Brasilia, Feb 5 (IANS/EFE) The Brazilian Congress has proclaimed food security as a new constitutional right of all citizens, along with health, housing, work, social security, and child protection.

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BUENOS AIRES — A German and a Spaniard flew over the tallest peak in the Americas in a hot air balloon Wednesday, reaching 9,000 meters (29,500 feet) in altitude, newspapers in Argentina reported.

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NEW YORK — Rapid growth in Latin America helped cosmetics maker Avon Products Inc. post a 16 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit.However, Avon also said Thursday that it expects to post a m…

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RIO Tinto looks to be trying to patch up its rocky relationship with Chinese authorities, appointing a new managing director of operations in the country.

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(AP) — RIO DE JANERIO – A Brazilian court has ordered the jailing of a rancher accused of masterminding the 2005 killing of an American nun in the Amazon. The court on Thursday denied a writ o…

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CHELMSFORD, Mass. – (Business Wire) ZOLL Medical Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZOLL), a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that SAMU Brasilia (Servico de Atendim…

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, is on display on Ocean Drive in Miami through Feb. 7. The 23-foot-tall art-deco sculpture is the centerpiece of 11 smaller sculptures that pay tribute to past Super Bowls held in Miami, said spokes…

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, is on display on Ocean Drive in Miami through Feb. 7. The 23-foot-tall art-deco sculpture is the centerpiece of 11 smaller sculptures that pay tribute to past Super Bowls held in Miami, said spokes…

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday inaugurated the largest gas pipeline in South America. The 1.38-billion-U.S. dollar Cabiunas-Reduc III …

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Brazilian equities dropped nearly 5% Thursday, sliding alongside regional markets, as investors dumped commodities and resource-related stocks as their fears about sovereign-debt troubles in

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Brazilian equities dropped nearly 5% Thursday, sliding alongside regional markets, as investors dumped commodities and resource-related stocks as their fears about sovereign-debt troubles in

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Brazilian equities dropped nearly 5% Thursday, sliding alongside regional markets, as investors dumped commodities and resource-related stocks as their fears about sovereign-debt troubles in

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in cash plus a plan for distributing the gasoline alternative over its network of 2,740 retail sites. In return, Shell is gaining access to Cosan's sugarcane-crushing and ethanol production, which p…

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gay rights groups and a national lawyers' organisation that champions human rights.The uproar comes at the same time the US is debating whether to repeal a ban on gays serving openly in the military.G…

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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Brazilian equities dropped nearly 5% Thursday, sliding alongside regional markets, as investors dumped commodities and resource-related stocks as their fears about soverei…

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Rafale fighter jets from France after a news report said the planes' maker, Dassault, had lopped two billion dollars off their price.President Luiz Inacio

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Brazil's government denied Thursday it had made a final decision to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France after a news report said the planes' maker, Dassault, had lopped two billion dollars off thei…

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Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — Telecom Italia SpA’s second-largest investor said a merger with Telefonica SA may shore up the Spanish company’s efforts to build sales in Brazil.

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Agencia Estado WITH almost 30m voters and a population greater than Canada’s and on a par with Argentina’s, the giant industrial state of São Paulo is accustomed to playing a big pa…

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay his first official visit to Nicaragua and Guatemala next week during his Latin American tour which also includes Cuba and Mexico. Foreign Ministry spok…

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-(Dow Jones)- Brazil's motor vehicle sales declined on the month in January, but still managed to rise from the year-earlier period, indicating

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-(Dow Jones)- Spokesmen for Brazil's Presidential Palace and the Ministery of Defense said Thursday that they had not yet made any decision on a 36 fighter jet order that puts

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General Motors said it sold 11.2% more vehicles in January than it did in the same period last year, totaling 36,525 cars. The company's sport utility and Chevrolet brand pick-up sales did even bett…

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FMC Technologies has signed a four-year subsea tree frame agreement with Petrobras. The award is expected to result in approximately 0 million in revenue to FMC Technologies if all of the subsea eq…

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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL–(Marketwire – February 4, 2010) – OLX, already present online in 90 countries, has announced the opening of a new office in Brazil. OLX.com.br has grown by 450% in the last two ye…

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ORLEANS, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb. 4, 2010) – THIS NEWS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. …

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BRZM ) is pleased to announce that The Company has signed a letter of intent with Terrax Inc., a company incorporated in the State of Nevada. Founded in 2000, Terrax is a solutions integrator of ima…

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is off to a good start. Production dropped 3.7% compared with December, but rose 31.6% on the year to 243,425 units. Exports dropped on the month by 17.7%, but also swung considerably from

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www.mymedicalrecordsmd.com ) document management platform for healthcare professionals at the Kodak Executive Summit in San Antonio, Texas this week. The MMR sales team made more than 80 presentati…

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IVOB ), a medical device company focused on treatment options for patients diagnosed with infertility, announces the birth of the first INVO baby in Venezuela. The baby boy was born on January 31, …

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CORDOBA, ARGENTINA–(Marketwire – February 4, 2010) – Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — Juiz de Fora, the world's first ethanol-fueled power plant, was opened January 19…

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Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — Banco Santander SA, the biggest Spanish bank, said fourth-quarter profit gained 13 percent after higher earnings from Brazil and the U.K. and proceeds from a share sale helped cu…

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MADRID (MarketWatch) — The euro zone's largest bank, Banco Santander, on Thursday reported that its fourth-quarter net profit rose 13%, helped by its Brazil and U.K. operations. Santander

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Banco Santander SA (STD) Thursday said fourth-quarter net profit rose 13%, helped by strong growth and acquisitions at its U.K. and Brazilian retail banks, which offset weakness in its Spanish home …

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Brazil's Central Bank on Wednesday unveiled new banknotes of the country's currency, the real.The new bills, in denominations of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 reais, have superior print quality and new sec…

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LA PAZ: Around 300 dinosaur footprints believed to be around 65 million years old were lost when the rock wall that contained them cleaved off and crumbled, a Bolivian national park director said yest…

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Ronaldinho has defended himself against accusations that he held a ‘mega party’ prior to AC Milan’s derby defeat to Inter Milan on January 24, amid claims that a lack of professionalism on his part undermined the team.

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The biggest Spanish bank said year-end profits were aided by growth in Brazil and Britain as well as its U.S. unit, Sovereign.

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Globe and Mail Japanese Stocks Fall as Toyota Leads Decline in Record TradingBloombergFeb. 4 (Bloomberg) — Japanese stocks fell, led by record- high trading in Toyota Motor Corp. as the world's biggest carmaker faces its worst recall crisis. Toyota, Japan's largest company by market value, …Toyota says it modified Prius brakes: reportsMarketWatchSummary-Main points from Toyota [...]

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Boston Globe Obama Calls Out Republicans, But Nobody's HomeTIME"I am not an ideologue," the President said to the House Republicans, cocooned in their annual policy caucus in Baltimore — and the ideologues among them laughed. The President was explaining, in the midst of an …Obama criticizes Senate Republicans for delaying confirmation votesWashington PostCongressional Democrats are [...]

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CBC.ca Pakistan Arrests 35 in US Soldiers' DeathsNew York TimesPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani officials said Thursday they have arrested 35 suspects as part of their investigation into a bombing that killed three American soldiers and four Pakistanis on Wednesday in northwest …Pakistan rounds up blast suspectsAljazeera.netPakistani Taliban Claims Responsibility for Attack on SchoolBloombergAnalysis: Pakistan government [...]

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