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Amazon countries to hold climate talks!

Updated on Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:28 IST Tags:Amazon, Climate Brasilia: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling a meeting of eight Amazon countries next week to forge a common stand ahead of next...

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Should Brazil cut its aid for the poor?

There is a euphoria in Brazil about the economy. For decade after decade it was called the country of the future, with population of 150 million and immense resources including oil. However, the future never seemed to come, put...

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Brazil leader urges freeze on Israeli settlements (AP)

AP – Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud … SALVADOR, Brazil – Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is joining his Palestinian counterpart in calling on...

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15 people worth watching in Copenhagen (a slideshow!)

by Jonathan Hiskes So who will be the real power players in Copenhagen? The official estimate for official delegates attending the U.N. climate conference hovers somewhere around a gajillion. OK, seriously, it’s a mere 20,000....

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Brazil Supreme Court: President Silva should decide on Italian fugitive's possible extradition

BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the nation's president should decide whether to extradite Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti, a former leftist rebel wanted by his native country for political...

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Brazil, Argentina reiterate concern with "extra-regional" military bases in South America

BRASILIA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The presidents of Brazil and Argentina, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, reaffirmed on Wednesday their concern with the presence of a "military base of extra-regional...

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Movie reveals tragedy, ambition of Brazil's Lula

The premiere of a new movie about the early life of Brazil's phenomenally popular president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left an audience in tears -- and some critics on Wednesday predicting Oscar glory.

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U.N. chief says climate deal key to fighting hunger

ROME (Reuters) - The United Nations opened its world food summit on Monday by saying that a climate change deal in Copenhagen next month is crucial to fighting global hunger as rising temperatures threaten farm output in poor...

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UN “Hunger Summit” opens without the attendance of the richest countries of the world

On Monday started the United Nations World Summit on Food Security without the attendance of the countries that might give specific contributions to the fight against hunger in the world due to their economic welfare....

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Brazil Leader Blames Blackout on Short-Circuit

Brazil's president says last week's massive blackouts in Latin America's largest nation were caused by a short-circuit in a transmission tower. But President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says it's unclear how the short-circuit...

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