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Madonna in-vests in Brazil
São Paulo :: Brazil | about 21 hours ago
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Having just recently broken ground on a girls’ school in Malawi, Madonna is wasting no time in taking her Raising Malawi organization international. On a recent trip to Brazil, Madonna took time out to tour the Dona Marta shantytown in Rio. Accompanied...
Tags: Dona Marta, Madonna Wore Bullet-Proof Vest, Brazil, proof vests, Rio de Janiero, São Paulo, Marta Vieira da Silva, Rio de Janeiro, Homework, Human Interest, Madonna (entertainer), Raising Malawi, Malawi, Education, Bulletproofing, Ballistic vest, Leather jacket, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Jackets, Law Crime, Favela, Poverty, Trackback, Overkill, Slums, Brazilian society
South America's drugs frontline
Pedro Juan Caballero :: Paraguay | 2 days ago
Credibility Candido Figueredo sits on his bullet-riddled porch holding the tools of his trade: a reporter's notepad, a mobile phone and a black 9mm submachine gun. "I'm a rare species of journalist," admits Figueredo, the regional correspondent of Paraguay 's largest...
Tags: Tom Phillips Candido Figueredo, Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguayan, South American, Brazilian, Mariano Baez, Paraguay, Slums, Amambay Department, Drug lord, Brazilian society, Favela, Poverty
Brazilian oil giant announces new offshore find
Campos :: Brazil | 3 days ago
Credibility The light crude was found near the existing Marimba field and the proximity of installed infrastructure will make it possible to begin production at the new site by August 2010, the company said Monday. Petrobras is on track to invest more than the 60...
Tags: Petrobras, Brazil, Campos, Petrobras 36 Oil Platform, Environment, Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro, Business Finance
Massa participates in Granja Viana 500 race
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | 3 days ago
Credibility In the city of Cotia, Sao Paulo, F1 Ferrari driver Felipe Massa took part in the open practice on Monday for the upcoming Granja Viana 500...Massa took the opportunity to make some minor adjustments on his kart and also to contemplate who he would like...
Tags: Felipe Massa, Lucas Di Grassi, Granja Viana, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, French Grand Prix, British Grand Prix, Spanish Grand Prix, allnews, Scuderia Ferrari, Rubens Barrichello, Human Interest
CLIMATE CHANGE: Brazil to Recover Leadership Role with CO2 Limits
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | 3 days ago
Credibility Brazil's decision to adopt voluntary reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions is an indication that the planet's climate change emergency has joined strategic, economic and ideological issues as a new factor on the global political agenda...Copenhagen,...
Tags: Brazilian, Eduardo Viola, Lula da Silva, million tonnes, Dilma Rousseff, emissions targets, co2 emissions, leadership role, greenhouse gas, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Carbon dioxide, Action on climate change, Kyoto Protocol, Clean Development Mechanism, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Climate change, Diplomatic conferences, Carbon finance, Environment
Brazil a little less corrupt, says Transparency International
Brazil improved five positions in the annual ranking of perceived corruption released on Tuesday by Transparency International, ranking 75th out of 180 countries. The higher the country's position, the less corrupt...
Tags: Transparency, Brazil, allnews, Rio de Janeiro, Transparency International
Actor Danny Glover to wed Brazilian girlfriend: report
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | 3 days ago
Credibility Lethal Weapon" co-star Danny Glover is to marry his longtime Brazilian girlfriend in a December, he told a Rio de Janeiro film festival this week, according to the O Globo newspaper. Glover, 63, said he and teacher Eliane Cavalleiro, 43, would seek to...
Tags: Danny Glover, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Glover, Blindness, Porto Alegre, Fernando Meirelles, Entertainment Culture, Human Interest
Madonna raises 11 million dollars for Malawi charity: report
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | 4 days ago
Credibility Madonna has raised 11 million dollars from Brazilian millionaires for her Raising Malawi Foundation, the daily Rio O Dia reported Monday. The US pop star, who visited Brazil to stroke the country's wealthy into giving, notably won an unspecified pledge...
Tags: Raising Malawi Foundation, Madonna (entertainer), million dollars, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Malawi, Human Interest
Repsol to invest $12 bln in Brazil by 2020
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | 6 days ago
Credibility Spanish oil group Repsol expects to invest $12 billion in oil exploration activities in Brazil in the next 10 years, including in newly discovered "subsalt" areas, its president said on Saturday. "For the next three to four years it's just exploration.
Tags: Repsol Weighs Brazil Options, Repsol YPF SA, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Repsol YPF, Yacimientos Petrolￃﾭferos Fiscales, Business Finance, Guarￃﾡ oil field, Petrobras
Madonna in tears after huge donation offered
São Paulo :: Brazil | 6 days ago
Credibility US pop star Madonna broke into tears when Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista announced that he would donate $7 million for her welfare projects, a media report said. During a dinner at Batista's home Thursday, the tycoon asked the singer how much money...
Tags: Madonna (entertainer), Brazil, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Eike Batista, Folha de S. Paulo, Copacabana, Sￃﾣo Paulo, Dave Batista, Human Interest
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