Sao Paulo set for opener as Brazil gets first IRL race
CBS Sports - Wed Nov 25, 10:23 pm ETThe Indy Racing League will open its 2010 season on the streets of Sao Paulo, the first time the IndyCar series has held a race in Brazil.
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Experts: U.S., China Emissions Reduction Target Not Enoug
Fox News - 8 minutes agoEven after the U.S. and China set targets this week for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world's combined pledges ahead of next month's climate summit fall far short of what experts say is needed to avert dangerous global warming.
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Talks continue to revive Sand Springs steel plant
Tulsa World - 19 minutes agoState and Sand Springs officials confirmed a report by Bloomberg News Friday that Gerdau Ameristeel is considering restarting the steel mill it idled Oct. 18.
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Time To Prepare for the Next Bubble?
WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance - 20 minutes agoAs low interest rates around the world help create potential bubbles in everything from stock markets in Brazil and China to pockets of real estate in Asia and Australia, it may be time to prepare for the worst.
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Jobs, economics complicate Brazil's Amazon fight
AP via Yahoo! News - 23 minutes agoDrawing his .40-caliber pistol, Severiano Pontes dashes across the steaming, muddy jungle floor, a hunch telling him what he would find around a bend.
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Honduran favorite aims for Brazil's support
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 32 minutes agoThe favorite in Honduras' weekend presidential election said on Friday he will try to persuade the world and especially Brazil to recognize him if he wins to end Central America's worst political crisis in decades.
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Hopes rise for climate talks as rich countries ante up
AFP via Yahoo! News - 36 minutes agoHopes suddenly rose Friday that a new global climate pact was within reach after rich nations attending a Commonwealth summit here offered to pay poorer countries to help seal the deal.
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Update: Machida Gets Hand Surgery, No Sparring Until Jan.
Sherdog - 47 minutes agoUFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida has returned to training, but won’t be back up to full speed until January, the Brazilian fighter announced on his Twitter account on Wednesday.
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Costa Rica: Honduras vote must be backed if fair
AP via Yahoo! News - 55 minutes agoCosta Rica promised Friday to restore ties with Honduras if its presidential elections are clean, joining other nations in rejecting ousted President Manuel Zelaya's insistence that recognizing the vote would legitimize a June coup.
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WTO looks to boost trade, end global recession
Asbury Park Press - 1 hour 6 minutes agoGENEVA — The United States, China and other commercial powers will spearhead a new attempt next week to find ways to revive world trade and drag the global economy out of recession.
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THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
UN Observer - 1 hour 8 minutes agoVIP Visits • The UN Secretary-General: Trinidad and Tobago (till 29 November).
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Sounds of Contentment (Words Are Optional)
New York Times - 1 hour 12 minutes agoThe singer Bebel Gilberto and her band merged the delicacy of bossa nova with the throbs of club music at Hiro Ballroom on Wednesday.
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Emerging-Market Stocks, Currencies Drop on Dubai Debt Concern
Bloomberg - 1 hour 12 minutes agoNov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Developing-nations stocks dropped for a second day and currencies weakened as Dubai’s attempt to reschedule its debt drove investors away from higher-yielding assets and commodities retreated.
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Obama Backing of Honduras Election Crimps Latin Ties (Update2)
Bloomberg - 1 hour 14 minutes agoNov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s backing of an election in Honduras widely seen by Latin American allies as illegitimate leaves the U.S. isolated regionally and has increased tensions with Brazil.
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More shops on horizon?
Santa Barbara Daily Sound - 1 hour 15 minutes agoEven if holiday sales are low again this year, South Coast commercial real estate trends point to more new businesses leasing space in anticipation of a rebound soon.
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NJ man one of 2 men deported following bird fighting ring charges
Daily Record - 1 hour 18 minutes agoDERBY, Conn. (AP) — Immigration officials have deported two of 19 people who were arrested when police busted up an alleged bird-fighting operation in Connecticut.
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Iran's Ahmadinejad meets with Brazil's President Lula
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Major drought in Brazil worsens
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Hospital ship plugs health gap in Brazil's Amazon
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Brazil: The Violence Against Women Debate
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Brazil: The loss of a pioneer digital activist
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Brazil: Do banks have metal or melanin detector doors?
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