Brazil's Vale announces acquisition of Petroleum Geoscience Technology - Xinhua

November 29, 2008


Brazil's Vale announces acquisition of Petroleum Geoscience Technology
Xinhua, China - 2 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's largest mining company Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) announced Friday it has acquired Petroleum Geoscience ...

Super-rich buck global trend and spend, spend, spend - guardian.co.uk

November 29, 2008


Super-rich buck global trend and spend, spend, spend
guardian.co.uk, UK - 32 minutes ago
From the Amazon city of Manaus to the southern metropolises of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, a growing number of luxury shopping centres and condominiums ...

13-Year-Old Case: Brazil Urged to Find Journalist's Murderer - Brazzil Magazine

November 29, 2008


Brazzil Magazine

13-Year-Old Case: Brazil Urged to Find Journalist's Murderer
Brazzil Magazine, Los Angeles - 48 minutes ago
Da Silva was the editor of the newspaper Cachoeiras Jornal in Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro, and wrote for the daily Nosso Jornal in São Gonçalo. ...

UN forum backs harsher penalties for sex tourists - The Associated Press

November 28, 2008


UNICEF (press release)

UN forum backs harsher penalties for sex tourists
The Associated Press - 25 minutes ago
... from 137 nations backed the concept at the Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Rio de Janeiro. ...
World Congress Against the Sexual Exploitation of Children and ... UNICEF (press release)
Weak enforcement hurting child sex abuse fight Reuters India
Nations unite to fight sexual exploitation of children - Feature Earthtimes (press release)
Monsters and Critics.com - The Daily Star
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Amazon deforestation up almost 4.0 percent - AFP

November 28, 2008


Reuters

Amazon deforestation up almost 4.0 percent
AFP - 7 hours ago
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) — Brazil's Amazon jungles, known as the lungs of the world, lost almost 12000 square kilometres (4800 sq. miles) in just 12 months, ...
Brazil Amazon Deforestation Increases for First Time in 4 Years Bloomberg
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