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Brazilian Judge Rejects Jester Fishing Tour Operator's Request for Habeas Corpus

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Brazil Stun USA to win Confed Cup
Source: BBC News

Brazil denied the USA another shock victory by coming back from two goals down to win the Confederations Cup. A Clint Dempsey flick and a Landon Donovan goal on the counter put the USA into a surprise 2-0 first half lead.

Doubts grow over Swiss skinhead 'knife attack' on pregnant Brazilian woman
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Claims that racist gang carved initials of rightwing Swiss party into pregnant lawyer start to unravel

Brazilian miscarries after neo-Nazi attack
Source: JTA: Jewish Life

A pregnant Brazilian woman miscarried her twins and was slashed over her entire body in a neo-Nazi attack in Switzerland.

The most prolific writer has a phenomenal imagination
Source: Wall Street Journal, Playboy Magazine, Portugal Di

The literary production of the untiring Ryoki Inoue took him not only to the Guinness Book as the most proliphic author all over the world, but also to be compared to Georges Simenon by some intenational critics.

At inquest into death of Brazilian shot dead by UK police in 2005, judge instructs jury not to even contemplate a verdict of unlawful killing. Shouldn't the jury have been left to decide that?
Source: Guardian Unlimited

So, that's it then. The family of Jean Charles de Menezes waited three years for an inquest to explain why he was shot to death on a tube train and then, at the crucial moment, the whole thing was rendered meaningless.

Olympic Soccer: US women defeat Japan to face Brazil in the Gold Medal Game

Japan scored first but the Americans prevailed helped greatly by Hucles' two goals. Japan started the match playing very well and had several good scoring opportunities before Shinobu Ohno (16') netted the first goal of the match.

O DIA Online - Ataque aos lucros da milícia
Source: Terra Brasil

Em resposta ao ataque na delegacia, polícia estourou gatonet

UN Radio 2003 Archive/Press Freedom Day in Brazil/Commentary/Opinion
Source: UN Radio

Entrevista com Sonia Bridi sobre a liberdade de imprensa no Brasil. 2003

Brazil to Crack Down on Deforestation
Source: The New York Times

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil will combat rising deforestation in the Amazon by sending extra federal police and environmental agents to areas where illegal clearing of the rain forest jumped dramatically last year, officials said Thursday.

Brazil: "The Electronic Voting Machine Will Be Linux-Powered"
Source: cbrayton.wordpress.com

Última Instânica, a legal newswire on the UOL portal, reports:

O Globo (Brazil): "Chávez Won the Referendum Because He Manipulated the System!"
Source: cbrayton.wordpress.com

On December3, 2007, Miriam Leitão of the O Globo newspaper (Brazil), analyzing the Venezuelan referendum, runs a column stating that Hugo Chávez won the referendum because he manipulated the system. The problem being that Hugo Chávez did not win the referendum.

News follow-up: Strange man, 24, loses (ok, she dies) 82-year-old wife
Source: NewsCloud.com

An 82-year-old Argentine woman who attracted media attention last month when she married a 24-year-old man has died as a result of heart problems.

Robinho's New Move: "You go that way, I'll go this way"

Check out this clip of Robinho making some Ecuador defenders look silly.

The Cop, The Trafficker, the Militiaman: Interviews by Rio's Viva Favela
Source: cbrayton.wordpress.com

Currently, it is the Western Zone where the public authorities annd the militias have their closest ties.

Brazil: Watching Elite de Tropa, a Sino-Paraguayan Film Review
Source: cbrayton.wordpress.com

None of the pyrotechnic, Globollywood ultraviolence in the film — which was actually extremely modest by Die Hard or 007 standards — is nearly as emotionally devastating as that climactic moment in which the camera just focuses wordlessly on the killer's naked face and refu …

Rio de Janeiro: "52 Military Policeman Paid Off Weekly By Drug Traffic"
Source: cbrayton.wordpress.com

According to police captain André Drumond, the policemen arrested charged R$2,000 to R$3,900 a week to dealers in at least three shantytowns in the Duque de Caxias area to avoid operations at their location and to receive warnings of the presence of troopers from other PM battal …

Dell Brazil against the "evil axis": no PC to Cuba and Iran
Source: blog.panorama.it

News – A Brazilian physician bought a PC from Dell Brazil but then... (in Italian)

Brasil vs Mexico (3-1) Amigável 2007
Source: Vídeos de Futebol, Golos, Fintas e Defesas

Video com o resumo e golos do jogo amigável entre as selecções do Brasil e do México, o jogo foi realizado na cidade de Boston no estádio Guillette Stadium de Boston e terminou com o resultado de 3-1 a favor da equipa canarinha.

EUA vs Brasil (2-4) Amigável 2007
Source: Vídeos de Futebol, Golos, Fintas e Defesas

Video com o resumo e golos do jogo amigável entre as selecções dos Estados Unidos da América (EUA) e o Brasil, o jogo foi realizado na cidade de Chicago e terminou com o resultado de 2-4 a favor da equipa canarinha.

Brazil, I'm Tired of Your Rich's Insensibility and Your Poor's Passivity
Source: brazzil.com

I'm tired of those who are screaming against the corruption in the politicians' behavior while at the same time benefiting from the historical corruption in the political priorities.

Brazilian Congress Inquiry on Veja Magazine Believed to Be Reprisal
Source: brazzilmag.com

Just imagine if this happened in the States. The magazine in question has recently been very critical of Congressman involved in all sorts of scandal. They have investigated and broken many of the scandals surrounding Brasilian President Lula and his cronies and supporters.

Friend of Brazil president charged - Yahoo! News
Source: Yahoo! News

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday charged one of the president's closest confidants with conspiracy in a corruption scandal that has toppled much of his inner circle.

Rio de Janeiro: "In the Favelas, A New Dictatorship"
Source: cbrayton.wordpress.com

I just read this remarkable teaser to an investigative series by Rio de Janeiro's O Globo, and translate to file. NB, Michael Astor.

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