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Flamengo sack second coach this season...
Published:Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:53:03 -0700
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian champions Flamengo sacked Rogerio Lou renco, their second coach this year, on Friday after a disappointing four months on the international and domestic ......
CBF: Plans for new Sao Paulo stadium fo...
Published:Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:18:39 -0700
Rio de Janeiro - The city of Sao Paulo is to get a new stadium to host the opening game and other matches of the 2014 World Cup, the Brazilian football federation (CBF) said late ......
Flamengo fires coach Rodrigo Lourenco...
Published:Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:52:53 -0700
RIO DE JANEIRO: Flamengo has fired coach Rodrigo Lourenco following a lackluster draw against Atletico Mineiro that left Brazils most popular football team in 10th place in the na......
The chubby girl from Ipanema? Brazil pu...
Published:Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:04:14 -0700
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilians waistlines are bulging, belying the countrys image as a place of buff sun worshipers and lithe soccer players.......
How New Orleans is Cleaning Up Its Big ...
Published:Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:28:21 -0700
The Big Easy has come back, thanks to a better economy, returning tourists and a local resolve not to put up with corruption anymore......


Flamengo sack second coach this season
Published:Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:53:03 -0700  
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian champions Flamengo sacked Rogerio Lou renco, their second coach this year, on Friday after a disappointing four months on the international and domestic front....

CBF: Plans for new Sao Paulo stadium for World Cup
Published:Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:18:39 -0700  
Rio de Janeiro - The city of Sao Paulo is to get a new stadium to host the opening game and other matches of the 2014 World Cup, the Brazilian football federation (CBF) said late Friday....

Flamengo fires coach Rodrigo Lourenco
Published:Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:52:53 -0700  
RIO DE JANEIRO: Flamengo has fired coach Rodrigo Lourenco following a lackluster draw against Atletico Mineiro that left Brazils most popular football team in 10th place in the national championship....

The chubby girl from Ipanema? Brazil puts on weight
Published:Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:04:14 -0700  
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilians waistlines are bulging, belying the countrys image as a place of buff sun worshipers and lithe soccer players....

How New Orleans is Cleaning Up Its Big Sleazy Reputation
Published:Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:28:21 -0700  
The Big Easy has come back, thanks to a better economy, returning tourists and a local resolve not to put up with corruption anymore...

Twomey is top of the Irish in Rio
Published:Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:39:56 -0700  
Cork-born Billy Twomey racked up Irelands second third place at the Athina Onassis International Horse Show in Rio de Janeiro late on Friday night....

Brazils Vale to cut iron ore prices by 10 percent
Published:Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:29:47 -0700  
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Brazilian mining giant Vale, the worlds biggest iron ore producer, told AFP Friday it would cut its prices of the mineral by 10 percent in October....

Dutch judo champion Anton Geesink dies aged 76
Published:Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:08:37 -0700  
Anton Geesink, a member of the International Olympic Committee who won the first judo gold medal, has died after several weeks in the hospital. He was 76. The Netherlands Olympic Committee announced Geesinks death Saturday. He had been in the hospital with an unspecified illness in his hometown of Utrecht, Netherlands....

Novartis to build vaccine plant in Brazil
Published:Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:29:36 -0700  
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - The Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis plans to build Latin Americas first vaccine factory in Brazil with an investment of 300 to 500 million dollars, the financial daily Valor reported Thursday....