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2009-01-04 21:46

Brazilian police detain suspect in Wolffer's death (AP)

AP - A man suspected of piloting a motorboat that struck and killed a New York winery owner as he swam off Brazil's coast was briefly detained on Sunday, police said.

2009-01-02 19:29

US winery owner dies in Brazil (AP)

AP - A German-born businessman who owned a New York winery has died while summing in the ocean off of Brazil, police said Friday.

2008-12-31 02:00

US Embassy in Brazil receives suspicious package (AP)

AP - The U.S. Embassy in Brazil has been searched by a bomb squad after receiving a suspicious package by mail, but local authorities say it did not contain explosives.

2008-12-27 04:13

Police detain Brazil rancher linked to Stang death (AP)

AP - Brazilian police on Friday detained a rancher suspected in the slaying of rain forest activist Dorothy Stang for allegedly illegally acquiring titles to land the U.S. nun died trying to defend.

2008-12-23 20:49

Brazil and France sign arms deal (AP)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, listens to Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after signing bilateral agreements in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. Sarkozy is on a two-day official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Mourao)AP - Brazil and France on Tuesday signed an arms deal that could lead to Latin America's first nuclear submarine.


2008-12-22 01:21

Amazon killings go on despite Chico Mendes' legacy (AP)

In this Feb. 1988 file photo is seen Francisco 'Chico' Mendes, an internationally acclaimed ecologist and advocate of the preservation of the Amazon Jungle in an unknown location in Brazil.  Mendes was shot and killed at his home in the remote Amazon jungle twenty years ago on Dec. 22, 1988. More than 1,100 activists, small farmers, judges, priests and other rural workers have been killed in disputes since Mendes' murder, according to the Catholic Land Pastoral, a watchdog group known as CPT. (AP Photo)AP - The shotgun blast that tore through the chest of Chico Mendes made the Brazilian rubber tapper an environmental icon and his fight to save the Amazon a global crusade.


2008-12-20 20:23

Sarkozy to sign arms deal in Brazil (AP)

AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to sign an arms deal during his upcoming visit to Brazil that could help this country build Latin America's first nuclear-propelled submarine, the government's official news agency said Saturday.

2008-12-19 07:57

US rejects Castro dissident-prisoner exchange offer (AFP)

Cuban President Raul Castro speaks with the press at the Itamarati Palace in Brasilia. The US State Department on Thursday rejected a Cuban proposal to exchange five Cubans convicted of spying in the United States for jailed dissidents in Cuba.(AFP/Joedson Alves)AFP - Cuba's offer Thursday to release jailed political dissidents in Cuba in exchange for five Cubans convicted of spying in the United States was rejected by the State Department and Cuban rights groups.


2008-12-19 07:57

Brazilian Gilberto on the way out at Tottenham: Redknapp (AFP)

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp, seen here, revealed Brazilian Gilberto's time at White Hart Lane was about to be over following their 2-2 draw against Spartak Moscow in the UEFA Cup(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp revealed Brazilian Gilberto's time at White Hart Lane was about to be over following their 2-2 draw against Spartak Moscow in the UEFA Cup.


2008-12-19 07:57

Brazil to boost troops in Amazon, weapons industry (AP)

AP - Brazil will beef up troops in its vast Amazon rain forest, build nuclear and conventional submarines to protect offshore oil fields and modernize its weapons industry under a national defense plan outlined in a report Thursday.

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