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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Brazil Sun.com http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/24437442923341f1/ en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:01:22 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:01:22 -0500 30 Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras has said that it discovered oil at a block in eastern Colombia. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/611142/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/611142/cs/1/ The Brazilian economy contracted for the first time in 17 years in 2009, falling by 0.2 per cent, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said Thursday. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/611118/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:03 -0500 IANS http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/611118/cs/1/ SAO PAULO, Brazil - President Lula of Brazil, who in October will conclude his second term in office (and his last permitted by the state's constitution), is the most popular head of state in the coun... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33061974/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:30:13 -0500 Haaretz http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33061974/ Manchester City striker Robinho has reiterated his desire to extend his loan stay at Santos and hopes talks have already been initiated with the Premier League club. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33062025/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:19:28 -0500 Soccernet http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33062025/ Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has included another practice match to the team's training camp in Brazil. South Africa will face local club Boavista on March 15 at the Granja Comary, i... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33059690/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:30:18 -0500 IOL http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33059690/ PANAMA CITY, PANAMA, March 12, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- After just 6 months , Mercatrade.com becomes the largest and most successful regional trade portal helping companies all over the world do bus... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33055029/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:40:31 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33055029/ Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) combines techniques from multiple sources into one focused approach. Modern competition gained popularity with the Ultimate Fighting Championships. With its growth in populari... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33055365/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:40:20 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33055365/ BP will pay $7 billion to Devon Energy for assets that will extend its reach into Brazil and bulk up its position in the Gulf of Mexico, as the world's top oil companies look to acquisitions to refill... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33053279/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:56:39 -0500 Neftegaz http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33053279/ Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will pay an official visit to Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan, to discuss the Middle East peace process, the Iranian issue and trade cooper... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33053395/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:42:15 -0500 People's Daily http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33053395/ Four soldiers died after a Brazilian army helicopter crashed during a training exercise, the military announced Thursday.The accident happened Wednesday night near Corumba, a municipality of the weste... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33053383/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:42:00 -0500 People's Daily http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33053383/ The Brazilian side were poor on the whole, but took their chances in the second half with Washington finishing from Dagoberto's through ball before adding a second a minute from time. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33051533/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:08:13 -0500 FIFA http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33051533/ I t's the foreign policy that dare not speak its name. The Canadian government's desire to bolster fledgling free-market democracies in Latin America in an ideological competition with left-leaning, ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33051430/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:45:33 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33051430/ Brasilia, March 12 : The Brazilian government has raised its projection for economic growth this year from 5.2 percent to more than 5.7 percent. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33049477/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:48:16 -0500 New Kerala http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33049477/ Rio de Janeiro, March 12 : Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras has said that it discovered oil at a block in eastern Colombia. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33049478/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:48:15 -0500 New Kerala http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33049478/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks are more attractive than those in Brazil amid a “pause” in the emerging-markets rally, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets said. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33049476/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:25:56 -0500 Business Week http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33049476/ Washington scored both of Sao Paulo's goal at Nacional (GSM) - Brazilian giants Sao Paulo returned to winning ways in the Copa Libertadores, beating Nacional of Paraguay 0-2 in Asuncion.Sao Paulo ha... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33049582/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:08:27 -0500 soccerway http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33049582/ A surge in consumer demand and a strong recovery in investment suggest that Brazil’s economy is on course to grow at least 5.5 per cent this year, according to data released on Thursday by the IBGE,... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33049474/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:52:54 -0500 Financial Times http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33049474/ LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Equities in Brazil slipped Thursday, with shares of some resource-related stocks weighed by worries that the country's biggest trading partner, China, is set to raise inte... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33047605/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:39:34 -0500 Market Watch http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33047605/ The Brazilian economy contracted for the first time in 17 years in 2009, falling by 0.2% the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said Thursday. It was the first annual contraction o... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33047807/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:32:48 -0500 Merco Press http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33047807/ Fiat ’s Brazilian subsidiary is set to announce a recall of tens of thousands of its Stilo model after eight people died in at least 30 accidents motorists claim were caused by faulty rear wheels co... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33047685/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:13:18 -0500 Financial Times http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33047685/ British Petroleum has agreed to buy Brazilian, Azeri and Gulf of Mexico assets from Devon Energy for 7 billion US dollars, as the US producer refocuses on onshore US fields. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33044918/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:09:36 -0500 Merco Press http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33044918/ LA PAZ (Reuters) - The Bolivian woman who inspired Mario Vargas Llosa's 1977 novel "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter," and married Peru's best-known writer when he was 19, has died at age 84.Ju... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33041250/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:57:37 -0500 West Australian http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33041250/ TWO Mexican women were the first to wed in Mexico City today after the sprawling capital became a pioneer in Latin America by legalising gay marriages. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33041301/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:16:21 -0500 The Daily Telegraph http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33041301/ UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Major General Luiz Guilherme Paul Cruz of Brazil as Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33038030/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:07:56 -0500 United Nations http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33038030/ Rio de Janeiro - At least seven people died Thursday during an anti-drug raid by Rio de Janeiro's police on Brazil's largest slum. According to Rio authorities, all those killed were criminals who wer... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33037181/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:45:11 -0500 Earth Times http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33037181/ As China's economy soared during the 1980's, its consumption of foreign oil rose as well, culminating in the country becoming a net importer of oil by 1993. Since this transition, China's real gross d... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33038149/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:19:38 -0500 Brazzil Magazine http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33038149/ As China's economy soared during the 1980's, its consumption of foreign oil rose as well, culminating in the country becoming a net importer of oil by 1993. Since this transition, China's real gross d... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33038029/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:13:18 -0500 Brazzil http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33038029/ Brazil announced today that its economy saw only a moderate decline amid the global recession in 2009, with a 0.2 percent decrease in annual real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and se... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33037304/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:00:52 -0500 Breitbart http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33037304/ oil rush with a $7bn (£4.65bn) deal that will boost the group's potential reserves by about 2bn barrels of oil.The deal, with Devon Energy of the US, will also create a joint venture to develop http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33034288/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:56:36 -0500 The Guardian http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33034288/ Rio de Janeiro - The Brazilian economy contracted for the first time in 17 years in 2009, falling by 0.2 per cent, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said Thursday. It was the ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33027650/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:05:46 -0500 Earth Times http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33027650/ For the first time in the history of the IRL, we are opening the racing season outside of the United States. Vitor is excited to be racing in his home country, and he assures me I will have a good tim... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33028604/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:56:39 -0500 USA Today http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33028604/ For the first time in the history of the IRL, we are opening the racing season outside of the United States. Vitor is excited to be racing in his home country, and he assures me I will have a good tim... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33028605/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:56:29 -0500 USA Today http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33028605/ (RTTNews) - Thursday, Brazil's statistical office IBGE announced that the retail sales rose 2.7% month-on-month in December, compared to the 0.7% fall in the previous month. Economists were looking ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33028087/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:15:16 -0500 Quote.com http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33028087/ (RTTNews) - Brazil's gross domestic product or GDP increased 4.3% on an annual basis in the fourth quarter, compared to the 1.2% drop in the previous quarter, the statistical office IBGE said on Thur... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33025563/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:30:11 -0500 Quote.com http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33025563/