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Brazil leader urges freeze on Israeli settlements

AP News 8 hours ago

Brazil's leader urges freeze on Israeli settlements in east Jerusalem Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is joining his Palestinian counterpart in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians. Silva says that his country "understands ...

Brazil Palestine

AP News 9 hours ago

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, shakes hands with Palestine's President Mahmoud Abbas before dinner at the Ondina Palace in Salvador, Brazil Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. President Abbas is on three-day visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Copyright 2009 AP ...

Honduras Coup

AP News 20 hours ago

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs Craig Kelly, at podium, speaks next to US ambassador in Honduras Hugo Llorens, right, during a news conference in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Kelly met with ousted President Zelaya and de ...

Micheletti to briefly step down for Honduras polls

AFP Global Edition 22 hours ago

Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti said he planned to step down briefly over November 29 elections in an apparent bid to boost their international legitimacy. The de facto leadership hopes the polls will put an end to a deep crisis set ...

Micheletti to step down briefly for Honduras vote

AFP Global Edition 22 hours ago

Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti said Thursday that he planned to step down briefly during November 29 elections in an apparent bid to boost its international legitimacy. Micheletti hopes the polls will put an end to a political crisis set off ...

NJ dad to testify before human rights panel

AP News 23 hours ago

NJ dad trying to get son back from Brazil to testify before congressional human rights panel A New Jersey man who's been battling in Brazilian courts to get custody of his 9-year-old son is scheduled to testify before a congressional human rights ...

Zelaya to legally contest Honduras elections

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Thursday he would legally contest November 29 elections because they were taking place before Congress decides if he can briefly return to power. Zelaya also called for the polls to be postponed. The Honduran Congress announced ...

Abbas, Lula hold talks on Mideast

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday received Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas here Thursday for the first in a series of discussions on forging peace in the Middle East, the foreign ministry said Thursday. Abbas' travels here come as Brazil ...

WTO authorizes Brazil sanctions over U.S. cotton

Reuters US Online Report Politics News yesterday

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization authorized Brazil Thursday to impose trade sanctions on the United States over its support for cotton, as Brazil ratcheted up pressure on Washington over the illegal subsidies. But Brazil is not yet ready to levy ...

Life of Lula hits the screen in Brazilian biopic

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Audiences wept at the first screening of a movie charting the rise of Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from a childhood of poverty to a union leader on the verge of glittering political career. "Lula, Son of Brazil" will be ...

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