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Gays among those protesting Ahmadinejad's Brazilian visit
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is making his first visit to Brazil. In an apparent gesture to gain legitimacy and political clout, he arrives in a nation allied with the... Brazilian police hunt lone blogger exposing 'unfaithful' wives
Read all about it your wife's having an affair with the butcher oh and yours also, tongue in cheek stuff. Well it would seem this blogger is a lone religious minded kind of Zoro that wants to stop all that hankie... Amazon deforestation dropped by 45%
A good news on Environmental front. A report from Brazil says that the deforestation in Amazon dropped by 45% last year. It is lowest in 21 year of surveillance period. " The rate of deforestation in the Amazon... Brazil's Itaipu Blackout: Will We See A Baby Boom In Nine Months?
As the power disappeared in Brazil and parts of Paraguay yesterday night due to a transmission line failure at the Itaipu dam, Twitter was abuzz about the baby boom phenomenon that many link to major new events. Supporters of baby boom phenomenon say an increased number of... Brazil's Blackout Update: Authorities Investigate Itaipu Outage
Major cities in Brazil and parts of Paraguay experienced a blackout yesterday night as Itaipu dam suffered a failure in three of its transmission lines, the largest failure in 25 years of the dam's existence. The dam supplies about 20 percent of Brazil’s power. The power... Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant Blackout: Brazil in Darkness
Update: 7:50pm PST The lights are starting to come back on now in Brazil's major cities after millions of people were affected by the blackout. About 80 percent of Brazil's energy is supplied by hydroelectric power.... A bluefin tuna marked for auction.
NGO lambasts Japan’s role in bluefin tuna delay “Japan silenced the data to prevent the Commission from being pressured to protect the tuna,” Tudela added. Between 6 and 16 November in Brazil, ICCAT... Student Expelled, Citing Ethical Principles Wearing Mini Dress
Mini dresses now appear as off limits in Brazilian schools.
Geysi Villa Nova Arruda, age 20 viewed by many in a video of a classroom wearing red mini dress has now been expelled citing her ethical... Shark Conservation - ICCAT, Brazil
Urgent Need for Shark Conservation - ICCAT, Brazil 9 - 15 November 2009 The United Nations has passed eight resolutions calling on Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs) to improve the management of... Illegal wildlife trade!
Scientists back bluefin tuna trade ban: Greenpeace and WWF ...Illegal wildlife trade... Scientists who advise fisheries regulators support a ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, a sushi staple, to protect... Killer whales leave porpoises for dead
Killer whales leave porpoises for deadWildlife experts say they're trying to determine why fish-eating killer whales roughed up harbor porpoises and left them for dead off British Columbia.Two incidents were... The 2016 Announcement: What City Will Win? NowPublic's Prediction
[UPDATE -- October 2]:
The Games have been awarded to the city of Rio de Janaeiro, just as NowPublic has predicted!
Chicago is already out as of 8:29 PST. Our prediction is holding up so far!
The vote to decide the 2016 Summer Olympic Games capital is taking... 1144 views | 24 recommendations | 5 comments
The 2016 Olympic Vote In Denmark: Latest Controversies
The vote to determine the Olympic capital of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games is taking place October 2 in Copenhagen, Denmark, but a slew of controversies is already plaguing the upcoming vote. First, senior officials in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a... Tough Times? Save the Planet.
We are drowning. And not just in credit card bills and tuition payments. We are drowning in false choices. We are told that we must choose between making money and making a difference, that it is not possible to... Gisele Bündchen goes green for the United Nations!
We knew already committed to the environment. But the supermodel Gisele Bundchen has one last step to ecology: it is now a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations. A new very green, it was announced during a...
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