Brazilian court suspends massive Amazon dam construction
August 15th, 2012 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15 (IANS) A Brazilian court has ordered to suspend the construction of the world's third largest dam until affected indigenous communities get a hearing in Congress.The ... Read more...
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Unidentified metal from space startles Brazilians
February 25th, 2012 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Feb 25 (IANS/EFE) An unidentified metal object that may have come from a spacecraft caused a huge commotion when it fell to the Earth in a small town ... Read more...
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From Brazil to Kerala: Hamza waters run deep below Amazon
August 31st, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The 6,000-km Hamza river flows under the Amazon, an India connect to the world's longest river. And Valiya Mannathal Hamza, the Brazil-based scientist from Kerala ... Read more...
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Underground river named after Indian-origin scientist
August 26th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Brasilia, Aug 26 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian scientists has discovered the existence of an underground river some 6,000 km long running beneath the Amazon River. The river has been named after an ... Read more...
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44 dead in Brazil’s worst floods in decades
May 10th, 2009 - 7:43 am ICT by IANS
Brasilia, May 10 (EFE) Forty-four people have died in Brazil's worst floods in more than four decades that also left thousands more homeless, officials said.
Floods and mudslides caused by the heavy rains ... Read more...
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14 dead, over 70,000 affected in Brazil floods
May 5th, 2009 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, May 5 (RIA Novosti) At least 14 people have died and more than 70,000 affected in flash floods in northern Brazil, officials said Tuesday.
The government has announced a state ... Read more...
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Brazil’s forest loss now linked to world food prices
May 14th, 2008 - 9:32 am ICT by admin
By Emilio Rappold
Rio de Janeiro, May 14 (DPA) Brazil will have little to boast of at the upcoming biodiversity conference in Bonn. It has just released alarming figures highlighting the continuing destruction ... Read more...
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India, Brazil share many things, including cows: President Patil
April 14th, 2008 - 11:13 am ICT by admin
By Liz Mathew
Sao Paulo, April 14 (IANS) India and Brazil have many things in common, including folk traditions, intellectual traditions and most importantly cows, President Pratibha Patil said on her arrival here ... Read more...
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President Pratibha Patil recalls common bond between India, Brazil
April 14th, 2008 - 10:59 am ICT by admin
Sao Paulo, Apr 14 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil, on a state visit to Brazil, has said that India and Brazil were large democracies and had common historical bond in the form ... Read more...
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At least 10 dead in Amazon river shipwreck
February 22nd, 2008 - 2:29 pm ICT by admin
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Rio de Janeiro, Feb 22 (DPA) At least 10 people died and 10 were missing after a ship carrying more than 100 people capsized in the Amazon river in northern Brazil, the ... Read more...
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