Brazil credit-card interest rate tops 300 percent
July 18th, 2012 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Brasilia, July 18 (IANS/EFE) Credit-card interest rates in Brazil climbed above 300 percent last month, a media report said.Brazilian rates are many times higher than those in other Latin American ... Read more...
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Ronaldinho loses Coke endorsement for drinking Pepsi
July 11th, 2012 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 11 (IANS) Former Brazilian star midfielder's decision to have a sip of Pepsi at a press conference cost him dearly as rivals Coke pulled the ... Read more...
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Brazilian journalist released in Libya
March 12th, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, March 12 (IANS/EFE) A Brazilian journalist held for more than a week by Libyan security forces has been freed, reported his employer, the daily O Estado de Sao ... Read more...
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Thieves steal original painting of Brazilian flag
August 18th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 18 (IANS/EFE) The original design painting of the Brazilian flag, a 19th century canvas by painter Decio Villares, was stolen from the church where it had been kept ... Read more...
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Our dream is priceless: Lucio
June 24th, 2010 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, June 23 (DPA) Brazil captain Lucio is refusing to disclose how much money players have been promised in case they win the World Cup.
"Our dream is priceless," he said Wednesday."The prize ... Read more...
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Paris Hilton’s controversial beer ad back on TV in Brazil
March 5th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 5 (ANI): The controversial beer advert of socialite Paris Hilton is back on the air after TV producers in Brazil edited out the steamy scene.The ad had sparked a ... Read more...
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Brazilian president rules out return to presidency in 2015
February 20th, 2010 - 2:56 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 19 (DPA) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emphatically ruled out the possibility of seeking a return to the presidency in 2015, as long as his favoured ... Read more...
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Nuclear weapons bring respectability, says Brazil’s vice president
September 26th, 2009 - 6:26 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Sep 26 (EFE) Brazil's Vice President Jose Alencar has said possession of nuclear weapons would enable his country to deter potential aggressors and give the South American nation greater "respectability" ... Read more...
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Air France flight AF447 passengers naked and mutilated
June 20th, 2009 - 3:32 am ICT by John Le Fevre
Brazilian medical examiners have told the French Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses, the French accident investigation board, that the bodies of Air France AF447 passengers were found naked and mutated.
Paul-Louis Arslanian, director ... Read more...
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Keep going, don’t be discouraged: Brazil president to Ronaldo
February 16th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by admin
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Brasilia, Feb 16 (DPA) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has encouraged star national striker Ronaldo to fight to return to top-level football when he recovers from a surgery to repair ... Read more...
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