Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2193 Brazil en-us Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:40:35 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2193 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/ts_afp/fblengprmancitybrarusjo afp/20080702/fblengprmancitybrarusjo AFP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:40:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/ts_afp/fblengprmancitybrarusjo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwt45.030708003846.photo00.photo.default-321x512.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=ZzabC1.CRqcQSaiz4yhKag--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="Jo of Russia's CSKA Moscow celebrates a goal in 2007. Brazilian striker Jo joined Manchester City from CSKA Moscow on Wednesday for what the English Premier League side said was a "club record" undisclosed fee.(AFP/File/Yuri Kadobnov)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Brazilian striker Jo joined Manchester City from CSKA Moscow on Wednesday for what the English Premier League side said was a "club record" undisclosed fee.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/ts_afp/fblengprmancitybrarusjo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwt45.030708003846.photo00.photo.default-321x512.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=ZzabC1.CRqcQSaiz4yhKag--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="photo" title="Jo of Russia's CSKA Moscow celebrates a goal in 2007. Brazilian striker Jo joined Manchester City from CSKA Moscow on Wednesday for what the English Premier League side said was a "club record" undisclosed fee.(AFP/File/Yuri Kadobnov)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/ts_afp/g8summitbrazilclimatewarming afp/20080702/g8summitbrazilclimatewarming AFP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:20:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/ts_afp/g8summitbrazilclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwo17.020708091950.photo00.photo.default-384x512.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=1s_Ko9GR0KWXX5_7v5Daig--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="A truck loaded with logs at a timber company in the Ambam region in Cameroon. Brazilian President Lula da Silva has urged developing countries to join rich nations in setting targets to reduce global warming emissions(AFP/File/Delphine Ramond)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged developing countries, including his own, to join rich nations in setting targets to reduce emissions blamed for global warming.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/ts_afp/g8summitbrazilclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwo17.020708091950.photo00.photo.default-384x512.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=1s_Ko9GR0KWXX5_7v5Daig--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="A truck loaded with logs at a timber company in the Ambam region in Cameroon. Brazilian President Lula da Silva has urged developing countries to join rich nations in setting targets to reduce global warming emissions(AFP/File/Delphine Ramond)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/wl_nm/brazil_police_dc nm/20080702/brazil_police_dc Reuters Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:43:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/wl_nm/brazil_police_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080702/2008_07_01t203550_450x296_us_brazil_police.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=vRP8Fx59mGSd396vXGG2Hg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Armed police carry out an operation against rival bands of drug traffickers in the Mineira slum of Rio de Janeiro in this April 17, 2007 file photo. (Bruno Domingos/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Barked commands and the thump of helicopter blades jolted Juliana out of bed early in the morning of April 3.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/wl_nm/brazil_police_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080702/2008_07_01t203550_450x296_us_brazil_police.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=vRP8Fx59mGSd396vXGG2Hg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Armed police carry out an operation against rival bands of drug traffickers in the Mineira slum of Rio de Janeiro in this April 17, 2007 file photo. (Bruno Domingos/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/wl_nm/brazil_amazon_lost_dc nm/20080701/brazil_amazon_lost_dc Reuters Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:04:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/wl_nm/brazil_amazon_lost_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080701/2008_07_01t103710_322x450_us_brazil_amazon_lost.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=EDKiyWCnTtbsdZA1bWFr8Q--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="A fireman is lowered by a helicopter after he recovered from a tree the body of 18-year-old student Jonathan dos Santos Alves, who died after wandering lost for 42 days in the Amazon jungle, 117 km (72 miles) from Manaus, June 30, 2008. (Antonio Lima-A Critica/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A Brazilian student lost in the Amazon rain forest for more than 40 days was found by his father, only to die in his arms shortly after, rescue officials said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/wl_nm/brazil_amazon_lost_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080701/2008_07_01t103710_322x450_us_brazil_amazon_lost.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=EDKiyWCnTtbsdZA1bWFr8Q--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="A fireman is lowered by a helicopter after he recovered from a tree the body of 18-year-old student Jonathan dos Santos Alves, who died after wandering lost for 42 days in the Amazon jungle, 117 km (72 miles) from Manaus, June 30, 2008. (Antonio Lima-A Critica/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/pl_nm/usa_trade_benefits_dc nm/20080630/usa_trade_benefits_dc Reuters Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:51:26 GMT Reuters - Gold necklaces from India, an alloy from Brazil and 23 other developing country products will no longer receive U.S. duty-free treatment, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080628/ts_afp/brazilnigeriaoil afp/20080628/brazilnigeriaoil AFP Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:48:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080628/ts_afp/brazilnigeriaoil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080628/capt.cps.mvu47.290608014545.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=enpFnDhZxMNbDHsZinQ8Uw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A car is refueled at a Petrobras petrol station in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil's state-run Petrobras on July 21 will start pumping oil from Nigeria's offshore Agbami oil field, in partnership with Total and Chevron-Texaco, the company said Saturday.(AFP/File/Vanderlei Almeida)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Brazil's state-run Petrobras on July 21 will start pumping oil from Nigeria's offshore Agbami oil field, in partnership with Total and Chevron-Texaco, the company said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080628/ts_afp/brazilnigeriaoil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080628/capt.cps.mvu47.290608014545.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=enpFnDhZxMNbDHsZinQ8Uw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A car is refueled at a Petrobras petrol station in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil's state-run Petrobras on July 21 will start pumping oil from Nigeria's offshore Agbami oil field, in partnership with Total and Chevron-Texaco, the company said Saturday.(AFP/File/Vanderlei Almeida)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/wl_nm/brazil_tribe_dc nm/20080624/brazil_tribe_dc Reuters Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:16:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/wl_nm/brazil_tribe_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080624/2008_06_24t114615_450x306_us_brazil_tribe.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=mP.fjI9yC0qHQLzhJmLO6w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Members of an unknown Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru in this May, 2008 photo distributed by FUNAI, the government agency for the protection of indigenous peoples. (Funai-Frente de Proteção Etno-Ambiental Envira/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A group that campaigns for tribal peoples' rights denied on Tuesday that it and the Brazilian government had misled the media over photographs of an uncontacted Indian tribe in the Amazon last month.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/wl_nm/brazil_tribe_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080624/2008_06_24t114615_450x306_us_brazil_tribe.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=mP.fjI9yC0qHQLzhJmLO6w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Members of an unknown Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru in this May, 2008 photo distributed by FUNAI, the government agency for the protection of indigenous peoples. (Funai-Frente de Proteção Etno-Ambiental Envira/Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080621/wl_asia_afp/braziljapanroyalsimmigration afp/20080621/braziljapanroyalsimmigration AFP Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:00:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080621/wl_asia_afp/braziljapanroyalsimmigration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080621/capt.cps.mud15.210608235952.photo00.photo.default-512x454.jpg?x=130&y=115&q=85&sig=ucbfiJBNYoH98rsuNCzjvA--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito lays a wreath at a monument commemorating Japanese immigration to Brazil, in Santos. Prince Naruhito is in Brazil on a 12-day visit to attend the celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the Japanese immigration to the South American nation.(AFP/Nelson Almeida)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sao Paulo put on a display of Japanese culture to rival one of its carnival parades Saturday in a procession attended by Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080621/wl_asia_afp/braziljapanroyalsimmigration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080621/capt.cps.mud15.210608235952.photo00.photo.default-512x454.jpg?x=130&y=115&q=85&sig=ucbfiJBNYoH98rsuNCzjvA--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="photo" title="Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito lays a wreath at a monument commemorating Japanese immigration to Brazil, in Santos. Prince Naruhito is in Brazil on a 12-day visit to attend the celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the Japanese immigration to the South American nation.(AFP/Nelson Almeida)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_indian_reservation ap/20080620/brazil_indian_reservation AP Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:08:40 GMT AP - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva decreed a new 3.8 million acre (1.5 million hectare) Indian reservation Friday in the heart of the Amazon rain forest's logging frontier. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/pl_nm/trade_wto_cotton_dc nm/20080620/trade_wto_cotton_dc Reuters Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:23:25 GMT Reuters - Brazil said on Friday it would seek as much as $4 billion in sanctions on U.S. imports after the World Trade Organization (WTO) adopted a final ruling in a long-running dispute over Washington's cotton subsidies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/wl_nm/brazil_beef_dc nm/20080619/brazil_beef_dc Reuters Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:01:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/wl_nm/brazil_beef_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080619/2008_06_19t164655_450x349_us_brazil_beef.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=8WnLr4BAfr4iHMDWVQaBNw--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Gloria, the first calf born to a cloned cow, Vitoria (L), is seen on a government farm outside Brasilia in this October 4, 2004 file photo. (Jamil Bittar/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The cattle are the stars at Brazil's 14th annual Feicorte International Beef Fair but these celebrities are actually admired for being pieces of meat.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/wl_nm/brazil_beef_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080619/2008_06_19t164655_450x349_us_brazil_beef.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=8WnLr4BAfr4iHMDWVQaBNw--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="Gloria, the first calf born to a cloned cow, Vitoria (L), is seen on a government farm outside Brasilia in this October 4, 2004 file photo. (Jamil Bittar/Files/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/wl_nm/brazil_military_slum_dc nm/20080619/brazil_military_slum_dc Reuters Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:14:06 GMT Reuters - A Brazilian judge ordered army patrols out of a Rio de Janeiro slum on Wednesday after 11 soldiers were accused of involvement in the gangland killing of three youths in a neighboring shantytown. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_soy_moratorium ap/20080617/brazil_soy_moratorium AP Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:29:39 GMT AP - Grain crushers have extended a two-year-old moratorium on the purchase of soybeans planted in areas of the Amazon rain forest cut down after 2006, Brazil's environment minister said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_journalists ap/20080617/brazil_journalists AP Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:27:01 GMT AP - A police officer accused of heading a paramilitary militia has denied any part in the kidnapping and torture of two journalists. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_army_killings ap/20080617/brazil_army_killings AP Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:44:55 GMT AP - Eleven Brazilian soldiers were arrested after allegedly turning over three shantytown residents to a drug gang that executed them and left their bodies in a garbage dump, police said Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080616/india_nm/india340842 nm/20080616/india340842 Reuters Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:36:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080616/india_nm/india340842"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080616/i/ra426982445.jpg?x=130&y=107&q=85&sig=zu07hoT4axZQj4T4up6Dwg--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush step off Air Force One upon their arrival at London's Heathrow Airport June 15, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Brazil, India and China need to make more concessions in their manufacturing and services sectors for a successful conclusion to the Doha round of global trade talks, U.S. President George W. Bush said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080616/india_nm/india340842"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080616/i/ra426982445.jpg?x=130&y=107&q=85&sig=zu07hoT4axZQj4T4up6Dwg--" align="left" height="107" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush step off Air Force One upon their arrival at London's Heathrow Airport June 15, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080615/pl_afp/brazilusvoteung8 afp/20080615/brazilusvoteung8 AFP Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:05:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080615/pl_afp/brazilusvoteung8"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080615/capt.cps.msr69.150608220452.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cvcmVkALVby3XVghc3RziQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate John McCain speaks at a town hall meeting at Federal Hall June 12, 2008 in New York City. McCain backs Brazil's inclusion on the UN Security Council and in an expanded G8, and would bump Russia from the exclusive club of leading world economies, a Brazilian newspaper reported Sunday.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US presidential hopeful John McCain backs Brazil's inclusion on the UN Security Council and in an expanded G8, and would bump Russia from the exclusive club of leading world economies, a Brazilian newspaper reported Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080615/pl_afp/brazilusvoteung8"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080615/capt.cps.msr69.150608220452.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cvcmVkALVby3XVghc3RziQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate John McCain speaks at a town hall meeting at Federal Hall June 12, 2008 in New York City. McCain backs Brazil's inclusion on the UN Security Council and in an expanded G8, and would bump Russia from the exclusive club of leading world economies, a Brazilian newspaper reported Sunday.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080615/ts_afp/brazilcarnivalmusic afp/20080615/brazilcarnivalmusic AFP Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:01:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080615/ts_afp/brazilcarnivalmusic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080615/capt.cps.msq53.150608175512.photo00.photo.default-512x379.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=uZpHSc4KCde3yQn2fwzGrw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="A member of the of the Beija Flor samba school competes in the Rio de Janeiro carnival. Brazilian samba superstar Jose Bispo dos Santos, better known as Jamelao, has died at the age of 95 following a serious infection.(AFP/File/Vanderlei Almeida)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Brazilian samba superstar Jose Bispo dos Santos, better known as Jamelao, has died at the age of 95 following a serious infection, his samba school said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080615/ts_afp/brazilcarnivalmusic"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080615/capt.cps.msq53.150608175512.photo00.photo.default-512x379.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=uZpHSc4KCde3yQn2fwzGrw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="A member of the of the Beija Flor samba school competes in the Rio de Janeiro carnival. Brazilian samba superstar Jose Bispo dos Santos, better known as Jamelao, has died at the age of 95 following a serious infection.(AFP/File/Vanderlei Almeida)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080613/wl_afp/brazilarttheft afp/20080613/brazilarttheft AFP Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:42:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080613/wl_afp/brazilarttheft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080613/capt.cps.msf95.130608193850.photo00.photo.default-512x363.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=vnfP5FPrXDAi14xdkB_dMQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Sao Paulo's Pinacoteca do Estado museum.The museum hit by the theft of two Picasso engravings and two Brazilian paintings worth more than 550,000 dollars defended its security system Friday as "adequate."(AFP/Marc Burleigh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Sao Paulo museum hit by the theft of two Picasso engravings and two Brazilian paintings worth more than 550,000 dollars defended its security system Friday as "adequate."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080613/wl_afp/brazilarttheft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080613/capt.cps.msf95.130608193850.photo00.photo.default-512x363.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=vnfP5FPrXDAi14xdkB_dMQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sao Paulo's Pinacoteca do Estado museum.The museum hit by the theft of two Picasso engravings and two Brazilian paintings worth more than 550,000 dollars defended its security system Friday as "adequate."(AFP/Marc Burleigh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_picasso_robbery ap/20080613/brazil_picasso_robbery AP Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:58:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_picasso_robbery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080612/capt.a06d626c658542708ee6c687e5be1878.brazil_picasso_robbery_xsi104.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=Xb6fWLRuDYVUbS5GVpUV.g--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="This undated image released by Pinacoteca do Estado museum, shows the painting 'Mulheres na janela' by Emiliano Di Cavalcanti. Heavily armed robbers stole two engravings by Pablo Picasso and two oil paintings by well-known Brazilian artists Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Lasar Segall from the Pinacoteca do Estado museum in downtown Sao Paulo on Thursday, June 12, 2008, a museum official said. (AP Photo/Pinacoteca do Estado)" border="0" /></a>AP - Three armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from a Sao Paulo art museum on Thursday in a rapid strike in which the thieves bypassed more valuable works to grab the stolen pieces, police said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/brazil/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_picasso_robbery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080612/capt.a06d626c658542708ee6c687e5be1878.brazil_picasso_robbery_xsi104.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=Xb6fWLRuDYVUbS5GVpUV.g--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="This undated image released by Pinacoteca do Estado museum, shows the painting 'Mulheres na janela' by Emiliano Di Cavalcanti. Heavily armed robbers stole two engravings by Pablo Picasso and two oil paintings by well-known Brazilian artists Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Lasar Segall from the Pinacoteca do Estado museum in downtown Sao Paulo on Thursday, June 12, 2008, a museum official said. (AP Photo/Pinacoteca do Estado)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)