Wikio - Rio de Janeiro

Brazil: The Resurrection of Rio de Janeiro (MSNBC.com: Newsweek World News)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:13:59 GMT

When quit his post as vice president for the Inter-American Development Bank to become the finance secretary of Rio de Janeiro early last year, more than a few people thought he was nuts. Who would forsake a chance to be a Washington-based power player of international development for a desk job in one of the hemisphere's unruliest cities? At the very least, Levy was punching under his weight....

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Scenes from Rio de Janeiro (Getwonder)

guoxiaohua7018@163.com — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:49:55 GMT

A recent large-scale project by the photographer named JR has focused attention on women - relatives of victims of violence - by displaying their large portraits in one of Rio de Janeiro’s hardest hit neighborhoods. Though Rio is blessed with natural beauty and climate, it still struggles with large disparities between rich and poor, and [...]

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South American Highlihgts - Lima, Cuso, La Paz, Buenos Aires, Iguassu, Rio de Janeiro, Peru (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:00:12 GMT

South American Highlights

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Fitch Assigns 'BB-/A(BRA)' Rating to BR MALLS (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:32:53 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 28 -- BR MALLS Participacoes S.A. (Bovespa: BRML3), the largest integrated shopping mall company in Brazil, hereby announces Fitch Ratings has assigned BR MALLS Foreign and Local Currenc...

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Oil spill kills 2,000 penguins in southern Brazil (Big News Network.com)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:09 GMT

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 29 (DPA) Some 2,000 penguins have been found dead since Sunday in the southern Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, victims of an oil spill from an unidentified ship, Brazilian media have reported citing the authorities.

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Rio Bans Pigmented PET Packaging (The Temas Blog)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:20:38 GMT

Last month something a bit astonishing happened quietly in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. The state Governor, Sérgio Cabral, signed into law a very short bill. The new Law outlaws the manufacture or sale in the state of pigmented PET packaging. The rationale? Such packaging is not accepted for recycling by either waste-pickers (catadores) [...]

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Oil slick kills more than 200 penguins in Brazil (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:39:00 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- More than 200 oil-slicked penguins have washed up dead on the beaches of a popular Brazilian resort, and officials say they are searching for a cause.

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Militia violence risks spreading in Rio - study (Alertnet)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:44:21 GMT

Source: Reuters By Stuart Grudgings RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Militias run by corrupt police in Rio de Janeiro are likely to become more violent as they clash with each other and take on traits of the drug ...

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Oil spill kills 2,000 penguins in southern Brazil (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:59:02 GMT

Rio de Janeiro - Some 2,000 penguins have been found dead since Sunday in the southern Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, victims of an oil spill from an unidentified ship, Brazilian media reported Thursday citing the authoriti...

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Diaper saves life of toddler who fell from third floor in Brazil (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:15:52 GMT

Rio de Janeiro - A disposable diaper saved the life of an 18-month-old who fell from the third floor of a building in the north-eastern Brazilian city of Recife, local media reported Wednesday. The boy's diaper got caught on a fence as he fell, and h...

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Fitch Affirms Company S.A.'s IDRs at 'B+', Outlook Stable (Business Wire)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:41:00 GMT

SAO PAULO, Brazil & RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has affirmed Company S.A. (Company) Foreign and Local Currency long-term IDRs (Issuer Default Ratings) at 'B+' and its

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Ubisoft Studies Terrain Technology; To use GeoEye Imagery in HAWX Game (All Points Blog)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:00:10 GMT

Ubisoft's team for Tom Clancy's HAWX air combat game did its homework: it visited USGS and EROS "to understand the concept of topographical 'underpinning' to create a realistic representation of the earth." Then it decided to use GeoEye imagery in the game, including shots of Rio de Janeiro, Cape Canaveral and the Middle East. The game is expected in 2009. - The HD Room

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Modec wins Petrobras contract (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:24:00 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- The Japanese firm Modec said Tuesday that it won a contract with Petrobras to build a floating production and storage facility that will drill for oil off the coast of Brazil in the nation's giant Tupi field.

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MMX Metálicos Corumbá Acquires Planted Pine Forest in Mato Grosso do Sul (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:56:43 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -- 08/26/08 -- MMX Mineração e Metálicos S.A. ("MMX" or "the Company") (Bovespa: MMXM3) (TSX: XMM) informs its shareholders and investors that its subsidiary, MMX Metálicos Corumbá Ltda. ("MMX Met..

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BRAZIL: The Complications of Coming into Sudden (Oil) Wealth (Global Geopolitics News)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:26:16 GMT

Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog - IPS Tuesday, August 26, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Mario Osava RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 26 (IPS) - Brazil’s social and economic future may depend, according to experts, on the way it ultimately handles the sudden oil wealth discovered deep under the Atlantic ocean [...]

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Construction Under Way at Casa de Pedra Iron Ore Mine in Southeastern Brazil, an Industrial Info News Alert (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:30:20 GMT

CORDOBA, ARGENTINA -- 08/26/08 -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) (CSN) (Rio de Janeiro) is advancing an expansion project at the Casa de Pedra iron ore m..

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Brazil frustrated with Olympic score, eyes hosting 2016 Games (dapx)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:50:08 GMT

Brasilia, Aug 26: Brazil Monday moaned its lackluster performance in the Beijing Olympics, with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva saying the country must do better even as Rio de Janeiro bids to host the 2016 Games.

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Olympics must come to South America, Brazil's Lula says (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:36:45 GMT

Rio de Janeiro - The Olympic Games should be held in South America for the first time in history, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday. Rio de Janeiro is bidding to host the 2016 Games. ...

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OBITUARY: Dorival Caymmi Beloved Brazilian Songwriter (All About Jazz)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:28:24 GMT

Dorival Caymmi, a revered composer and singer of Brazilian popular song who influenced generations of bossa nova performers and whose first major hit helped launch the Hollywood career of entertainer Carmen Miranda, has died. He was 94. Caymmi died Aug. 16 at his home in Rio de Janeiro. He had kidney cancer and multiple organ failure...

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Brazil's Broadband Internet Subscribers Reach 10 Million By Mid- 2008 (Red Orbit )

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:00:49 GMT

Brazil's broadband internet subscribers reach 10 million by mid- 2008 RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug.

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