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Brazilian Court Halts Return of Boy to U.S., Father Says
World  (tags: Brazil, parental kidnapping, Sean Goldman, David Goldman )

Kristi
- 8 days ago - cnn.com
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CNN) -- Brazil's high court has halted the return of a 9-year-old boy to the United States, his American father told CNN.
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Brazil Deforestation Drops to Lowest Level Since 1980s
World  (tags: world, News, Brazil, Environment, deforestation, Lowest )

On Vacati
- 42 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Some 7,008 square kilometres of trees were cut down in the year to July, 45.7 per cent down on the previous year's figure and a quarter of the 2004 level, according to government figures.
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The Kayapó Nation: Protectors of the Amazon (Video)
World  (tags: Brazil, Kayapó Nation, Human Rights, Amazon Rainforest, Sustainability, Conservation )

Ben
- 68 days ago - conservation.org
Because deforestation is one of the leading causes of climate change, not only does this loss threaten the survival of many indigenous communities such as the Kayapó, it impacts people the world over. Often called the "lungs of the earth"...
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24 Bodies, Tail Part Recovered in Air France Crash
World  (tags: Air France, crash, Brazil, death, news, world )

Teresa
- 200 days ago - google.com
RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Search crews have recovered 24 bodies of passengers on the Air France flight that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean eight days ago with 228 people on board, Brazil's military said Monday. They also recovered a large tail section
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List of Passengers Aboard Lost Air France Flight
World  (tags: Air France, Brazil, crash, passengers, death, humans, politics, world )

Teresa
- 205 days ago - google.com
A list of the named crew and passengers aboard Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris carrying 228 people: -Luiz Roberto Anastacio, 50; Brazilian; president for South America, Michelin
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Catholic Church Excommunicates Doctors Who Helped 9-Year-Old Rape Victim
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', catholic church, brazil, child safety, doctors, ethics, humans, society, religious intimidation )

Kit
- 295 days ago - alternet.org
This is probably the most repugnant thing you'll read in a while.
17 comments
The Locavore's Dilemma
World  (tags: locavore, food, agriculture, monsanto, farmland, china, brazil )

Marion
- 504 days ago - grist.org
China is buying farmland in Africa; Brazil is poised to become the world's food-export powerhouse; U.S.-based transnationals like Cargill and Monsanto are reaching their tentacles everywhere. In other words, food production is rapidly emerging as a key ge
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Worlds Last Uncontacted Tribe
World  (tags: Amazon, brazil, tribe, last, uncontacted )

Djole
- 573 days ago - fun-genius.com
A fly-over of a remote part of the Amazon rainforest spotted members of what is believed to be one of the world's last uncontacted tribes.
3 comments
The Amazonian Tribe That Hid From the Rest of the World - Until Now
World  (tags: brazil, amazon, indigenous peoples, first contact )


- 575 days ago - independent.co.uk
Taken from a plane that was flying low over the canopy of the Amazon rainforest, a remarkable photograph that is the first proof of the existence of one of the world's last uncontacted tribes could play a vital part in ensuring their survival.
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Removal of Illegal Invaders Suspended
World  (tags: brazil, indigenous rights, illegal settlers )


- 609 days ago - survival-international.org
Violence by farmers illegally occupying indigenous land in the Brazilian state of Roraima has led the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) to suspend a police operation to remove them. Take action!
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Brazil: Teen Confesses to 12 Killings
World  (tags: Brazil, Sao Paulo, teens, killings, rage, revenge, children, underage )

Kristmas
- 637 days ago - cnn.com
16-year-old boy has confessed to the slayings of 12 people over the past three months in southern Brazil. The teenager, whose identity was not revealed because he is a minor, told police he allegedly killed his victims in a fit or rage /revenge.
2 comments
Ranchers Threaten Enawene Nawe Indians
World  (tags: Indigenous rights, Brazil, Enawene )


- 638 days ago - survival-international.org
A group of armed men have walked into an Enawene Nawe fishing camp in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, and threatened the Indians with reprisals unless they leave. When the Indians asked who they were, two said they were policemen. The others identifie
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This One Is Worth a Thousand Words | Blogs | Reuters.Com
World  (tags: brazil, landless )


- 650 days ago - blogs.reuters.com
An indigenous woman holds her child while trying to resist the advance of Amazonas state policemen who were expelling the woman and some 200 other members of the Landless Movement from a privately-owned tract of land on the outskirts of Manaus, in the hea
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Brazil Landless Blockade Railway
World  (tags: Brazil, landless, protests )


- 654 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The demonstrators said they were protesting against a hydroelectric dam built by Vale and an energy company that had, they said, displaced more than 2,000 people...earlier this month, protesters invaded property to destroy genetically modified crops.
4 comments
Rare Albino Alligators Stolen in Brazil
World  (tags: Albino, Alligators, Brazil, South America, wildlife, suffering, protection, sadness, investigation, humans, endangered, cruelty, animals, animalrights )

Joe
- 717 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
"Seven rare albino alligators recently disappeared from a Brazilian university zoo, and authorities suspect animal smugglers stole them." (First sentence of article).
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