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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Brazil News.Net http://www.brazilnews.net/ en-us Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:32:13 -0400 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:32:13 -0400 30 India's Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said here Thursday that India and a trade bloc of South American countries have agreed to expand a trade agreement. http://www.brazilnews.net/story/680230 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:30:02 -0400 IANS http://www.brazilnews.net/story/680230 Brazilian state oil company Petrobras will sell up to $64.5 billion in new stock -- one of the largest in capital markets history -- to raise funds for the world's biggest oil exploration investment p... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351644&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:02:51 -0400 Business Standard http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351644&cat=24437442923341f1 Reliance Industries (RIL), operator of the world's largest refining complex, bought around 3 million barrels of spot Brazilian crude to arrive in India in the next two months, industry sources said on... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351645&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:02:29 -0400 Business Standard http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351645&cat=24437442923341f1 At six feet, nine inches tall, Brazilian teenager Elisany Silva is hoping to become a model and soar to new heights. CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi reports. http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351229&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:59:47 -0400 CBS News http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351229&cat=24437442923341f1 YOKOHAMA, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—World Cup captain Makoto Hasebe has pulled out of Japan's friendlies against Paraguay and Guatemala because of a bruised calf muscle, the Japan Football Associa... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351550&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:33:56 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351550&cat=24437442923341f1 Petrobras , is planning to sell at least 3.75 billion shares in order to finance its massive investment program over the next five years, the company said Friday in a statement. http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351643&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:28:06 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351643&cat=24437442923341f1 -traded shares of Brazilian oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA rose Thursday, outperforming the broader market in the wake of the company's long- awaited oil-rights agreement that paves the way for a ... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351722&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:27:29 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351722&cat=24437442923341f1 (RTTNews) - Brazilian economy expanded more than expected in the second quarter.The seasonally adjusted gross domestic product, or GDP, increased 1.2% on a sequential basis in the second quarter, a r... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351647&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:25:53 -0400 Quote.com http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38351647&cat=24437442923341f1 Brazil further boosted its iron ore reserves with the announcement of a major new discovery of iron and phosphate deposits in the southwest state of Mato Grosso.The new mineral discoveries place Brazi... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38349057&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:10:59 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38349057&cat=24437442923341f1 Dilma Rousseff, former chief of staff to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has denied any wrongdoing, calling the allegations "frivolous" and without basis. Photo by EPA/BGNES http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38346390&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:46:44 -0400 Novinite http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38346390&cat=24437442923341f1 By Devirupa Mitra, New Delhi, Sep 3 : India, looking to launch a second green revolution to boost its food security, has begun looking at distant South America where countries have been able to ramp u... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38346372&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:46:25 -0400 New Kerala http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38346372&cat=24437442923341f1 Brazil's tax/GDP ratio fell from 34.41 percent in 2008 to 33.58 percent in 2009, the first fall of the nation's tax burden since 2006, the government said Thursday.The dip can be attributed to the glo... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38346519&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:01:35 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38346519&cat=24437442923341f1 Brazil's major power utility Eletrobras and French energy company GDF Suez Thursday signed an agreement in Sao Paulo to develop joint energy projects in Latin America and Africa.The document, signed a... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38346046&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:07:04 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38346046&cat=24437442923341f1 Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Thursday the merger of Brazil's TAM and Chile's LAN airlines is legal, dispelling doubts on the approval of a plan to create Latin America's largest ca... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38345729&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:07:01 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38345729&cat=24437442923341f1 Burger King has accepted a $$4 billion takeover bid by a little known investment firm, as the fast food chain tries to close the gap with leader McDonald's and expand overseas. The takeover by the pr... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38343115&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:44:04 -0400 RTE http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38343115&cat=24437442923341f1 Denmark's National Gallery in Copenhagen is displaying 40 acrylic paintings by Bob Dylan that have never been shown to the public. Curator Kasper Monrad said the paintings in Dylan's "Brazil Series" ... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38343493&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:23:40 -0400 Pioneer Press http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38343493&cat=24437442923341f1 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - El Salvador has made it illegal to belong to a street gang in the wake of an attack on a passenger bus that killed 17 people. The new law, approved by lawmakers Thursd... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38343700&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:33 -0400 Find Law http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38343700&cat=24437442923341f1 Brazil's Tiago Splitter puts up a shot during the preliminary round of the World Basketball Championship against Croatia, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38340978&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:25:56 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38340978&cat=24437442923341f1 "Brazil on the Rise" (Palgrave Macmillan, $27) by Larry Rohter: When Larry Rohter stepped down as The New York Times' Brazil bureau chief in 2008, he was easily the most reviled foreign correspondent ... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38340980&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:22:59 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38340980&cat=24437442923341f1 Authorities say armed men stole a truck with more than 2 tons of explosives from a chemical company in Brazil.Police say five men in two vehicles blocked the truck and held the driver hostage for seve... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38340982&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:18:26 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38340982&cat=24437442923341f1 Brazilian tourists, who usually come to Chile to ski during the winter months, did not turn up as strongly as in years past, hurting the ski resorts, hotels and tourism in general this year. http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38341129&cat=24437442923341f1 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:21:16 -0400 Merco Press http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38341129&cat=24437442923341f1 A city of 200,000 people in southern Brazil is without a government after police arrested the mayor, vice mayor, and numerous other officials on fraud charges.Federal police officials say in a stateme... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38338502&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:13:03 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38338502&cat=24437442923341f1 Police say a 17-year-old teen was detained after he shot arrows with cell phones attached over the walls of a prison in southern Brazil to inmates waiting on the other side.Authorities say the boy was... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38338504&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:10:38 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38338504&cat=24437442923341f1 LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Sao Paulo-traded shares of Brazilian oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA rose Thursday, outperforming the broader market in the wake of the company's long-awaited oil-rights ... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38335760&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:10:07 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38335760&cat=24437442923341f1 Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Wednesday the expropriation and transfer to a provincial government of the 33% stake in the regional cement factory Fancesa. http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38335662&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:56:04 -0400 Merco Press http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38335662&cat=24437442923341f1 Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said the best way Brazil can help to find a solution to the internal conflict of Colombia is by declaring the FARC guerrilla a “terrorist group”. http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38335661&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:56:03 -0400 Merco Press http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38335661&cat=24437442923341f1 Brazil’s economy has settled into a period of more sustainable growth, expanding at a slower rate than the breakneck pace seen in the first quarter while recovering from a sudden slowdown in the sec... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38335660&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:28:36 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38335660&cat=24437442923341f1 ABU DHABI // A Brazilian coaching veteran with experience in the UAE will be the next manager of Al Wahda, the Pro League club confirmed last night, hours after firing coach Laszlo Boloni.According to... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332442&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:06:12 -0400 The National http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332442&cat=24437442923341f1 A new United Nations study says that exports from Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by 21.4 per cent this year, owing mainly to purchases from Asia - particularly China - and the normalization... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332210&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:01:42 -0400 Spero News http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332210&cat=24437442923341f1 LA PAZ, Sep 2, 2010 (IPS) - A national pact to focus on the rights of children was proposed by United Nations representative in Bolivia Yoriko Yasukawa on the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38331321&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:47:27 -0400 IPS http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38331321&cat=24437442923341f1 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 2, 2010 (IPS) - The huge gap between the poorest and richest neighbourhoods of Brazil's most famous city shrank between 1996 and 2008. But the news is not as good as it sounds, bec... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38331658&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:47:14 -0400 IPS http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38331658&cat=24437442923341f1 Brazil's head coach Ruben Magnano gestures during their World Basketball Championship preliminary round match against Croatia in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Photo: IBRAHIM USTA / AP http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332447&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:08:59 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332447&cat=24437442923341f1 Brazil coach Mano Menezes has received the plaudits of several members of the Selecao, who praised their new tecnico as they arrived at a training camp in Barcelona today.Ex-Corinthians boss Menezes h... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332448&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:08:56 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332448&cat=24437442923341f1 -traded shares of Brazilian oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA rose Thursday, outperforming the broader market in the wake of the company's long- awaited oil-rights agreement that paves the way for a ... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332360&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:12:10 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332360&cat=24437442923341f1 -traded shares of Brazilian oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA rose Thursday, outperforming the broader market in the wake of the company's long- awaited oil-rights agreement that paves the way for a ... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332361&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:12:05 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332361&cat=24437442923341f1 Mexican and Brazilian stocks climbed and the countries' currencies surged Wednesday, with investors opening September in the mood to take on risk following strong manufacturing reports from http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332309&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:12:04 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332309&cat=24437442923341f1 -traded shares of Brazilian oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA rose Thursday, outperforming the broader market in the wake of the company's long- awaited oil-rights agreement that paves the way for a ... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332359&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:11:47 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38332359&cat=24437442923341f1 Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil discovered an iron-ore deposit that may be the world’s largest, topping Vale SA’s Carajas mine, a government official said. http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38329102&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:49:40 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38329102&cat=24437442923341f1 Police say a 17-year-old teen was detained after he shot arrows with cell phones attached over the walls of a prison in southern Brazil to inmates waiting on the other side. http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38328952&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:05:46 -0400 Gadsden Times http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38328952&cat=24437442923341f1 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO -- Police say a 17-year-old teen was detained after he shot arrows with cell phones attached over the walls of a prison in southern Brazil to inmates waiting on the o... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38328950&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:55:05 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38328950&cat=24437442923341f1 --were given the green light to compete at the auction Friday to build the transmission lines, the regulator known as Aneel said on its website. The lines, to be built in the northeastern states of ... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38327850&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:53:51 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38327850&cat=24437442923341f1 SAO PAULO (AP) - Police say a 17-year-old teen was detained after he shot arrows with cell phones attached over the walls of a prison in southern Brazil to inmates waiting on the other side. Authoriti... http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38328949&cat=24437442923341f1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:52:41 -0400 Find Law http://feeds.brazilnews.net/?rid=38328949&cat=24437442923341f1