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US-EU Set to Pursue Trade Deal Possibly World’s Biggest
LONDON -- At the G8 Summit in Britain, President Barack Obama and European leaders announced the start of an effort to reach what is being called the biggest trade deal in history. Officials are focusing on regional trade agreements because the long effort to reach a new global trade deal is stalled. British Prime Minister David Cameron stood with U.S. President Barack Obama and European ...
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Upward Mobility in Brazil and the Quest for Higher Education
The Rio State Rural Federal University campus in Nova Iguacu was built between 2006 and 2010. (Photo: Jason Margolis) Brazil is commonly referred to as an "emerging economy," along with countries like China and India. But to get past that hurdle, Siquera said a better metric of middle class growth is: Can deserving kids go to college? For the vast majority of Brazilians, the answer ...
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Confederations Cup Host Brazil not looking back in history Marcelo says
FORTALEZA, Brazil // Brazil left-back Marcelo says his side will not be seeking revenge when they renew acquaintance with Mexico in their second game of the Confederations Cup in Fortaleza on Wednesday. The last encounter between teams representing the two countries saw Mexico shock the five-time world champions with a 2-1 win in the final of the men's football competition at ...
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Deals with troubled Brazil firms smell of cronyism
Brazil is keeping its oil troubles a domestic affair. First, struggling local tycoon Eike Batista tapped Sao Paulo-based BTG Pactual for a lifeline. Now, the investment bank led by Andre Esteves has emerged as the unlikely buyer of assets from state-controlled Petrobras. The sketchy details on both deals only add to the unhealthy aura of crony ...
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Brazil protests catch authorities on the back foot
New generation radicalised as protests sparked by fury at bus fare hike mushroom into vast rallies against failing public services and cost of World ...
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Brazil here we come Iran fans sing
Iran .Footage aired on state television showed similar outpourings of joy around the country.In Tehran, residents waved the green-white-red national flag while motorists honked their horns and bikers sped through the capital to join the ...
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Massive Wave of Protestors Flood Brazils Streets
Some of the largest protests in 20 years are breaking out across Brazil as more than 100,000 people took to the streets frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education, and taxes. A hike in bus prices ignited the initial protests, but the flame was fanned after images were released of Sao Paulo police beating demonstrators and firing rubber bullets during a peaceful march Sunday. ...
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Magnitude 5.6 quake shakes Perus capital
Source: ISTOCKPHOTO A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has shaken buildings in Peru's capital, local geologists and witnesses report. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damages from the quake centred in the Pacific Ocean about 73 kilometres west of the city. More details to ...
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Upbeat Super Eagles Arrive Salvador Ready For Uruguay
African champions Nigeria arrived in Salvador, north-eastern Brazil today ahead of their much-hyped clash with South American champions Uruguay on Thursday. Salvador, the capital of Bahia State, is home to about 2.7 million people and is Brazil’s third most populous city. It was Brazil’s first capital city until 1763. It is also regarded as the black capital of Latin America, as ...
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Brazils Votorantim Cimentos suspends IPO plans -source
SAO PAULO, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:15pm EDT SAO PAULO, June 18 (Reuters) - Votorantim Cimentos SA, Brazil's largest cement producer, and shareholders canceled plans to list shares on Sao Paulo's stock exchange, a source with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday, citing deteriorating market conditions. The source, who declined to be named because the decision ...
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Brazil kicks off World Cup excess draws hundreds of thousands to street protests
When the Fifa president Sepp Blatter announced in 2007 that next year's World Cup would be staged in Brazil, he predicted it would have "a big social and cultural impact". It has, but not in the way he expected. Instead of uniting Brazil in celebration, football's biggest prize, which is returning after 54 years to the country that has won it more times than any other, is ...
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Monthly bus fare is 26 of your income if you make minimum wage in Brazil
we noted earlier today , the bus fare hike was merely the last straw in a long list of public grievances about the shaky Brazilian economy. But it’s worth noting that Sao Paulo’s bus riders are being majorly squeezed by fares. A fare price that sounds pretty minuscule in dollar terms actually takes up a huge chunk of Brazilian incomes for those at the bottom (and presumably, those ...
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Rouseff says Brazil government committed to change
In Brazil, protests over spiraling high costs and poor public services have spilled into widespread anger. It began as an isolated demonstration against a small increase in bus and subway fares in Sao Paulo. Many say it has now become a nationwide rally against government corruption but many deplore the violence. ';This is not an Arab Spring. Our problem is much easier to solve, but in an ...
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Pope Francis Writes to Parish Priest Friend in Argentina
States He Lives in Domus Sanctae Marthae To Avoid Being IsolatedBy StaffVATICAN CITY, May 29, 2013 (Zenit.org) - "Dear Quique,Today I received your letter of May 1. It gave me much joy. The account of the patronal feast brought me fresh air. I am well and have not lost my peace in face of a totally astonishing event, which I hold as a gift of God. I try to maintain the same way of being and ...
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UPDATE 2-Brazil mine bill proposes doubling top royalty to 4 pct
* Bill to require rights to be developed or lost * Introduces auction system for some mining prospects * Vale CEO says would have "major impact" on companies By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO, June 18 (Reuters) - Brazil, the world's second-largest producer of iron ore, unveiled a long-awaited bill to reform the country's 46-year-old mining code on Tuesday, proposing royalties of up to ...
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Mali Govt Tuareg Rebels Sign Accord
Mali's government has signed a deal with Tuareg rebels that will allow the army to return to a key rebel-held city ahead of next month's ...
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Congress Debates Limiting US Farmers Role in Food Aid
When starvation looms, speed is critical. But while the U.S. provides more emergency food aid than any other country, speed is not what it does best. Andrew Natsios witnessed this shortcoming firsthand during famine in Somalia in 1991. "I literally watched children die while we waited for food to arrive," he said at a congressional hearing last week. "It took two to three ...
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US Marks 10th Anniversary of Emergency AIDS Funding
Secretary of State John Kerry arrives to speak at the 10th anniversary celebration for the President's Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief, June 18, 2013, at the State Department in ...
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UN Presses Lebanon to Open Syrian Refugee Camps
BEIRUT -- The United Nations is pressing the Lebanese government to allow a dozen refugee camps help resettle up to a million Syrians. Despite a massive influx of Syrian refugees, Lebanon has been reluctant to establish camps for them. Many refugees live with relatives and friends while the majority rent lodging. About half are registered with the United Nations. "They are meant to be ...
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Piracy Victims Endure Harsher Treatment in East Africa
International Maritime Bureau (IMB), however, Somali pirates tend to mete out harsher treatment to their hostages. The report focuses on the human impact of piracy. According to the International Maritime Bureau’s data, the total number of seafarers attacked by pirates decreased significantly in 2012. But it says although the number of attacks decreased, there was a sharp rise in ...
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Islamist governor promises safety for Luxor tourists
By Asma Alsharif and Tom PerryCAIRO (Reuters) - Sixteen years ago, Adel Mohamed al-Khayat was a member of the militant group blamed for slaughtering 58 tourists in Egypt's Valley of the Queens; today he's promising to keep visitors safe.Khayat's appointment by President Mohamed Mursi as governor of the city of Luxor has triggered howls of protest, with demonstrators protesting for ...
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Lawsuit filed in Puerto Rico slaying of US banker
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; The widow of a banking executive slain in Puerto Rico has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the bank's CEO and other high-ranking ...
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Protests Explode Across Brazil
Brasilia, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) Protests in 20 Brazilian cities show a growing popular discomfort because of the continuous increase of prices, the high cost of living and the excessive public expense for the celebration of the Confederations Soccer Cup. The demonstrations were started on June 3 in Sao Paulo against the increase of the price of the transport tickets in buses, trains and subway, ...
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Angry At Brazils Government Protesters Take To The Streets
Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Just because a government is democratically elected does not mean it is immune to protest. We've been watching demonstrations and the government response in Turkey. And now the demonstrations we're about to hear about took place in Brazil. ...
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Biggest marches in 20 years sweep Brazil
As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption.Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday the massive protests that have swept the country in recent weeks represent legitimate calls for better public ...
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Chemical castration in Argentina for rapists?
Chemical castration of rapists seems a good way to prevent them from re-offending. But, if the 'treatment' is reversible by simply not taking the medicine anymore, and if taking the treatment get the rapist a light sentence, is it fair that the victim still has to carry his child if he makes her pregnant in the attack?
It was announced by officials in Argentina’s Mendoza province on the 21st of March, 2010, that chemical castration has been authorized for rapists convicted in the province. The move came after what the authorities called, a “significant rise” in the number of sexual assaults last year. Read more
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