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Brazil selling 100 missiles to Pakistan

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:43:22 GMT

Naples Overnight Crime Father sends 9 year old son on "beer run" Sheriff's deputy finds missing girl unharmed Law bans homeless sleeping spots A new law might be impossible to enforce.

Mystery disease claims SA man in Brazil

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:09:28 GMT

Brazilian authorities were on Wednesday working to identify a mystery illness that killed a 53-year-old South African man visiting Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil to sell 100 state-of-the-art anti-radiation missiles to Pakistan

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:38:58 GMT

Brasilia: Brazilian authorities have apparently approved the sale of 100 state-of-the-art, medium range air-to-surface anti-radiation missiles to Pakistan which can be used to attack and destroy radar ...

Brazil tries to rush aid to flood victims

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:32:45 GMT

Brazil tried to rush aid on Wednesday to 50,000 people driven from their homes by rain-spawned mudslides that have killed at least 86 people, while helicopter crews searched for families isolated by ...

Patch up to bring powerful media support for DMK

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:15:22 GMT

Chennai, Dec 2: The sudden and surprising patch up between Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, his estranged grand nephews, Maran brothers, will bring back the DMK the support of 'powerful' Sun TV owned by ...

Brazil stocks up early

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:53:37 GMT

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World Congress Against The Sexual Exploitation Of Children And Adolescents Comes To A Close In Brazil

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:31:16 GMT

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs ; Aid / Disasters Article Date: 01 Dec 2008 - 5:00 PST The sexual exploitation of children is not inevitable.

Brazil describes new plan to slow deforestation

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:17:51 GMT

Brazil describes new plan to slow deforestation Comments SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil plans to boost spending and programs to significantly slow destruction of the Amazon rain forest by 2017, aiming to reduce ...

Marans, Karunanidhi family bury hatchet

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:03 GMT

Tamil Nadu's first political family buried their hatchet as the estranged grand-nephews of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, Kalanidhi and Dayanidhi Maran were welcomed back into the fold Monday evening at the DMK ...

Madonna a to set solo tour recorda

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:51:53 GMT

Madonna's current Sticky and Sweet tour is set to become the biggest selling tour by a solo artist.

Brazil rain toll mounts to 110

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:19:07 GMT

Rio de Janeiro, Nov 30: At least 110 people have died in weeks of unusually heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, EFE reported Sunday.

Brazilian central bank chief predicts more jobs

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:46:35 GMT

Brazilian Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles on Wednesday brushed aside suspicion that employment may drop in 2009 amid world financial crisis, saying the country will create more new jobs, though in a ...

Ex-hostage Betancourt on a new mission in Colombia

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:44:37 GMT

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe with international anti-kidnapping campaigner Ingrid Betancourt on her arrival at Bogota's Catam military airport on Saturday BOGOTA: Former Colombian presidential candidate ...

Brazilians flock to giant Xmas tree

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:33:58 GMT

Nov. 30 - Thousands flock to a lagoon in Rio de Janeiro to watch the world's largest floating Christmas tree light up.

Death toll climbs in Brazil flooding

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:07:20 GMT

Search and rescue officials found nine bodies Saturday, bringing the death toll from flooding in southern Brazil to 109, the state news agency said.

Nations unite to fight sexual exploitation of children - Feature

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:45:02 GMT

Rio de Janeiro - On the Avenida Atlantica, the magnificent avenue on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, minors offer sex for just a few dollars.

Death toll in Brazil floods rises to 109

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:18:03 GMT

Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain has killed at least 109 people in southern Brazil over the past week, local civil defence officials say.

More bodies unearthed in Brazil mudslides

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:41:27 GMT

Rescue workers have pulled nine more bodies from beneath mud and rubble in Brazil's flood-ravaged southern state of Santa Catarina, bringing the death toll to 109, the state civil defense department said Saturday.

Most of the 109 victims were killed in mudslides and 19 still were missing. At least 78,000 people in 14 cities have been driven from their homes, with many taking shelter in churches, schools, gymnasiums and other public buildings.

Harrowing stories continued to emerge from Itajai, a riverside city of 180,000 where receding floodwaters left homes and furniture caked with mud.

Brazil govt: Amazon deforestation up slightly

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:17:01 GMT

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Destruction of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest appeared to accelerate slightly over the past year after slowing since 2004, the government said on Friday.

More rains feared as death toll rises in Brazil

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:47:12 GMT

Forecasters warned Friday that yet more rain could fall this weekend on waterlogged southern Brazil, raising fears of renewed mudslides in a region where at least 100 people have died due to storms.

Santa Catarina state's civil defense department said in a statement that mudslides killed most of the victims, with floods killing most of the rest. Nineteen people were still missing and at least 78,000 people in 14 cities were still forced to shelter with relatives or friends or in churches, schools and other public buildings.

Brazil floods are early sign of global warming, expert warns

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:21:09 GMT

Rio de Janeiro - The rains that devastated 30 towns in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina could be an early consequence of global warming, a climatologist from the Brazilian National Institute for ...

UN forum backs harsher penalties for sex tourists

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:45:24 GMT

Tourists who go abroad to abuse children should face the prospect of prosecution in their home countries if they are caught having sex with kids in nations with lax penalties, participants at a U.N.-backed ...

Flood victims wade home

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:18:01 GMT

Flood victims waded through waist-deep water into mud-filled houses yesterday in a devastated part of southern Brazil where neighbours set up patrols to keep looters away and lined up by the thousands for ...

Medvedev arrives in Brazil for official visit

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:47:30 GMT

President Dmitry Medvedev reviews the honour guard during a wreath laying ceremony at the Second World War monument in Rio de Janeiro Nov.

Brazil flooding kills 97

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:42:34 GMT

Hungry survivors looted supermarkets and emergency crews tried to get aid to nearly 80,000 people driven from their homes Wednesday, as rain-spawned mudslides and floods killed at least 97 people and isolated ...

Autumn Babies More Prone to Asthma

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:16:42 GMT

The season of a baby's birth may help predict that child's risk of asthma, new research suggests.

Brazil flood victims wade home, death toll at 99

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:15:06 GMT

Flood victims waded through waist-deep water into mud-filled houses Thursday in a devastated part of southern Brazil where neighbors set up patrols to keep looters away and lined up by the thousands for ...

Brazil stocks rise for 4th day in a row

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:28:33 GMT

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Murder rate highest in Latin America: Survey

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:35:20 GMT

Latin America has the highest homicide rate for young adults in the world, with the Caribbean a close second, a global study by a Brazilian research group shows.

Brazil flood victims loot stores, death toll at 97

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:07:29 GMT

Hungry flood survivors looted supermarkets and emergency crews tried to get aid to nearly 80,000 people driven from their homes Wednesday, as rain-spawned mudslides and overflowing rivers killed at least 97 people and isolated cities in southern Brazil.

Amid mounting misery in the disaster zone, at least 20 people were arrested for ransacking a supermarket in the hard-hit city of Itajai, where many streets were still submerged following torrential weekend rains, state media said.

Besides food, the looters tried to cart away plasma TVs and a refrigerator, the Agencia Brasil news service reported.

24-Hour Monitoring Better Than Clinical Blood Pressure Readings

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:37:05 GMT

Researchers have found that while blood pressure readings taken at a clinic may not be an accurate means of predicting a patienta s risk of heart failure or stroke, daily readings at regular intervals may prove ...

UN: Governments face challenges fighting sex abuse

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:18:00 GMT

More poor children may be driven into the sex trade as a result of the world financial crisis and a spreading use of the Internet that makes it easier for predators to lure victims, participants said Wednesday ...

Brazil flooding blamed for 84 deaths

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:00:14 GMT

The number of deaths attributed to floods in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina rose Tuesday to 84, the state news agency reported.

Russia wants to double trade with Brazil

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:15:07 GMT

Russia wants to double trade with Brazil 1/9 Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, center, and Sergio Gabrielli, president of Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Petrobras, left, walk after a meeting in Rio de Janeiro, ...

At least 65 dead in heavy rain in southern Brazil

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:52:09 GMT

Rio de Janeiro - The number of people killed in accidents linked to heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina rose to 65 Tuesday, while close to 50,000 people had to be evacuated from their ...

Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring Predicts Risks

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:22:09 GMT

Round-the-clock blood pressure measurements, especially those during the night, are better predictors of major cardiovascular problems than readings taken in a doctor's office for people whose high blood ...

GPS guides Norwegian tourists into trouble in Rio

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:39:55 GMT

Three Norwegian tourists came under fire and one was shot after the satellite navigation system in their car guided them straight into one of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous slums.

Hispanic Hotel Owners Association Hotel Development and Investme

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:56:56 GMT

Hispanic Hotel Owners Association Hotel, Development and Investment Conference Lively with Hotel Deals and Latino Pride Monday, November 24, 2008 More than 250 attendees from more than five Latin American ...

Brazil demands more from Russia during Medvedev's visit

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:47:26 GMT

BRASILIA: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hopes to make inroads into Brazil's emerging oil and defense industries on a visit this week but he is unlikely to win a major breakthrough.

Pro-logging mob attacks Brazilian police

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:11 GMT

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Water Aerobics and Pregnancy

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:39:08 GMT

Pregnant mothers who take water aerobics classes during pregnancy may reduce their need for pain medication during labor.

Brazil floods kill at least 33, uproot thousands

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:12:16 GMT

At least 33 people have been killed in floods in southern Brazil after days of torrential rain that set off mudslides and forced 20,000 from their homes, emergency workers said on Monday.

Presidential decree protects Brazil rain forest

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:45:06 GMT

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Italian businessman killed in Brazil

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:39:21 GMT

SAO PAULO, Brazil : Police say two gunmen have killed an Italian businessman in front of his factory in southeastern Brazil.

Study: Aerobics Eases Baby Deliveries

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:37:39 GMT

Pregnant women who did water aerobics had easier deliveries and asked for less pain-killing medicine than women who didn't, a Brazilian study said Thursday.

Brazil recalls envoy to Ecuador over debt dispute

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:17:36 GMT

Rio de Janeiro, Nov 22 : Brazil has recalled its envoy to Ecuador over a financial dispute and threatened to review its diplomatic relations with the Latin American neighbour, EFE reported Saturday.