a year and a half to reach a conclusion, the director of the French agency investigating the incident said today.BEA director Pa…

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