Brazilians vote in runoff mayoral elections

"President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's Workers' Party is poised to gain power in many cities _ but lose Sao" " SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's ruling party will likely lose its push to retake control of South...

Twittering the Earthquake

Twitterers the world over are changing the way news travels. Chinese microbloggers issued some of the first reports of the earthquake that hit the country last night. But the accounts tell the story from a perspective that is unlike anything you'll see on the evening...

China trying to get arms to Mugabe

Nice to know China is there to help out Mugabe "Genocide Style", something China is good at."Ship trying to get arms to MugabeReutersPublished: Sunday, April 20, 2008A Chinese ship carrying arms to Zimbabwe...

Madeleine's Disappearance: McCann friends breaking ranks

"Lawyers from two of the McCann friends who were having dinner at Tapas Bar, on the night of May 3, have contacted Police, recently, and told their clients were willing to be questioned again, in order to 'correct' some details that were mentioned in their initial statements....

Kidnapped American girl found in Morocco

Metodo 3, the Spanish detectives company hired by the McCann to look for Madeleine, found a kidnapped American girl in the Morocco mountains, according to the Daily Mail. The newspaper quoted a source from Metodo 3 who told that detectives looking for Madeleine in the Rif...

Metodo 3 confirms: Madeline McCann is alive and in Morocco

Marita Fernandez, manager of Metodo 3, the Spanish detectives company hired by the McCann to help find Madeleine, told today to Antena 3 that “it's absolutely sure that Madeleine is alive. (People) Saw the spot in her eye. If it was seen, Madeleine is nor dead.” Metodo 3...

Spanish detectives: A Portuguese paedophile kidnapped Madeleine McCann

Metodo 3, the Spanish detectives company hired two months ago by the McCann says that a Portuguese paedophile kidnapped Madeleine and took her to Morocco. Metodo 3, according to Daily Mail, is sending detectives to Portugal, to follow leads that say there was an insider in...

Madeleine McCann - Most calls to McCann hotline report Madeleine's sightings ...

The hotline set up by the McCann, in Spain, received 275 calls until 8.00pm of yesterday, October 25, according to Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia. Most calls were from British citizens that have been on holidays in Morocco and gave information about alleged sightings of...

Madeleine McCann - One more witness contradicts Jane Tanner statement

A teenager, who was with her family at Ocean Club, saw Gerry McCann and Jeremy Wilkins talking, the night Madeleine disappeared – but she didn't saw Jane Tanner or a man carrying a child. The girl wasn't in the list of guests, as their presence at Ocean Club wasn't...

Portuguese Police not informed by the McCann about the hotline in Spain

The detectives company hired by the McCann to set up a hotline for information about Madeleine is specialized in corporate fraud, off-shore investigations, patent and trademark protection. Owned by the Fernandez family, Metodo 3 works “only for companies”, according to an...

City Report: São Paulo

"With more than 20 million inhabitants, São Paulo has recently become one of the world’s first ‘hypercities’. In a constant state of transformation, the city has fostered an attitude of improvisation, resourcefulness and cultural cannibalism amongst its...

Brazil welcomes Bush with protest

South America is one of the more politically active regions in the world--are they really that surprised that Bush's visit got this response? "SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas and clubbed demonstrators...

Brazil planes collide over Amazon, 155 missing

"SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian airline passenger plane with 155 people on board disappeared over the Amazon jungle on Friday after colliding with a small plane, the company and news reports said. The mayor of a remote town in the central state of Mato Grosso said...

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