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Brazil Fires Dunga, Who Was Resigning Anyway
Brazil's CBF (National Football Federation) fired Dunga, coach of the Brazilian national soccer team, as well has his technical commission. This move came only hours after Dunga and his team arrived back in Brazil...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Slum is Transformed by Art
Simple. Stunning. Stupendous. Three words which immediately come to mind when contemplating the photos that accompany this article on telegraph.co.uk which describes the transformation by some very creative artists of a favela or slum in Rio de Janeiro. An... Christ The Redeemer Statue Closed In Rio de Janeiro Over Floods
Christ The Redeemer Statue In Trouble Heavy floods and mudslides have killed hundreds of people in Brazil last week, enforcing evacuations. The site of the iconic statue of Christ The Redeemer was also ordered to be closed due to damage to access roads from the heavy...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Brazilians Insulted By Robin Williams's Joke About Rio's Bid
Comedian Robin Williams might have gone too far when he joked about Rio's Olympic bid during his appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. After calling Letterman "the next Oprah," Williams said he hoped Oprah...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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4641 views | 17 recommendations | 29 comments
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...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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273 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
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.... It's Official - Sim nós podemos (yes we can) - Rio de Janeiro
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... 549 views | 34 recommendations | 8 comments
2016 Olympics: Host City Decision Out Friday
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... Obama Won’t Travel To Denmark To Back Chicago’s 2016 Olympic Bid
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 Severe Turbulence
"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... Freezing Rio
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 | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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238 views | 46 recommendations | 2 comments
Transgendered Model Closes Fashion Week in Rio de Janeiro
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...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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6400 views | 67 recommendations | 12 comments
DFO presents environment friendly module in Mussoorie
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...
created by azzayindia | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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537 views | 21 recommendations | 4 comments
Proposed Rio slum barrier likened to Israeli security barrier
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... A Future of Less
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...Top Members Today
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