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NRA makes new reactor safety regimen official
The Nuclear Regulation Authority officially approves new safety requirements for reactors aimed at preventing disasters like the catastrophe at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
World Jun 20, 2013
Brazil protesters take to the streets
Thousands of demonstrators flooded a square in Brazil’s economic hub of Sao Paulo on Tuesday evening for the latest in a historic wave of protests against the shoddy state of public transit, schools and other public services in the booming South American giant. Sparked ...
Soccer Jun 16, 2013
Brazil out to prove Pele wrong in Japan match
With the words of Pele ringing in its ears that it is “not good enough” to win the tournament, Brazil opens the Confederations Cup on Saturday with an appetizing encounter in the capital against Asian champion Japan. With Italy and Mexico, which embarrassed the ...
Soccer Jun 11, 2013
Brazil earns rare victory over France
Oscar, Hernanes and Lucas scored second-half goals on Sunday as Brazil defeated France 3-0 in its final warmup before the Confederations Cup. Chelsea playmaker Oscar opened the scoring with a shot from close range in the 54th minute. Hernanes added to the lead with ...
Soccer Jun 4, 2013
Brazil draws with England
Paulinho equalized late on with a volley for Brazil to draw 2-2 with England on Sunday and prevent the 2014 World Cup hosts from losing their opening match at the revamped Maracana stadium. After Fred put Brazil ahead in the 57th minute in Rio ...
National May 31, 2013
Mozambique farmers seek halt to aid project
Farmers in Mozambique are calling on the governments of Japan, Brazil and Mozambique to halt a project aimed at supporting agricultural development there, saying it will result in land grabs. Members of the National Peasants Union, known as UNAC, which represents peasants across Mozambique, ...
World May 22, 2013
Death rate rises in Brazil-made cars
by Bradley Brooks
The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry’s biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil’s new middle class. The shiny new Fords, Fiats and Chevrolets tell the tale of an economy in full bloom ...
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Apr 2, 2013
A tale of two knives, a Kiwi legend, a gang and a girl
by Simon Scott
The story reads like a New Zealand news editor’s wish list: Celebrity, dangerous weapons, bizarre behavior, death threats, Brazilian street gangs and a mysterious love interest.
Environment Mar 30, 2013
Brazilian chief wields high-tech tools in battle to save tribe, forests
As a small boy in the early 1980s, Almir Surui hunted monkeys with a bow and arrow, wore a loincloth and struggled with Brazil’s official language, Portuguese. At 38, he is the techno-savvy, university-educated chief of the Paiter Surui, or “the real people,” of ...
Business Mar 28, 2013
BRICS take shot at shattering predominance of World Bank, IMF
The world’s major developing nations are laying plans to combine their economic clout in a challenge to the role that U.S.- and European-led institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund play in global economic affairs. Meeting this week in Durban, South ...
Business Mar 16, 2013
Nations' rapid growth signals global change
The developing world’s rapid growth has sharply cut extreme poverty, created a new middle class and put the economies of Brazil, China and India on a path to overtake the globe’s wealthiest nations, the U.N. said Thursday. Although developing nations are now driving economic ...
Baseball | World Baseball Classic Mar 7, 2013
Japanese roots spread wide at World Baseball Classic
by Kaz Nagatsuka
One of the beautiful things about sports is that there are always stories about the losers, not just the winners. China and Brazil have been eliminated from the World Baseball Classic, but there were some notable Japan-related players on those teams. Despite its winless ...
World Feb 11, 2013
Brazil dams Amazon to feed energy-hungry economy
When it is completed in 2015, the Jirau hydroelectric dam will span the Madeira River, feature more giant turbines than any other dam in the world and hold as much concrete as 47 towers the size of New York’s Empire State Building. And then ...