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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2193 world Brazil en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:51:46 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/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_plane ap/20090703/lt_brazil_plane AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:51:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_plane"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.ecb12b6a5d1c45629e824cb25ea2d8d9.france_brazil_air_france_crash_dlm108.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=llZSjrTcNLqAhPEC_6StNw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Aviation specialist British lawyer James Healy-Pratt answers reporters following a meeting with families of victims of the June 1, Air France flight 447 crash, in Paris Friday July 3, 2009.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)" border="0" /></a>AP - Brazil's air force released a recording Friday it said proves it handed over control of Air France Flight 447 to Senegalese authorities before it crashed — but African officials denied that.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_plane"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.ecb12b6a5d1c45629e824cb25ea2d8d9.france_brazil_air_france_crash_dlm108.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=llZSjrTcNLqAhPEC_6StNw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Aviation specialist British lawyer James Healy-Pratt answers reporters following a meeting with families of victims of the June 1, Air France flight 447 crash, in Paris Friday July 3, 2009.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_phone_smuggling ap/20090703/lt_brazil_phone_smuggling AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:57:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_phone_smuggling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.fef1c7ee2c904ea48ec29da4ae36412a.brazil_phone_smugglers_rio103.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=PSmfxj0DVuNDLxV3R_Y9IA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="In this July 1, 2009 photo released by Sao Paulo's state prison affairs department on July 3, 2009, a live pigeon carrying a makeshift backpack containing a cell phone is shown in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Officials say they have thwarted yet another attempt at using carrier pigeons to smuggle cellular phones into a prison in southeastern Brazil. (AP Photo/Sao Paulo State Prison Affairs Department)" border="0" /></a>AP - Prison guards foiled a new attempt to smuggle a cell phone into a Brazilian prison by carrier pigeon — this one wearing a tiny backpack — and said Friday that the practice is becoming almost commonplace.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_phone_smuggling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.fef1c7ee2c904ea48ec29da4ae36412a.brazil_phone_smugglers_rio103.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=PSmfxj0DVuNDLxV3R_Y9IA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this July 1, 2009 photo released by Sao Paulo's state prison affairs department on July 3, 2009, a live pigeon carrying a makeshift backpack containing a cell phone is shown in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Officials say they have thwarted yet another attempt at using carrier pigeons to smuggle cellular phones into a prison in southeastern Brazil. (AP Photo/Sao Paulo State Prison Affairs Department)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/brazilimmigration afp/20090703/brazilimmigration AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:53:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/brazilimmigration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246582361463-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=WAYP0m6dyORM3ZDAB6pHBg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (pictured on June 29) issued a law giving tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants legal status and criticized rich nations for taking a tough stance against illegal migrants.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva issued a law giving tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants legal status and criticized rich nations for taking a tough stance against illegal migrants.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/brazilimmigration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246582361463-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=WAYP0m6dyORM3ZDAB6pHBg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (pictured on June 29) issued a law giving tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants legal status and criticized rich nations for taking a tough stance against illegal migrants.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_hydrogen_bus ap/20090701/lt_brazil_hydrogen_bus AP world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:10:14 GMT AP - Sao Paulo state officials have launched what they say is Latin America's first passenger bus with an electric engine powered by hydrogen fuel cells. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_plane ap/20090701/brazil_plane AP world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:08:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_plane"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.ecb12b6a5d1c45629e824cb25ea2d8d9.france_brazil_air_france_crash_dlm108.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=llZSjrTcNLqAhPEC_6StNw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Aviation specialist British lawyer James Healy-Pratt answers reporters following a meeting with families of victims of the June 1, Air France flight 447 crash, in Paris Friday July 3, 2009.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)" border="0" /></a>AP - Brazilian officials say they've identified the remains of 21 more people who were aboard an Air France jet when it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean last month.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_plane"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.ecb12b6a5d1c45629e824cb25ea2d8d9.france_brazil_air_france_crash_dlm108.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=llZSjrTcNLqAhPEC_6StNw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Aviation specialist British lawyer James Healy-Pratt answers reporters following a meeting with families of victims of the June 1, Air France flight 447 crash, in Paris Friday July 3, 2009.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_brazil_girl_s_abortion ap/20090701/eu_vatican_brazil_girl_s_abortion AP world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:55:47 GMT AP - The Vatican has announced the retirement of a Brazilian archbishop who caused a major stir when he declared that those involved in an abortion for a 9-year-old rape victim were excommunicated. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/ts_afp/fblwc2010confedbra afp/20090629/fblwc2010confedbra AFP topstories Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:20:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/ts_afp/fblwc2010confedbra"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246268646868-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=amG7qETljsr3B7oQ.4H6iQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Brazilian players celebrate after winning the Confederations Cup final against the United States at the Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg on June 28. Brazil have already turned their attention to winning the World Cup after defending the Confederations Cup, with coach Dunga saying his players are capable of anything.(AFP/Alexander Joe)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Brazil have already turned their attention to winning the World Cup after defending the Confederations Cup, with coach Dunga saying his players are capable of anything.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/ts_afp/fblwc2010confedbra"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246268646868-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=amG7qETljsr3B7oQ.4H6iQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="Brazilian players celebrate after winning the Confederations Cup final against the United States at the Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg on June 28. Brazil have already turned their attention to winning the World Cup after defending the Confederations Cup, with coach Dunga saying his players are capable of anything.(AFP/Alexander Joe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/ts_afp/britainbrazilminingcompanydivestangloamerican afp/20090629/britainbrazilminingcompanydivestangloamerican AFP topstories Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:52:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/ts_afp/britainbrazilminingcompanydivestangloamerican"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246266062972-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=ahBYMP4_t6KFsizOoyNckQ--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="London-based miner Anglo American is exploring the sale of Brazilian assets as the group seeks to strengthen its defences against a merger proposal from Swiss rival Xstrata(AFP/File/Maxim Marmur)" border="0" /></a>AFP - London-based miner Anglo American is exploring the sale of Brazilian assets as the group seeks to strengthen its defences against a merger proposal from Swiss rival Xstrata, the FT said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/ts_afp/britainbrazilminingcompanydivestangloamerican"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246266062972-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=ahBYMP4_t6KFsizOoyNckQ--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="London-based miner Anglo American is exploring the sale of Brazilian assets as the group seeks to strengthen its defences against a merger proposal from Swiss rival Xstrata(AFP/File/Maxim Marmur)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090629/india_nm/india406564 nm/20090629/india406564 Reuters world Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:45:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090629/india_nm/india406564"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090629/i/ra2261377352.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=Ld5D7MssXZwNndERwnzVZA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Brazil players celebrate with the trophy after defeating the U.S. to win the Confederations Cup final soccer match in Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg June 28 2009. Brazil won the match 3-2.REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Holders Brazil fought back from 2-0 down with three second-half goals to beat the United States 3-2 and win the Confederations Cup for the third time in a superb final on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090629/india_nm/india406564"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090629/i/ra2261377352.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=Ld5D7MssXZwNndERwnzVZA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Brazil players celebrate with the trophy after defeating the U.S. to win the Confederations Cup final soccer match in Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg June 28 2009. Brazil won the match 3-2.REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/ts_afp/fblwc2010confedbrausa afp/20090628/fblwc2010confedbrausa AFP topstories Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:07:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/ts_afp/fblwc2010confedbrausa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246223379463-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=rM16IKY29MO9w7Fel0iPrg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Brazilian midfielder Kaka (R) kisses the trophy while Brazilian players celebrate after the FIFA Confederations Cup final football match United States vs Brazil at the Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. Brazil won 3-2.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Brazil defended their Confederations Cup title on Sunday with a crushing come-from-behind 3-2 victory to inflict a cruel loss on tenacious underdogs the United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/ts_afp/fblwc2010confedbrausa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246223379463-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=rM16IKY29MO9w7Fel0iPrg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Brazilian midfielder Kaka (R) kisses the trophy while Brazilian players celebrate after the FIFA Confederations Cup final football match United States vs Brazil at the Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. Brazil won 3-2.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_us_custody_battle ap/20090627/lt_brazil_us_custody_battle AP world Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:41:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_us_custody_battle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090623/capt.2cc453be6a054230bd54430673b0fcce.brazil_custody_battle_nyr101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=vfrbCc0M23IkJZdFmaRb9w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this image taken from video and released by CBS, 'Early Show' anchor Harry Smith speaks with Sean Goldman's maternal grandmother, Silvana Bianchi, his stepfather Joao Paulo Lins e Silva, center, and family attorney Sergio Tostes during an exclusive interview in New York, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. The boy's mother, Bruna Bianchi, took him to her native Brazil in 2004 and never returned. She died last year from complications of childbirth and David Goldman, Sean's natural father wants custody. The boy's grandmother and stepfather said the boy wanted to stay in Brazil rather than live with his father in New Jersey. (AP Photo/CBS)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal judge has ruled that a 9-year-old boy at the center of an international custody battle must remain with his Brazilian stepfather until a final ruling is issued on the boy's permanent custody, local news media reported Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_us_custody_battle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090623/capt.2cc453be6a054230bd54430673b0fcce.brazil_custody_battle_nyr101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=vfrbCc0M23IkJZdFmaRb9w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this image taken from video and released by CBS, 'Early Show' anchor Harry Smith speaks with Sean Goldman's maternal grandmother, Silvana Bianchi, his stepfather Joao Paulo Lins e Silva, center, and family attorney Sergio Tostes during an exclusive interview in New York, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. The boy's mother, Bruna Bianchi, took him to her native Brazil in 2004 and never returned. She died last year from complications of childbirth and David Goldman, Sean's natural father wants custody. The boy's grandmother and stepfather said the boy wanted to stay in Brazil rather than live with his father in New Jersey. (AP Photo/CBS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090626/wl_afp/francebrazilairaccidentsearch afp/20090626/francebrazilairaccidentsearch AFP world Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:47:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090626/wl_afp/francebrazilairaccidentsearch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090627/capt.photo_1246060037804-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=4T427j8zCO_vCRSN_sF3vA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Handout picture released by the Brazilian Navy showing recovered debris of the Air France aircraft lost in midflight over the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009 on board a Brazilian Navy Corvette at Recife's harbour on June 19, 2009. Brazil's military said late Friday it had ended its search for more bodies and debris from an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic nearly four weeks ago.(AFP/HANDOUT-BRAZILIAN NAVY/Ho)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Brazil's military said late Friday it had ended its search for more bodies and debris from an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic nearly four weeks ago.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090626/wl_afp/francebrazilairaccidentsearch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090627/capt.photo_1246060037804-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=4T427j8zCO_vCRSN_sF3vA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Handout picture released by the Brazilian Navy showing recovered debris of the Air France aircraft lost in midflight over the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009 on board a Brazilian Navy Corvette at Recife's harbour on June 19, 2009. Brazil's military said late Friday it had ended its search for more bodies and debris from an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic nearly four weeks ago.(AFP/HANDOUT-BRAZILIAN NAVY/Ho)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/wl_nm/us_france_plane nm/20090626/us_france_plane Reuters world Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:28:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/wl_nm/us_france_plane"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.ecb12b6a5d1c45629e824cb25ea2d8d9.france_brazil_air_france_crash_dlm108.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=llZSjrTcNLqAhPEC_6StNw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Aviation specialist British lawyer James Healy-Pratt answers reporters following a meeting with families of victims of the June 1, Air France flight 447 crash, in Paris Friday July 3, 2009.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Brazil's Air Force and Navy on Friday called off the search for additional victims and wreckage from Air France Flight 447, which crashed over the Atlantic on June 1 carrying 228 people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/wl_nm/us_france_plane"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.ecb12b6a5d1c45629e824cb25ea2d8d9.france_brazil_air_france_crash_dlm108.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=llZSjrTcNLqAhPEC_6StNw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Aviation specialist British lawyer James Healy-Pratt answers reporters following a meeting with families of victims of the June 1, Air France flight 447 crash, in Paris Friday July 3, 2009.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/wl_nm/us_amazon_land nm/20090626/us_amazon_land Reuters science Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:40:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/wl_nm/us_amazon_land"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090626/i/r4112852306.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=uI20i5TpJ77zqQlO0uYTgg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Aerial view shows farmland next to the Amazon rainforest in Mato Grosso state August 9, 2005. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a law granting more than a million people land titles in huge chunks of the Amazon, aiming to end decades of legal chaos in the world's largest rain forest.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/wl_nm/us_amazon_land"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090626/i/r4112852306.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=uI20i5TpJ77zqQlO0uYTgg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="Aerial view shows farmland next to the Amazon rainforest in Mato Grosso state August 9, 2005. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_amazon_land ap/20090626/lt_brazil_amazon_land AP science Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:27:45 GMT AP - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a law that could legalize landholdings by some 1 million squatters occupying a Texas-sized chunk of the Amazon rain forest, despite environmentalist fears it will accelerate deforestation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090626/ts_afp/fblwc2010brarsa afp/20090626/fblwc2010brarsa AFP topstories Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:01:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090626/ts_afp/fblwc2010brarsa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090626/capt.photo_1245967451663-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=he.F6ttbLP_9iyaPzu_C0Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Brazilian defender Daniel Alves celebrates after scoring the first goal during the FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final football match Brazil against South Africa at the Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. Brazil won 1-0.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Barcelona defender Daniel Alves spared Brazil's blushes as his late goal earned the five time world champions a 1-0 win over spirited South Africa here Thursday to book their place in the Confederations Cup final.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090626/ts_afp/fblwc2010brarsa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090626/capt.photo_1245967451663-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=he.F6ttbLP_9iyaPzu_C0Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Brazilian defender Daniel Alves celebrates after scoring the first goal during the FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final football match Brazil against South Africa at the Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. Brazil won 1-0.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/india_nm/india405753 nm/20090624/india405753 Reuters world Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:50:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/india_nm/india405753"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090624/i/ra3959075357.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=m_U7kShqi63XdOgXe_5YNw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim pauses before a meeting with his Chilean counterpart Mariano Fernandez Amunategui at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia May 4, 2009. REUTERS/Roberto Jayme/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Singling out emerging countries like Brazil, China and India to make more concessions in the World Trade Organisation's Doha round talks is totally unfair, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/india_nm/india405753"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090624/i/ra3959075357.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=m_U7kShqi63XdOgXe_5YNw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim pauses before a meeting with his Chilean counterpart Mariano Fernandez Amunategui at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia May 4, 2009. REUTERS/Roberto Jayme/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090621/ts_afp/fblwc2010confed afp/20090621/fblwc2010confed AFP topstories Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:36:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090621/ts_afp/fblwc2010confed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090621/capt.photo_1245617423905-1-0.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=zf7OOOAL3_yoYu4B38CQVA--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="American forward Charlie Davies celebrates after scoring against Egypt during their FIFA Confederations Cup football match at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg. The United States came from nowhere to grab a place in the Confederations Cup semi-finals after a stunning 3-0 win over Egypt.(AFP/Francois Xavier Marit)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States staged a remarkable comeback to outclass Egypt 3-0 Sunday and join Brazil in the Confederations Cup semi-finals.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090621/ts_afp/fblwc2010confed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090621/capt.photo_1245617423905-1-0.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=zf7OOOAL3_yoYu4B38CQVA--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="photo" title="American forward Charlie Davies celebrates after scoring against Egypt during their FIFA Confederations Cup football match at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg. The United States came from nowhere to grab a place in the Confederations Cup semi-finals after a stunning 3-0 win over Egypt.(AFP/Francois Xavier Marit)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090621/ts_afp/fblwc2010confedbraita afp/20090621/fblwc2010confedbraita AFP topstories Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:37:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090621/ts_afp/fblwc2010confedbraita"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090622/capt.photo_1245612026067-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=4Dl9Qcv_H7ZY51zZ1TDCnw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro (L) fights for the ball with Brazilian midfielder Kaka during their FIFA Confederations Cup football match at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria. Brazil sliced Italy apart with three goals in a devastating eight-minute spell to send the world champions crashing out of the Confederations Cup.(AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Brazil sliced Italy apart with three goals in a devastating eight-minute spell to send the world champions crashing out of the Confederations Cup on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090621/ts_afp/fblwc2010confedbraita"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090622/capt.photo_1245612026067-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=4Dl9Qcv_H7ZY51zZ1TDCnw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro (L) fights for the ball with Brazilian midfielder Kaka during their FIFA Confederations Cup football match at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria. Brazil sliced Italy apart with three goals in a devastating eight-minute spell to send the world champions crashing out of the Confederations Cup.(AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090620/wl_afp/francebrazilairaccident afp/20090620/francebrazilairaccident AFP world Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:24:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090620/wl_afp/francebrazilairaccident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090620/capt.photo_1245536643087-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=rwmKj1OejCujY4HSuLq7Lg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="This picture released on June 17, 2009 by the Brazilian Navy show seamen from a Brazilian frigate recovering wreckage of the Air France A330 aircraft that crashed while in midflight over the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil's military said Saturday it was taking a specialized aircraft with on-board radar out of the search for more remains from the Air France plane disaster in the Atlantic.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Brazil's military said Saturday it was taking a specialized aircraft with on-board radar out of the search for more remains from the Air France plane disaster in the Atlantic.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090620/wl_afp/francebrazilairaccident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090620/capt.photo_1245536643087-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=rwmKj1OejCujY4HSuLq7Lg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="This picture released on June 17, 2009 by the Brazilian Navy show seamen from a Brazilian frigate recovering wreckage of the Air France A330 aircraft that crashed while in midflight over the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil's military said Saturday it was taking a specialized aircraft with on-board radar out of the search for more remains from the Air France plane disaster in the Atlantic.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)