Al-Khateeb: Rate of Foreign tourists coming for recreational purposes soars 600% in 5 years    Saudi Arabia participates in OIC anti-corruption agencies' meeting in Qatar    Saudi Arabia implements over 800 reforms to drive rapid transformation    Al-Jadaan: Painful decisions were part of the reforms, but economy overcame them    Al-Swaha: Saudi Arabia is heading towards exporting technology in the next phase    Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire appears to hold as Lebanese begin streaming back to their homes    Al Rajhi: Saudi Arabia sets revised unemployment target of 5% by 2030 "300,000 citizens employed in qualitative professions"    Imran Khan supporters call off protest after crackdown    Five survivors found day after Red Sea tourist boat sinking    Russia launched a record number of almost 200 drones toward Ukraine    Al Hilal advances to AFC Champions League knockout stage despite 1-1 draw with Al Sadd    Saudi Arabia unveils updates on Expo 2030 Riyadh master plan at 175th BIE General Assembly Riyadh Expo Development Company established to oversee strategic planning, operations, and legacy development    Saudi FM attends Quadripartite meeting on Sudan in Italy    Best-selling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies    Cristiano Ronaldo's double powers Al Nassr to 3-1 win over Al Gharafa in AFC Champions League    Al Ahli edges Al Ain 2-1, bolsters perfect start in AFC Champions League Elite    Most decorated Australian Olympian McKeon retires    Adele doesn't know when she'll perform again after tearful Vegas goodbye    'Pregnant' for 15 months: Inside the 'miracle' pregnancy scam    Do cigarettes belong in a museum?    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

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Brazil: 33 dead in truck-bus crash
Brazilian authorities said a tractor-trailor has slammed into a bus carrying sugarcane cutters, killing at least 33 people and injuring 13 others, according to AP. A police spokesman said the truck driver lost control as he was rounding a corner (...)

03 - 12 - 2011
Brazil Investigates Oil Spill
AlHijjah 16, 1432, Nov 12, 2011, SPA -- Brazil's President has ordered a full investigation into an oil spill near an offshore field operated by oil giant Chevron Corp. Dilma Rousseff says in a statement that she wants a "rigorous investigation" to (...)

12 - 11 - 2011
Brazil's ex-president Lula diagnosed with throat cancer
AlHijjah 2, 1432, Oct 29, 2011, SPA -- Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has throat cancer and is expected to begin chemotherapy in the coming days, dpa cited a statement Saturday from the Sirio-LibanesHospital in Sao Paulo as (...)

29 - 10 - 2011
Google to include Amazon forest on Street View
Google says it will soon make available images of the Amazon rain forest on its Street View mapping service, according to AP. Spokesman Fabio Sabba says Google began taking photographs of Amazon rivers and trails in a partnership with a local (...)

22 - 08 - 2011
Ex-Brazilian football star Socrates hospitalized
Albert Einstein Hospital officials say former Brazil captain Socrates is in a stable condition in intensive care after being treated for a stomach hemorrhage, according to AP. The Sao Paulo hospital said in a statement on Saturday that Socrates was (...)

21 - 08 - 2011
World's oldest woman dies in Brazil at age 114
A Brazilian woman listed by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person has died _ just weeks shy of her 115th birthday, AP reported. Maria Gomes Valentim died Tuesday morning in the southeastern city of Carangola. Helerson Lima of the (...)

21 - 06 - 2011
IMF cuts U.S. growth forecast, warns of crisis
The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for U.S. economic growth on Friday and warned Washington and debt-ridden European countries that they are "playing with fire" unless they take immediate steps to reduce their budget deficits, (...)

17 - 06 - 2011
Honda lays off 400 at Brazilian plant for lack of parts
Japanese motor company Honda dismissed 400 of a total of 3,487 employees at its plant in Sumare, in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, for lack of parts imported from Japan, dpa reported. The supply of imported parts to make the models Fit, City (...)

19 - 05 - 2011
Gunmen kill environmental activist in Brazil
Awwal 19, 1432 H/April 23, 2011, SPA -- Police in Brazil say gunmen have killed an environmental activist, his brother and three friends, according to AP. The bodies of Jorge Grando, the former head of the environmental protection agency for the (...)

23 - 04 - 2011
Brazil to seek private sector funds for airports
Akhir 12, 1432 H/March 17, 2011, SPA -- Upgrades to Brazil's airports will be opened up to private investment to ensure they are completed in time for the 2014 World Cup, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said in an interview published Thursday, (...)

17 - 03 - 2011
Brazilian court blocks controversial hydro-power dam project
Awwal 23, 1432 H/Feb 26, 2011, SPA -- A Brazilian federal court late Friday ruled to suspend planned construction of a huge hydro-electric dam in the Amazon rainforest region, citing environmental concerns. The court in its ruling said the (...)

26 - 02 - 2011
Silver Lake plans to invest $1 billion in Brazil
Awwal 14, 1432 H/Feb 17, 2011, SPA -- U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake says it plans to invest $1 billion in Brazil in the next five years, buying and investing in local technology companies, according to AP. Co-founder David Roux tells (...)

17 - 02 - 2011
Ronaldo retires from soccer
Awwal 11, 1432 H/Feb 14, 2011, SPA -- Ronaldo, whose 15 World Cup goals for Brazil represent the all-time record, said Monday he was retiring from soccer, according to UPI. Ronaldo, 34, helped Brazil to World Cup titles in 1994 and 2002. He scored (...)

14 - 02 - 2011
eavy floods leave at least 35 dead in Brazil
Brazilian authorities said four members of a family have died in a mudslide in Sao Paulo state, bringing the death toll from heavy flooding to at least 35 people. More than 30,000 people across the country have been forced out of their homes, (...)

06 - 01 - 2011
Lula's legacy, leaving behind a transformed Brazil
Plopping her swollen ankles upon a purple couch, 72-year-old Dilma de Lima exults in the new government-built apartment she now calls home after a lifetime of misery in Brazil's slums, according to AP. «Life has never been better,» Lima says (...)

27 - 12 - 2010
Brazil's unemployment hits record low
Brazil's unemployment has hit a record low for the fourth straight month. The government's IBGE statistics bureau said that November unemployment dipped to 5.7 percent, the lowest since officials began using the current methodology in 2002, (...)

17 - 12 - 2010
Brazil candidate Silva to remain neutral in runoff
Qa'dah 09, 1431 H/Oct 17, 2010, SPA -- Brazil's Green Party's presidential candidate, Marina Silva, who was knocked out of the race in the first round despite a strong showing, said she would remain neutral in the runoff vote. Silva said at a party (...)

17 - 10 - 2010
Brazil's Petrobras launches biggest share sale in history
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is set to launch the world's biggest market capitalization, with a planned sale of new shares worth almost 120.3 billion reais (70 billion dollars), according to dpa. The state-run company set a price of 26.30 reais (...)

24 - 09 - 2010
Brazil Indians free workers at hydroelectric site
Protesters on Monday released workers from the construction site of an Amazon hydroelectric plant that Indians say is being built on an ancient burial ground. The Indians initially freed about 100 rank-and-file workers and later the last five (...)

26 - 07 - 2010
Now it's Brazil's turn to get ready for the WCup
South Africa did its job to successfully host the World Cup. Now the focus _ and the pressure _ is on Brazil. The 2010 World Cup went off without any major problems despite fears that South Africa would not be able to cope. Now Brazil will have to (...)

14 - 07 - 2010
Brazil police clear Air France jet after bomb scare
Brazilian police said on Sunday they had found no explosive devices aboard an Air France plane that was forced to divert to the northeastern city of Recife after a bomb scare, according to Reuters. Air France flight 443, en route to Paris from Rio (...)

11 - 07 - 2010
Study: 2014 W. Cup gives Brazil $79 billion boost
A study said that the next World Cup in 2014 will inject nearly $80 billion dollars into host Brazil's economy, according to AP. The joint study by the Getulio Vargas Foundation think tank and accounting giant Ernst & Young says that between 2010 (...)

24 - 06 - 2010
Huge Brazil collection of snakes, spiders burned
Officials say fire has destroyed what may be the world's largest scientific collection of dead snakes, spiders and scorpions. Members of the Instituto Butantan say the collection of nearly 80,000 specimens was the main source for research on (...)

16 - 05 - 2010
Toyota agrees to Brazil Corolla recall -newspapers
Toyota Motor Corp has agreed to recall a yet-undetermined number of vehicles sold in Brazil since 2008 due to floor mat problems, the latest in a string of safety problems the Japanese automaker faces globally, local newspapers reported on Saturday, (...)

24 - 04 - 2010
Ruling stalls Amazon dam, but construction likely
As environmentalists cheer a judge's roadblock to a huge Amazon dam, its supporters, including Brazil's president, insist the hydroelectric project is needed and will be built, according to AP. Foes of the dam, who were joined this week by «Avatar» (...)

16 - 04 - 2010
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