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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/world/latin-america/brazil world Brazil en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:20:43 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/world/latin-america/brazil http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_living_at_airport ap/20100209/lt_brazil_living_at_airport AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:20:43 GMT AP - A German man who went to Brazil for a woman he met on the Internet has been camping out in an airport for more than a month after thieves took all his money and possessions, authorities said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_alligator_attack ap/20100208/lt_brazil_alligator_attack AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:52:57 GMT AP - A 13-foot (4-meter) alligator has reportedly attacked and killed a girl who was swimming in a Brazilian jungle river. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_rainforest_farming ap/20100208/lt_brazil_rainforest_farming AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_rainforest_farming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265164037959-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=iPzb3qZUGaF326HztZnOhg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A deforested area -- seen here in 2005 -- along the border of the Xingu river, 140 km from Anapu city in the Amazon rainforest, northern Brazil, in the region where the construction of a new hydroelectric dam has been approved.(AFP/File/Antonio Scorza)" border="0" /></a>AP - Walking on a dusty field of cut rice that was once rainforest, researcher Flavio Wruck explains how farming, the Amazon's biggest killer, can be turned into its best defender.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_rainforest_farming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265164037959-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=iPzb3qZUGaF326HztZnOhg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A deforested area -- seen here in 2005 -- along the border of the Xingu river, 140 km from Anapu city in the Amazon rainforest, northern Brazil, in the region where the construction of a new hydroelectric dam has been approved.(AFP/File/Antonio Scorza)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_carnival_condoms ap/20100206/lt_brazil_carnival_condoms AP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:50:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_carnival_condoms"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.edb4e0eea37842bf8c4843c833c2d9b1.brazil_carnival_xfd104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iCGkPyXpf.RWmn92VIj5Sg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A reveler dressed as a nurse helps an ambulance trying to go through the crowd during the Ceu na Terra parade in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Hundreds gathered in the streets of Santa Teresa following the tramcar during one of the many parades before Carnival, which runs Feb. 12-15. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)" border="0" /></a>AP - Brazilian health officials have kicked off an AIDS awareness campaign and will hand out 55 million condoms during the annual Carnival festival that begins next week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_carnival_condoms"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.edb4e0eea37842bf8c4843c833c2d9b1.brazil_carnival_xfd104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iCGkPyXpf.RWmn92VIj5Sg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A reveler dressed as a nurse helps an ambulance trying to go through the crowd during the Ceu na Terra parade in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Hundreds gathered in the streets of Santa Teresa following the tramcar during one of the many parades before Carnival, which runs Feb. 12-15. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_missionary_killed ap/20100206/lt_brazil_missionary_killed AP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:31:47 GMT AP - A rancher accused of masterminding the 2005 killing of an activist American nun in the Amazon is back in jail, a Brazilian television station reported Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_carnival_preteen_queen ap/20100206/lt_brazil_carnival_preteen_queen AP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:52:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_carnival_preteen_queen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.cf0c95f233764ff2946724eab005dabe.brazil_carnival__rio102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=txW332QGFlB1bBRFKPB0aA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Monica Lira puts a crown on her seven-year-old daughter Julia before a rehearsal by the Viradouro samba school in Rio de Janeiro, late Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. The tiny dancer will be at the helm of the Viradouro samba school's parade at the upcoming Rio carnival. The Viradouro samba school has been known in the past for having local superstar actresses at the front of their shows. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)" border="0" /></a>AP - She is the Shirley Temple of samba, a 7-year-old named to a coveted Carnival role normally reserved for barely clad models who have undergone more plastic surgeries than little Julia Lira has seen birthdays. Naming the girl drum corps queen for the Viradouro samba group is raising eyebrows even in a city that has seen everything during the annual mega-party that begins next week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_carnival_preteen_queen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.cf0c95f233764ff2946724eab005dabe.brazil_carnival__rio102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=txW332QGFlB1bBRFKPB0aA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Monica Lira puts a crown on her seven-year-old daughter Julia before a rehearsal by the Viradouro samba school in Rio de Janeiro, late Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. The tiny dancer will be at the helm of the Viradouro samba school's parade at the upcoming Rio carnival. The Viradouro samba school has been known in the past for having local superstar actresses at the front of their shows. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/ts_afp/brazilenergyenvironmentamazon afp/20100203/brazilenergyenvironmentamazon AFP topstories Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:38:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/ts_afp/brazilenergyenvironmentamazon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265196727955-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dL88PejNAjQ42McgedreTg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="British musician Sting (L) points to a map next to indigenous Brazilian Caiapo chief Raoni during a joint press conference in Sao Paulo, November 2009, on a hydroelectric dam construction in Xingu River. The controversial plan endorsed this week to build the immense dam in Brazil's rainforest has attracted a formidable bloc of opponents: ecologists, indigenous Indians and Sting.(AFP/File/Wladimir de Souza)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A controversial plan to build an immense dam in Brazil's rainforest endorsed this week has attracted a formidable bloc of opponents: ecologists, indigenous Indians and Sting.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/ts_afp/brazilenergyenvironmentamazon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265196727955-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dL88PejNAjQ42McgedreTg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="British musician Sting (L) points to a map next to indigenous Brazilian Caiapo chief Raoni during a joint press conference in Sao Paulo, November 2009, on a hydroelectric dam construction in Xingu River. The controversial plan endorsed this week to build the immense dam in Brazil's rainforest has attracted a formidable bloc of opponents: ecologists, indigenous Indians and Sting.(AFP/File/Wladimir de Souza)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/ts_afp/brazilenergyelectricityenvironment afp/20100203/brazilenergyelectricityenvironment AFP topstories Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:33:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/ts_afp/brazilenergyelectricityenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265196727955-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dL88PejNAjQ42McgedreTg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="British musician Sting (L) points to a map next to indigenous Brazilian Caiapo chief Raoni during a joint press conference in Sao Paulo, November 2009, on a hydroelectric dam construction in Xingu River. The controversial plan endorsed this week to build the immense dam in Brazil's rainforest has attracted a formidable bloc of opponents: ecologists, indigenous Indians and Sting.(AFP/File/Wladimir de Souza)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Environmentalists, indigenous groups and British rock star Sting have denounced a government plan to build the world's third largest hydroelectric dam in the Amazon river basin, which they claim will devastate the region.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/ts_afp/brazilenergyelectricityenvironment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100203/capt.photo_1265196727955-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dL88PejNAjQ42McgedreTg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="British musician Sting (L) points to a map next to indigenous Brazilian Caiapo chief Raoni during a joint press conference in Sao Paulo, November 2009, on a hydroelectric dam construction in Xingu River. The controversial plan endorsed this week to build the immense dam in Brazil's rainforest has attracted a formidable bloc of opponents: ecologists, indigenous Indians and Sting.(AFP/File/Wladimir de Souza)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100202/wl_time/08599195836600 time/20100202/08599195836600 Time.com world Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:55:00 GMT Time.com - The brief hospitalization of the wildly popular president last week raised questions over whether his un-charismatic protege can win without him on the stump http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20100201/pl_usnw/DC47519 usnw/20100201/DC47519 PR Newswire politics Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:38:00 GMT PR Newswire - WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Environmentalists, indigenous people, and social movements in Brazil condemned today's news that an environmental license was issued by the Brazilian environmental agency (IBAMA) for the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam. The massive project, slated to be the world's third largest, would divert the flow of the Xingu River and devastate an extensive area of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, threatening the survival of indigenous peoples. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100131/ts_afp/brazilchinaeconomy afp/20100131/brazilchinaeconomy AFP topstories Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:40:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100131/ts_afp/brazilchinaeconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100131/capt.photo_1264959622746-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BofhYsjxUAiW2Nee.bpdxg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man leaves the headquarters of Sao Paulo's Stocks Exchange (Bovespa), in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2009. Fears of a speculative asset bubble and moves by China to rein in an overheating economy have taken their toll on Brazil, eroding equity prices and the national currency, the real.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Fears of a speculative asset bubble and moves by China to rein in an overheating economy have taken their toll on Brazil, eroding equity prices and the national currency, the real.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100131/ts_afp/brazilchinaeconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100131/capt.photo_1264959622746-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BofhYsjxUAiW2Nee.bpdxg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man leaves the headquarters of Sao Paulo's Stocks Exchange (Bovespa), in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2009. Fears of a speculative asset bubble and moves by China to rein in an overheating economy have taken their toll on Brazil, eroding equity prices and the national currency, the real.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100130/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_brazil ap/20100130/lt_honduras_brazil AP world Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:59:21 GMT AP - Honduras' new government has reinstated its top immigration official, 24 hours after firing him, citing "a misunderstanding and a mistake." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100130/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_silva ap/20100130/lt_brazil_silva AP world Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:26:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100130/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_silva"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100128/capt.998466bcd828413cb1afb1552e9aabd7.brazil_silva_xsi104.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=HC_Dt.EO7bFta3PP2HGGMg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Brazil's Presidency, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, talks with doctors at Hospital Portugues in Recife, Brazil, Thursday morning Jan. 28, 2010. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva suffered an attack of high blood pressure just before taking off for Switzerland and was hospitalized overnight, officials said. He was released early Thursday. (AP Photo/Ricardo Stuckert-Brazil's Presidency)" border="0" /></a>AP - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday he is in "perfect health" two days after being hospitalized for a high-blood-pressure attack that forced him to cancel his attendance at a global economic forum.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100130/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_silva"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100128/capt.998466bcd828413cb1afb1552e9aabd7.brazil_silva_xsi104.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=HC_Dt.EO7bFta3PP2HGGMg--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by Brazil's Presidency, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, talks with doctors at Hospital Portugues in Recife, Brazil, Thursday morning Jan. 28, 2010. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva suffered an attack of high blood pressure just before taking off for Switzerland and was hospitalized overnight, officials said. He was released early Thursday. (AP Photo/Ricardo Stuckert-Brazil's Presidency)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100130/wl_afp/brazilpoliticshealthlula afp/20100130/brazilpoliticshealthlula AFP world Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:06:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100130/wl_afp/brazilpoliticshealthlula"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100130/capt.photo_1264860352489-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=6XbHKsMfj1r98MzJGIuGzg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Marisa Leticia are surrounded by doctors at a a Sao Paulo cardiac clinic. "I'm in perfect health," Lulu said, following medical tests and a blood pressure scare that forced him to cancel a trip to Davos, Switzerland.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)" border="0" /></a>AFP - "I'm in perfect health," Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday, following medical tests and a blood pressure scare that forced him to cancel a trip to Davos, Switzerland.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100130/wl_afp/brazilpoliticshealthlula"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100130/capt.photo_1264860352489-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=6XbHKsMfj1r98MzJGIuGzg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Marisa Leticia are surrounded by doctors at a a Sao Paulo cardiac clinic. "I'm in perfect health," Lulu said, following medical tests and a blood pressure scare that forced him to cancel a trip to Davos, Switzerland.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_social_forum ap/20100129/lt_brazil_social_forum AP world Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:24:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_social_forum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100128/capt.add03164580e4e2c91b39fbb1a86173f.brazil_social_forum_xsi108.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=bWifQp6YhcEAeOpzEldMRQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A boy selling candy leans against a wall next to a banner of the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. The social forum is the annual counterpoint to the World Economic Forum. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Leftists who converged in Brazil to protest what they view as uncontrolled capitalism ended the World Social Forum Friday with vows to take advantage of the financial crisis to promote a global socialist agenda.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_social_forum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100128/capt.add03164580e4e2c91b39fbb1a86173f.brazil_social_forum_xsi108.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=bWifQp6YhcEAeOpzEldMRQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A boy selling candy leans against a wall next to a banner of the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. The social forum is the annual counterpoint to the World Economic Forum. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_re_eu/davos_forum_silva ap/20100129/davos_forum_silva AP world Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:58:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_re_eu/davos_forum_silva"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100128/capt.291a599211d14e43970991f3018806ea.brazil_silva_xsi103.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=2flTxGnRi_nt63mX5PZ2Vw--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Brazil's Presidency, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and chief of staff Dilma Rousseff greet doctors at Hospital Portugues in Recife, Brazil, Thursday morning Jan. 28, 2010. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva suffered an attack of high blood pressure just before taking off for Switzerland and was hospitalized overnight, officials said. He was released early Thursday. (AP Photo/Ricardo Stuckert-Brazil's Presidency)" border="0" /></a>AP - The World Economic Forum has honored Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for his "global statesmanship" &mdash; a ceremony the leader couldn't attend for health reasons.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_re_eu/davos_forum_silva"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100128/capt.291a599211d14e43970991f3018806ea.brazil_silva_xsi103.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=2flTxGnRi_nt63mX5PZ2Vw--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by Brazil's Presidency, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and chief of staff Dilma Rousseff greet doctors at Hospital Portugues in Recife, Brazil, Thursday morning Jan. 28, 2010. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva suffered an attack of high blood pressure just before taking off for Switzerland and was hospitalized overnight, officials said. He was released early Thursday. (AP Photo/Ricardo Stuckert-Brazil's Presidency)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100128/wl_afp/brazilpoliticslulahealthdavos afp/20100128/brazilpoliticslulahealthdavos AFP world Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:11:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100128/wl_afp/brazilpoliticslulahealthdavos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100128/capt.photo_1264673479023-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=r3rfW11HawUJgB08DhMLHA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An "exhausted" Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (seen here in June 2009) has been hospitalized in the northeastern city of Recife after suffering hypertension, the president's office said.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An "exhausted" Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was hospitalized in the northeastern city of Recife after suffering hypertension, the president's office said early Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100128/wl_afp/brazilpoliticslulahealthdavos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100128/capt.photo_1264673479023-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=r3rfW11HawUJgB08DhMLHA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An "exhausted" Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (seen here in June 2009) has been hospitalized in the northeastern city of Recife after suffering hypertension, the president's office said.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100127/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_floods ap/20100127/lt_brazil_floods AP world Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:02:24 GMT AP - Brazilian officials say heavy rains have filled two dams to capacity in Sao Paulo state, threatening 12 soaked cities with more flooding. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100125/wl_nm/us_quake_haiti1 nm/20100125/us_quake_haiti1 Reuters world Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:12:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100125/wl_nm/us_quake_haiti1"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100210/i/r2188178211.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=s1d61MFARy2b7T3Ap.mxMg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Haiti's Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive (L) and Edmond Mulet, acting head of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Haiti, hold a news conference at the MINUSTAH base in Port-au-Prince February 9, 2010. The top U.N. official in Haiti urged Haitians on Tuesday to turn in thousands of escaped criminals before they start trouble, but said the security situation in the quake-struck Caribbean nation is stable. REUTERS/St Felix Evens (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER POLITICS)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Haiti could start relocating homeless earthquake survivors from its ruined capital this week, but it will need at least five to 10 years of international help to rebuild from the catastrophe, the government said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100125/wl_nm/us_quake_haiti1"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100210/i/r2188178211.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=s1d61MFARy2b7T3Ap.mxMg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Haiti's Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive (L) and Edmond Mulet, acting head of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Haiti, hold a news conference at the MINUSTAH base in Port-au-Prince February 9, 2010. The top U.N. official in Haiti urged Haitians on Tuesday to turn in thousands of escaped criminals before they start trouble, but said the security situation in the quake-struck Caribbean nation is stable. REUTERS/St Felix Evens (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER POLITICS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100123/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_uruguay_dirty_war ap/20100123/lt_brazil_uruguay_dirty_war AP world Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:57:12 GMT AP - Brazil has extradited a retired Uruguayan military officer to Argentina to face charges of human rights abuses allegedly committed more than 30 years ago.