Brazil Files Suits Against Twitter on Police Traps
Brasilia. The Brazilian government has filed a lawsuit against Twitter and its users in a bid to stop publication of messages alerting drivers to police speed traps and drunk-driving checkpoints. | Th...
Brazil One of ‘Most Exciting Markets’: Mobius
| Brazil is among the “world’s most exciting markets,†according to Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Franklin Templeton Investment’s Emerging Markets Group. | Mobius made the comments in a p...
Rio Tinto says $3.4 bln earmarked for iron ore boost
(Adds further details) * Rio aims to lift Aust capacity by more than 50 pct by 2015 * Rio share of expansion spend $2.9 bln * Asian demand forecast to grow strongly, says Rio SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) -...
India to share its $10 bn fighter selection experience with Brazil
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet NEW DELHI: In an unusual bilateral tie-up, India has agreed to share with Brazil some of its experiences of carrying out an open tender evaluation to select a fighter for th...
South Africa has a huge potential for economic and tourism growth
| Sahit Muja: South Africa has a huge potential for economic and tourism growth South Africa is a global emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources. South Afri...
The greatest shows on earth
| Get set to samba | The carnival in Rio de Janeiro (rio-carnival.net; 17-21 February) attracts two million people each day. It is dominated by parading samba schools, which spend the whole year makin...
South Carolina sues Obama administration over voter ID law
| CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina's attorney general sued President Barack Obama's administration on Tuesday over the federal government's rejection of the state's new voter iden...
Madoff Role Model Charles Ponzi Conspires on Paris Stage: Jorg von Uthmann
| Compared with Bernard Madoff, he was small fry. | Charles Ponzi’s scam blew up after a few months, and his investors lost about $20 million. Those people who invested with Madoff lost about $20 bi...
Brazil Must Find its Voice Against Violence
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 12:40 pm | Press Release: Council On Hemispheric Affairs | In this release... | Brazil Must Find its Voice Against Violence | As Brazil becomes a major player in the intern...
Police strike in Bahia causes strife
Salvador - A toll of 115 murders and widespread looting, assaults and vandalism in the past week are roiling Brazil's third-biggest city, casting doubts over upcoming carnival celebrations and raising...
Building collapse in Brazil leaves 3-year-old dead
| A 13-story building partially collapsed in an industrial suburb outside Sao Paulo, Brazil killing a 3-year-old girl, firefighters said today. | The concrete floor of the top story collapsed and took...
Whole new ballgame
A revamped Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens has thrown the door open for lower-ranked countries to join the Sevens World Series beginning next season, as the International Rugby Board continue the...
New Spider-Man trailer unveiled (+video)
| A new trailer for the highly anticipated Spider-Man reboot has hit the net. | The trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man features footage of Andrew Garfield as a charmingly awkward Peter Parker being bu...
Emirates raising Dh1.9b for new jets
| Dubai: Emirates airline is in the process of raising Dh1.9 billion ($517 million) in Islamic funding to finance three aircraft. | In an e-mailed statement to Gulf News yesterday, the carrier's spoke...
Brazil privatises three airports
| The Brazilian Government privatised operations at three of the nation's main airports this week, awarding US$14 billion ($16.8 billion) in contracts to three consortiums that will expand and run ter...
Karrie Webb rebuilds swing with aim of playing till 2016 Olympics
| EACH year for the past four on this corresponding day, Karrie Webb has fielded questions about retirement. | Yesterday, in her annual Women's Australian Open press conference, our greatest female go...
Bahia governor hopeful of deal to end police strike
| Brazilian soldiers patrol the streets of Salvador. The standoff between sec... | Brazilian soldiers patrol the 'Pelourinho' -- the historic center of Salvad... | Brazilian soldiers patrol the 'Pelou...
