Chicago Eliminated From 2016 Olympics - First Round The international "I/Me" tour fails to secure Olympic bid for the city of Chicago. What a mess of prioritization this young President has shown, especially if...
The host of the 2016 Olympics Games will be decided in Copenhagen on Friday, finalizing an 18-month race between Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, and Tokyo. On Friday, the presentation ceremony will begin at 07:30 BST. Then Chicago will make the first presentation to the...
On October 2, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will announce the capital of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Four cities are in contention: Madrid, Spain; Tokyo, Japan; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Chicago, USA. In recent years, it became somewhat of a tradition and a...
"Continental Flight 128 Diverted to MIA After Encountering Severe Turbulence
By Mike Mitchell (Update)
August 4, 2009, Continental Flight 128 departed Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sunday about 9:45 PM with 168...
opinion by lisha | 13 wks ago | updated 13 wks ago 213 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
It's been a weird month. Rio de Janeiro's seemingly never-ending summer has gone missing and it has paved the way for some of the coldest weeks in a long time at the "Redeemer's City". Early June temperatures have...
created by Oscar-Periodista | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago 134 views | 46 recommendations | 2 comments
In a city that delights in shocking the prudish with each year's Carnival celebration, Rio De Janeiro's invitation only main fashion event of the year closed Friday with transgendered model Patricia Araujo. Beto...
Source:http://www.garhwalpost.com/centrenewsdetail.aspx?id=9923;&nt=Uttarakhandthe Divisional Forest Officer Mussoorie had few ideas to share but the rich and bold of Mussoorie were not ready to listen to...
The slums of Dona Marta in Rio, Brazil, are encroaching too much on the famous Atlantic Rainforest that surrounds it, according to the Brazilian government, and their solution is to build a three-foot high wall...
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This is a really good article - I hope people read it and that it makes everyone think about the state of the world. "But as designer sundresses fill our closets, the world drifts deeper into what environmental economists are calling "ecological deficit." Simply put, too...
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Forget Brazilian publicity products such as Carnival, football stars and Samba, as you read the following article you will certainly get a clearer picture on Brazilian democracy and interracial...
"Brazilian authorities say tens of thousands of flood victims have begun returning home in southern Brazil. Civil defense officials in the hard-hit southern state of Santa Catarina say more than half of 80,000...
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In this clear and concise article by The New Times, there is an analysis over public policies in Brazil. Confronted with the tragedy of Santa Catarina torrential rains, Brazilian leader Lula da Silva asked...
" Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:27:45 GMT Brazil's Petrobras oil company has posted a record third-quarter net profit of 96 percent compared to the same quarter last year. The profit almost doubled because of increase...
" Brazil's local elections have brought mixed results for President Luiz Ignacio da Silva's Workers' Party. Almost 130 million Brazilian voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors and councillors. ...
Hundreds of penguins have been returned to their habitat by Brazil Air force plane.This kind of gesture to save the penguin by Air force is really praise worthy.why these penguine covered such a long...