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Brazils Sao Paulo Rio Revoke Fare Hikes After Protests
SAO PAULO -- Brazil's two biggest cities revoked an increase in public transportation fares, Sao Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin and Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes said on Wednesday, following the largest protests seen in the country in 20 ...
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Analysis Brazils protests Not quite a Tropical Spring
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's blossoming protest movement is a coming-of-age for what had been one of Latin America's most politically disengaged youth populations, but does not appear to constitute a major threat to governability or established political ...
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Brazil 2-0 Mexico Star man Neymar the match-winner again
Brazil got one foot in the Confederations Cup semi-finals by defeating Mexico 2-0 at the Castelao on Wednesday.Neymar lit up the occasion with an outstanding volley nine minutes in, but what threatened to be a goal glut for the hosts progressed in somewhat anticlimatic fashion, until the Barcelona forward brilliantly set up Jo for the clincher in the dying seconds. Brazil's victory sees ...
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Mexican Bishop Who Was Nobel Nominee Aims to Fact-Find in Syria
Delegation Set to Collect Information on Rights Violations in War ZoneROME, May 30, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Bishop ...
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Neymar Strikes Again as Brazil Beat Mexico
FORTALEZA, Brazil ...
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Turkish Government Wont Condemn Silent Protests
Turkey's deputy prime minister Bulent Arinc says he does not object to the silent anti-government protests that have sprung up across the ...
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Resilient Brazil peg back Sweden
UEFA Women's EURO on Twitter Sweden made the perfect start at the Sderstadion when Nilla Fischer headed in an Antonia Gransson corner in the sixth minute, and the two combined to produce the best of the home side's other chances in the game. However, the finals hosts were pegged back when Andressa levelled from the penalty spot.Sweden's strong start included not only the opening ...
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Should Brazil Be Concerned About Terrorism at the Olympics World Cup
The Rio Operations Center has more than 400 cameras watching the city. Built to monitor traffic and weather, it will offer security help for the Olympics and World Cup. (Photo: Jason ...
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World New clashes in Brazils before football game
The government said earlier it would deploy forces to five cities. The unrest was sparked by Sao Paulo's transport price hikes but it has now grown into broader discontent over poor public services and corruption. At least 30,000 people took part in the protest rally in Fortaleza on the main road leading to the stadium. Clashes erupted when the march was stopped by police. Some ...
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Scattered street protests pop across Brazil
A masked protestor walks near a burning barricade as riot police stand guard near the Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Protesters cut off the main access road to the stadium where Brazil goes up against Mexico in the Confederations Cup soccer tournament. Beginning as protests against bus fare hikes, the demonstrations have quickly ballooned to include broad ...
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Venezuela and France Announce New Stage of Bilateral Relations
Paris, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) The presidents of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and France, , today described as very positive their meeting at the Elysee Palace and announced a new stage of bilateral cooperation relations. Speaking to reporters after the meeting of nearly an hour, the Venezuelan president said before returning home, that in July there will be the fourth high-level joint commission ...
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Haiti ban fallout reaches more sectors
They haven't cared for like 200 years and countingSymbolically, when the earthquake of 2010 took out the National Palace wild cheers went up on the part of the underclasses in the still smoldering ashes of that terrible natural disaster. A very telling symbol or statement of the lack of State and Nation balancing.The "saving face" might be part of the problem, but in essence ...
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Haiti ban spurs slaughter of 1.0M hens cut in egg production
Santo Domingo.- Agriculture Minister Luis Ramon Rodriguez Wednesday announced an agreement with egg producers to cut production and adapt to local demand, for which the Haitian market will no longer be a priority. Rodriguez said one million laying hens no longer at peak output will be slaughtered, to balance supply to the demand much faster. Among the other measures announced by the official ...
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Brazil Inflation Erodes Rousseffs Popularity Poll
BRASILIA -- Growing discontent over rising prices in Brazil has dragged down President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating from record highs, pollsters said on Wednesday, adding that her popularity could deteriorate further if inflation is not ...
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Tropical Storm Barry forms in Gulf aims toward Mexico
OUTLOOK: Now we have Tropical Storm Barry, the second named storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. After bulking up in the warm waters of the southern Gulf ...
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Brazil finance minister Government unable to cut taxes for public transport
Brazil's federal government is unable to lower taxes for public transportation any further, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Wednesday as protests against a recent increase in bus fares and shoddy public services spread nationwide. The minister's remarks poured cold water on speculation that ...
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Cold War enemies US and Cuba agree to resume talks on migration issues in latest sign of thaw
HAVANA - The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, a State Department official said Wednesday, the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations between the Cold War enemies. Havana and Washington just wrapped up a round of separate negotiations aimed at restarting direct mail service, which has been suspended since 1963. Both sets of talks ...
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Most Wanted Professor Nabbed in Mexico
This 2011 image shows Walter Lee Williams, 64, one of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives who has been arrested in the resort city of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, June 18, ...
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Matthew Depew Columbine survivor dies working on power lines in New Mexico
Matthew Depew, a survivor of the 1999 Columbine High School shootings who was working for Xcel Energy in Carlsbad, N.M., died Saturday while working on power lines, according to local authorities.Depew, 30, was reportedly working to restore a power outage on State Road 360 when he was electrocuted at about 6:40 a.m., and all attempts to save his life were unsuccessful, according to a press ...
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Costa Rica Might Be ChangingPolicy on GMO Foods
Although transgenic soybeans, cotton and some corn has been grown in Costa Rica since 1991, groups that oppose genetically modified crops are increasing pressure on the government to slow the permit process for future GM crops, reports Ag ...
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Report Immigration Reform Would Boost US Economy Finances
CAPITOL HILL -- A congressional report estimates that reforming America's immigration system and legalizing 11 million undocumented immigrants would boost U.S. economic growth and shrink the federal deficit. The report was seized upon by senators debating an overhaul to federal immigration laws. Legalizing millions of unauthorized immigrants would have an almost entirely positive effect ...
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Malaria Risk Spikes for Worlds Poorest Children
LONDON -- The poorest children in the world's most impoverished communities are twice as likely to contract malaria as the least poor, according to ...
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Ecuador and Brazil Work in their Commercial Relations
Quito, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) The first Ecuador-Brazil Meeting of Commercial Monitoring is developed here with the participation of a Brazilian representation of high level to strengthen the interchange relations. The Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Integration of this South American nation, Francisco Rivadeneira, stated that in this century Latin America needs to work with unity ...
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Secret hearings debated in Guantanamo 911 case
The war crimes tribunal for the Guantanamo prisoner charged in the attack on the USS Cole is going into a closed session dealing with a subject so secret even the defendant can't hear ...
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IAG Cargo to Boost London-Rio de Janeiro Freight Capacity
IAG Cargo adds another freight flight on its London-Rio de Janeiro route. IAG Cargo will offer additional freight capacity between London and Rio de Janeiro.The new flight will bring the weekly total on the Rio de Janeiro route to seven frequencies, adding an extra 42 metric tons of capacity per week. From Oct. 28, 2013, the route will be served daily by ...
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Brazil fighting the good fight?
Brazil’s recent victory in a trade dispute with the US, which was resolved through the WTO is a victory, not just for the biggest economy in South America, but also for developing nations around the world, showing that the mechanisms of the WTO can be used to further their interests – although it will take years of fighting and unrelenting effort…
Brazil’s ongoing dispute with the United States over the subsidizing of cotton for producers in the US, looks like it may soon be resolved, as Brazil recently indicated it would hold off on slapping a range of 102 US goods with sanctions, if the US agreed to certain measures put forth by the South American country. Read more
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