Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2193 world Brazil en-us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:57:56 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2193 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_afp/brazilitalyextraditionjustice afp/20091125/brazilitalyextraditionjustice AFP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:57:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_afp/brazilitalyextraditionjustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259130461459-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=KfEUcexNAzELT51r6x1Exw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Demonstrators hold a hunger strike last week in front of the Supreme Trbunal in Brasilia to protest the extradition of Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti, wanted for murders dating from the 1970s. Battisti ended his own 11-day hunger strike late Tuesday as he anticipated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's verdict on his extradition to Italy.(AFP/File/Joedson Alves)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti ended an 11-day hunger strike as he anticipated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's verdict on his extradition to Italy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_afp/brazilitalyextraditionjustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259130461459-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=KfEUcexNAzELT51r6x1Exw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Demonstrators hold a hunger strike last week in front of the Supreme Trbunal in Brasilia to protest the extradition of Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti, wanted for murders dating from the 1970s. Battisti ended his own 11-day hunger strike late Tuesday as he anticipated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's verdict on his extradition to Italy.(AFP/File/Joedson Alves)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_blackouts ap/20091125/lt_brazil_blackouts AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:16:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_blackouts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.e5acc22ce6144e3288c73e33a2efeb58.brazil_blackouts_xfd103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=fPD9D3jXOpETaTUP2U7rDg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Salesman leave their workplace during a blackout in the Ipanema neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Rio de Janeiro's best beach neighborhoods lost power Tuesday in sweltering summer weather, forcing restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send their employees home. The outage came two weeks to the day after much of Brazil was darkened with by much larger electrical outage. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rio de Janeiro's posh beach neighborhoods lost power for hours in sweltering summer weather Tuesday, prompting restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send employees home.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_blackouts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.e5acc22ce6144e3288c73e33a2efeb58.brazil_blackouts_xfd103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=fPD9D3jXOpETaTUP2U7rDg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Salesman leave their workplace during a blackout in the Ipanema neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Rio de Janeiro's best beach neighborhoods lost power Tuesday in sweltering summer weather, forcing restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send their employees home. The outage came two weeks to the day after much of Brazil was darkened with by much larger electrical outage. (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/20091124/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_iran ap/20091124/lt_brazil_iran AP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:27:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091123/capt.31ad8e9192d04379bef14173bbae172a.brazil_iran_bsb102.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=MqB0BtKR1_60cJPCBNsg7A--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, embraces Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Ahmadinejad is on a one-day visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iran's leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear program and instead negotiate a fair solution.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091123/capt.31ad8e9192d04379bef14173bbae172a.brazil_iran_bsb102.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=MqB0BtKR1_60cJPCBNsg7A--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, embraces Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Ahmadinejad is on a one-day visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/ts_afp/entertainmentusbritaintelevisionawards afp/20091124/entertainmentusbritaintelevisionawards AFP topstories Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:33:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/ts_afp/entertainmentusbritaintelevisionawards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259044335005-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=NBJeQdmUYU.EZsDgiCDl6A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Brazilian actress Juliana Paes at the International Emmy Awards in New York. Britain has scooped five of the prizes, including for best performances, while Brazil joined the television elite for the first time at the gala ceremony in the US city.(AFP/Stan Honda)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Britain walked away with five International Emmy Awards on Monday, including for best performances, while Brazil joined the television elite for the first time at a gala ceremony in New York.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/ts_afp/entertainmentusbritaintelevisionawards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259044335005-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=NBJeQdmUYU.EZsDgiCDl6A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Brazilian actress Juliana Paes at the International Emmy Awards in New York. Britain has scooped five of the prizes, including for best performances, while Brazil joined the television elite for the first time at the gala ceremony in the US city.(AFP/Stan Honda)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_afp/brazilirandiplomacynuclearpolitics afp/20091124/brazilirandiplomacynuclearpolitics AFP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:03:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_afp/brazilirandiplomacynuclearpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259021956943-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=RLdQa6tTWrCeVd5f61znEA--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="VIDEO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged his visiting Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to find a "just solution" with the West to Tehran's contested nuclear program. Duration: 00:49(AFPTV)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged his visiting Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to find a "just solution" with the West to Tehran's contested nuclear program.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_afp/brazilirandiplomacynuclearpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259021956943-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=RLdQa6tTWrCeVd5f61znEA--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="VIDEO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged his visiting Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to find a "just solution" with the West to Tehran's contested nuclear program. Duration: 00:49(AFPTV)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_mideast_afp/braziliranisraeluspolitics afp/20091124/braziliranisraeluspolitics AFP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:57:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_mideast_afp/braziliranisraeluspolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259031383843-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=KLTlI9p_WObLGqt_wYSPWQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, currently visiting Brazil, has said that US and Israeli military threats against his nation were a thing of the past, and that, in any case, "they don't have the courage" to attack Iran.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Visiting Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said Monday that US and Israeli military threats against Iran were a thing of the past, and that, in any case, "they don't have the courage" to attack Iran.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_mideast_afp/braziliranisraeluspolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259031383843-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=KLTlI9p_WObLGqt_wYSPWQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, currently visiting Brazil, has said that US and Israeli military threats against his nation were a thing of the past, and that, in any case, "they don't have the courage" to attack Iran.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/wl_afp/brazilirandiplomacy afp/20091123/brazilirandiplomacy AFP world Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:26:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/wl_afp/brazilirandiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259003919955-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MsSWcsnL_6U7NAApFiB_.Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech during a ceremony to sign agreements with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia. Lula da Silva on Monday urged his visiting Iranian counterpart to find a "just solution" with the West to Tehran's contested nuclear program.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday began a controversial visit to Brazil, the key leg of a tour to sympathetic Latin American and African countries he sees backing Tehran's vision of "a new world order."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/wl_afp/brazilirandiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259003919955-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MsSWcsnL_6U7NAApFiB_.Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech during a ceremony to sign agreements with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia. Lula da Silva on Monday urged his visiting Iranian counterpart to find a "just solution" with the West to Tehran's contested nuclear program.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091123/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_brazilian_shot ap/20091123/eu_britain_brazilian_shot AP world Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:45:53 GMT AP - British police have reached a compensation deal with the family of a Brazilian man who was shot dead by police after he was mistaken for a terrorist. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/ts_afp/iranbrazilvenezueladiplomacy afp/20091122/iranbrazilvenezueladiplomacy AFP topstories Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:37:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/ts_afp/iranbrazilvenezueladiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258873052291-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MLrmogVvcXm5UaFGyo428w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran on Sunday for a five nation tour, including Brazil and Venezuela, both supporters of the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear programme.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Faced with mounting pressure over his country's atomic ambitions, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left on a five nation tour Sunday, including Brazil in a bid to boost ties with Latin America's biggest economy and a rare backer of Tehran's nuclear programme.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/ts_afp/iranbrazilvenezueladiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258873052291-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MLrmogVvcXm5UaFGyo428w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran on Sunday for a five nation tour, including Brazil and Venezuela, both supporters of the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear programme.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/wl_mideast_afp/irangambiabrazilvenezueladiplomacyahmadinejad afp/20091122/irangambiabrazilvenezueladiplomacyahmadinejad AFP world Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:58:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/wl_mideast_afp/irangambiabrazilvenezueladiplomacyahmadinejad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258873052291-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MLrmogVvcXm5UaFGyo428w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran on Sunday for a five nation tour, including Brazil and Venezuela, both supporters of the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear programme.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran on Sunday for a five nation tour, including Brazil and Venezuela, both supporters of the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear programme.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/wl_mideast_afp/irangambiabrazilvenezueladiplomacyahmadinejad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258873052291-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MLrmogVvcXm5UaFGyo428w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran on Sunday for a five nation tour, including Brazil and Venezuela, both supporters of the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear programme.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_niemeyer ap/20091121/lt_brazil_niemeyer AP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:31:53 GMT AP - Famed 101-year-old Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is reportedly back at work just weeks after surgery for gallstones and an intestinal tumor. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_mideast_afp/mideastbrazilisraeldiplomacy afp/20091120/mideastbrazilisraeldiplomacy AFP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_mideast_afp/mideastbrazilisraeldiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258738160045-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=WOBAkHM63XAgYqKKFFS2cg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) shakes hands with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas at Mercy Museum in Salvador, Bahia State. sraeli settlement expansion on Palestinian territory must stop immediately, Lula said Friday after meeting Abbas.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Israeli settlement expansion on Palestinian territory must stop immediately, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Friday as he seeks to position Brazil as a player in the Middle East.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_mideast_afp/mideastbrazilisraeldiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258738160045-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=WOBAkHM63XAgYqKKFFS2cg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) shakes hands with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas at Mercy Museum in Salvador, Bahia State. sraeli settlement expansion on Palestinian territory must stop immediately, Lula said Friday after meeting Abbas.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_palestinians ap/20091120/lt_brazil_palestinians AP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.feb7fd6e19974a5195b50a210c84f1c5.brazil_abbas_bsbx101.jpg?x=130&y=124&q=85&sig=r1yN_nq5hVdFZaQZbc9.sQ--" align="left" height="124" width="130" alt="Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a visit to a religious museum in Salvador, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. President Abbas is on three-day official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)" border="0" /></a>AP - Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is joining his Palestinian counterpart in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.feb7fd6e19974a5195b50a210c84f1c5.brazil_abbas_bsbx101.jpg?x=130&y=124&q=85&sig=r1yN_nq5hVdFZaQZbc9.sQ--" align="left" height="124" width="130" alt="photo" title="Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a visit to a religious museum in Salvador, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. President Abbas is on three-day official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_mideast_afp/brazilpalestiniandiplomacy afp/20091119/brazilpalestiniandiplomacy AFP world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:34:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_mideast_afp/brazilpalestiniandiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258673588964-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=7VAwrZctWlFihOFgdKYaHQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday received Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, pictured on November 17, Thursday for the first in a series of discussions on forging peace in the Middle East, the foreign ministry said Thursday.(AFP/File/Cris Bouroncle)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday received Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas here Thursday for the first in a series of discussions on forging peace in the Middle East, the foreign ministry said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_mideast_afp/brazilpalestiniandiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258673588964-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=7VAwrZctWlFihOFgdKYaHQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday received Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, pictured on November 17, Thursday for the first in a series of discussions on forging peace in the Middle East, the foreign ministry said Thursday.(AFP/File/Cris Bouroncle)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/pl_nm/us_trade_wto_cotton nm/20091119/us_trade_wto_cotton Reuters politics Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:20:58 GMT Reuters - The World Trade Organization authorized Brazil Thursday to impose trade sanctions on the United States over its support for cotton, as Brazil ratcheted up pressure on Washington over the illegal subsidies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_italian_fugitive ap/20091118/lt_brazil_italian_fugitive AP world Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:17:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_italian_fugitive"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.4ee519eee9824af0aeb284ee70b9cb83.brazil_italian_fugitive_bra103.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=xIlWxekD_iYr9vf2z.BVUA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti gestures as he meets with Brazilian lawmakers while serving time in prison in Brasilia, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Brazil's Supreme Court will resume Wednesday its session to consider the extradition of Battisti, who was convicted in Italy of political slayings in the 1970s. Battisti is on a hunger strike to protest possible extradition home. (AP Photo/Jose Cruz, ABr )" border="0" /></a>AP - 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 killings in the 1970s.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_italian_fugitive"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.4ee519eee9824af0aeb284ee70b9cb83.brazil_italian_fugitive_bra103.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=xIlWxekD_iYr9vf2z.BVUA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti gestures as he meets with Brazilian lawmakers while serving time in prison in Brasilia, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Brazil's Supreme Court will resume Wednesday its session to consider the extradition of Battisti, who was convicted in Italy of political slayings in the 1970s. Battisti is on a hunger strike to protest possible extradition home. (AP Photo/Jose Cruz, ABr )" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/ts_afp/entertainmentbrazilpolitics afp/20091118/entertainmentbrazilpolitics AFP topstories Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:54:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/ts_afp/entertainmentbrazilpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258562969025-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Npr46yR4q1vzbK1JN7DGfg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Brazilian actor Rui Ricardo Dias (C), and actresses Cleo Pires (L) and Juliana Baroni pose for photographers before the premiere of the movie 'Lula, the son of Brazil' during the Brasilia Film Festival at the National theatre in Brasilia, November 17. The premiere of the movie about the early life of Brazil's phenomenally popular president left the audience in tears.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)" border="0" /></a>AFP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/ts_afp/entertainmentbrazilpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258562969025-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Npr46yR4q1vzbK1JN7DGfg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Brazilian actor Rui Ricardo Dias (C), and actresses Cleo Pires (L) and Juliana Baroni pose for photographers before the premiere of the movie 'Lula, the son of Brazil' during the Brasilia Film Festival at the National theatre in Brasilia, November 17. The premiere of the movie about the early life of Brazil's phenomenally popular president left the audience in tears.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_short_dress ap/20091118/lt_brazil_short_dress AP world Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:00:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_short_dress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.ab9e9353354347e193cf9f125ff3263c.brazil_short_dress_xap101.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=LNunjD0qkJ70fL2xerfmzA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Brazilian freshmen university student Geisy Arruda gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in her lawyer's office in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Arruda, 20, who was expelled from Bandeirantes University for wearing a short dress, said Tuesday she's enjoying her newfound fame, but wants go back to school. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fresh from an appearance on one of Brazil's most popular TV shows, the young woman whose short, pink dress got her kicked out of college is enjoying her newfound fame, yet has her eye on getting back to class.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_short_dress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.ab9e9353354347e193cf9f125ff3263c.brazil_short_dress_xap101.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=LNunjD0qkJ70fL2xerfmzA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Brazilian freshmen university student Geisy Arruda gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in her lawyer's office in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Arruda, 20, who was expelled from Bandeirantes University for wearing a short dress, said Tuesday she's enjoying her newfound fame, but wants go back to school. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/wl_afp/brazilsocietyfood afp/20091117/brazilsocietyfood AFP world Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:50:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/wl_afp/brazilsocietyfood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258447779386-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=sEg4EiHKfjy292NppY7UMw--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="People gather rubbish to re-sell from a giant rubbish dump in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that the country has reduced malnutrition by 73 percent in the last six years, despite persistent and major economic imbalances in the Latin American state.(AFP/File/Antonio Scorza)" border="0" /></a>AFP - As the United Nations food agency meets in Rome to discuss ways to combat global hunger, Brazil's President Luiz Inacia Lula da Silva can tout the success of his country's "Zero Hunger" program.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/wl_afp/brazilsocietyfood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258447779386-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=sEg4EiHKfjy292NppY7UMw--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="People gather rubbish to re-sell from a giant rubbish dump in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that the country has reduced malnutrition by 73 percent in the last six years, despite persistent and major economic imbalances in the Latin American state.(AFP/File/Antonio Scorza)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/wl_afp/brazilblackoutenergypolitics afp/20091116/brazilblackoutenergypolitics AFP world Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:32:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/wl_afp/brazilblackoutenergypolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091116/capt.photo_1258403153827-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8eG0QjPu5Ra0GptrirfZ7Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Vehicles ply the '23 de Maio' expressway, linking the north and south areas of the metropolis during a massive blackout, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early on November 11. A massive blackout across half of Brazil last week was caused by a short-circuit during bad weather, the energy ministry insisted on Monday despite persistent doubts over its explanation.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A massive blackout across half of Brazil last week was caused by a short-circuit during bad weather, the energy ministry insisted on Monday despite persistent doubts over its explanation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/wl_afp/brazilblackoutenergypolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091116/capt.photo_1258403153827-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8eG0QjPu5Ra0GptrirfZ7Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Vehicles ply the '23 de Maio' expressway, linking the north and south areas of the metropolis during a massive blackout, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early on November 11. A massive blackout across half of Brazil last week was caused by a short-circuit during bad weather, the energy ministry insisted on Monday despite persistent doubts over its explanation.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)