Brazil

Winging It: UPDATED: What's up with US Airways, Delta slot swap?

US Airways got more access to Washington's Reagan National Airport and Delta got more slots at New York LaGuardia in a swap of takeoff-and-landing slots the two airlines announced today.

Pair to admit Brazil fraud charges

Two British law graduates who were arrested in Brazil on suspicion of fraudulently claiming they were robbed are to plead guilty to the charge, their lawyer has said.

Zelaya to Visit Brazil Soon

Brasilia, Aug 11 Honduras President Jose Manuel Zelaya will meet Wednesday with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to debate on the situation in the Central American nation.

Brazilian Museum of Sculpture to open 'A Message for You by Guy Bourdin'

Carlos Jereissati Filho, CEO of Iguatemi, announced the third edition of the Iguatemi Photo Series with the exhibition A Message for you, by Guy Bourdin at MuBE .

Murder for ratings? Police allege Brazil crime-show host had hand in several killings

Amazonas State legislator and television show host Wallace Souza, center, speaks during a news conference in Manaus, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug.

Pair to admit Brazil fraud charges

Two British law graduates who were arrested in Brazil on suspicion of fraudulently claiming they were robbed are to plead guilty to the charge, their lawyer has said.

Pair to admit Brazil fraud charges

Two British law graduates who were arrested in Brazil on suspicion of fraudulently claiming they were robbed are to plead guilty to the charge, their lawyer has said.

Brazilian police arrest 11 alleged racketeers

Brazil's Federal Police on Monday arrested 11 people on charges of fraud involving public contracts totalling 219 million reais .

Brazil purchases 250 German Leopard tanks to guard its borders

The Brazilian army purchased 250 German leopard 1 A5 tanks which will be displayed mainly along the country's 16.000 kilometres of land and fluvial borders thus reinforcing its dissuasive capacity in the event of foreign attacks.

BRAZIL: Bringing Community Mental Health to the Poor

FORTALEZA, Brazil, Aug 9 - Zila Ferreira and Juraci Lisboa were in the grip of depression since 1996 - the former over the death of her mother, and the latter because she was "abandoned with seven children under 14." Both of these Brazilian women, who were 36 years old at the time, began staying in bed for days on end, unable to muster the ...

World News: Brazil returns hazardous waste to Britain

Brazil said today it was returning 1,500 tons of hazardous waste that arrived from Britain labelled as recyclable plastic.

Timeline: Ronnie Biggs

Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has led a colourful life, taking part in a record-breaking robbery and becoming a world-famous fugitive from British justice, before eventually returning to the UK of his own free will and subsequently imprisoned.

Several passengers on the Rio de Janeiro to Houston flight were helped to ambulances in Miami.

Austinite Parind Vora was one of 179 people aboard Continental flight 128 early Monday morning when the jet shuddered over the Atlantic Ocean.

Mystery messages in St. Louis part of wider trend

A few years ago, amateur photographer Robert Crowe discovered a bizarre and mysterious message embedded in the asphalt of a downtown street.

Brazil: 19 more dead in Sao Paulo, at least 158 in the country

August 07, 2009 Brazil: 19 more dead in SA o Paulo, at least 158 in the country A Secretaria Estadual de SaAode de SA o Paulo confirmou na noite desta sexta-feira mais 19 mortes de pacientes com a gripe suA na --a gripe A . Com isso, o nAomero de A3bitos no Estado chega a 69 no Estado e a, no paA s, a pelo menos 158.

Brazil: 170 deaths

Via O Globo : Chegam a 170 os mortos por gripe suA na no Brasil . [Deaths in Brazil from swine flu reach 170] Excerpt, with my translation: Chega a 170 o nAomero de mortos em decorrAancia da gripe suA na no Brasil.

Brazil environment minister to step down in March

Brazil's environment minister, who had been at loggerheads with the country's powerful farm lobby, will step down in March to run for state deputy in general elections next year, his aides said on Friday.

Athletics: Brazil hands two-year bans to EPO drugs cheats

RIO DE JANEIRO: Three Brazilian athletes have been handed two-year doping bans by the Brazilian Athletics Confederation , it was announced Friday.

Nick's Kids a boon for Alabama charities

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Nick Saban's charitable organization has awarded more than $300,000 to several local and state charities.

'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs freed to die

Ailing "Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs -- one of the most notorious British criminals of the 20th century -- was formally released from prison to his death bed Friday after being granted his freedom on compassionate grounds.