Flooding leaves 180,000 homeless in BrazilBRASILIA - Severe flooding in Brazil has left about 180,000 people homeless and caused at least 15 deaths. Brazil’s Supreme Court repeals press censorship law dating from military dictatorshipBRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s Supreme Court has struck down a press censorship law enacted during a nearly quarter-century military dictatorship. Official: Negotiate end to Brazil custody battle over 8-year-old boyBRASILIA, Brazil — A Brazilian official says there should be a negotiated end to a custody battle between a U.S. father and a Brazilian stepfather over a boy. Brazil cuts taxes in face of economic downturnBRASILIA - The Brazilian government enacted additional tax cuts Monday in the face of shrinking forecasts for gross domestic product (GDP) amid the global economic downturn. Brazilian government calls Prince Charles ‘Chaves’BRASILIA - The Brazilian presidency got stuck in a diplomatic fumble Wednesday when it got wrong the name of Britain’s Prince Charles in an official agenda. Six suspected of cannibalism in BrazilBRASILIA - Six people are suspected of murdering a man and then eating him in a cannibalism ritual, EFE reported Wednesday. 16 missing afer plane crashed into Brazilian riverBRASILIA - A small airplane with about 20 people aboard crashed into a tributary of the Amazon River, in northwestern Brazil Saturday, leaving four survived and the others missing, reported local media. Lula invites Bush to go fishing in BrazilBRASILIA - Outgoing US President George W. Bush called Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to say goodbye Monday, Brazil’s presidential spokesman Marcelo Baumbach said. UN must exercise ‘important role’ in Gaza conflict: LulaBRASILIA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Monday called upon the UN to play a key role in the resolution of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip which has claimed hundreds of lives. |