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Guyana plans pork feast to fight swine flu scare
Fri 26 Jun 2009
| (AP) - GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Members of Guyana's Cabinet are attending a feast Friday night to show it's safe to eat pork despite the global swine flu outbreak. | The event at a Chinese restaurant wa... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
A boat is dwarfed by the Petrobras "Plataforma 36" as it maneuvers around it in the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, November 19, 1999. Acording to the government-owned oil company, the oil platform, formerly the "Spirit of Columbus" platform, is the largest in the world and was brought to Brazil on the "mighty servant I" ship in the biggest "dry tow" operation ever perfomed in the oil industry. The platform will operate in the Campos Basin, an oil field about 100 miles from the coastline of the state of Rio.(AP Photo/Douglas Engle)hg3  Papua New Guinea Post  Tue 25 Aug 2009
Brazil gushes oil

| RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil, long proud of its push to develop renewable energy and wean itself off oil, has a bad case of fossil-fuel fever. | An enormous offshore field in territorial waters - the bigg... (photo: AP / Douglas Engle)
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Men work at the P-51 drilling platform owned by Petrobras, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A, in Angra dos Reis, Brazil, Thursday, Aug 21, 2008.  The Star  Mon 24 Aug 2009
Alternative energy powerhouse Brazil finds big oil

| RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil, long proud of its push to develop renewable energy and wean itself off oil, has a bad case of fossil-fuel fever. | An enormous offshore field in territorial waters - the bigg... (photo: AP / Ricardo Moraes)
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Offshore Oil Rig Syracuse Sun 23 Aug 2009
Alternative energy powerhouse Brazil finds big oil
| (AP) - RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil, long proud of its push to develop renewable energy and wean itself off oil, has a bad case of fossil-fuel fever. | An enormous offshore ... (photo: Creative Commons / Lance and Erin)
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People participate in the Rio Oil and Gas Expo and Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, Sept 11, 2006. Brazil is aggressively expanding its sugarcane plantations and expects to more than double its annual exports of alcohol fuel, or ethanol, by 2010, Mines and Energy Minister Silas Rondeau said Monda Seattle Times Sun 23 Aug 2009
Alternative energy powerhouse Brazil finds big oil

RIO DE JANEIRO - | Brazil, long proud of its push to develop renewable energy and wean itself off oil, has a bad case of fossil-fuel fever. | An enormous offshore field i... (photo: AP / Andre Luiz Mello)
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A farmer The New York Times Sat 22 Aug 2009
In Brazil, Paying Farmers to Let the Trees Stand
| QUERENCIA, Brazil - José Marcolini, a farmer here, has a permit from the Brazilian government to raze 12,500 acres of rain forest this year to create highly profitable ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Farmer   Forest   Government   Photos   Trees  
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the 98th Session of the International Labour Organizations, ILO, Monday June 15, 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland. The News & Observer Fri 21 Aug 2009
Brazil's Silva urges Obama to explain bases plan

| RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's leader is urging President Barack Obama to meet with South American nations and discuss the growing U.S. military presence in Colombia. | Pre... (photo: AP / Keystone, Sandro Campardo)
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The Governor of Minnesota (USA), Mr. Pawlenty calls on the Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Shri Kamal Nath, in New Delhi on October 22, 2007. - hires-am1 Star Tribune Fri 21 Aug 2009
Minn.'s Pawlenty planning trade mission to Brazil
| ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is planning a trade mission to Brazil, looking south to the state's 15th largest export market. | The Republican governor ... (photo: PIB)
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President Barack Obama listens to a reporter's question during his joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not shown, Friday, April 3, 2009, at city hall in Baden-Baden, Germany. The Examiner Fri 21 Aug 2009
Palin questions Obama sending $2 billion to Brazil

| Get alerts when there is a new article from the Watchdog Politics Examiner. Read Examiner.com's | While it does not seem to bother the Democrats in Congress that Obama ... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
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People participate in the Rio Oil and Gas Expo and Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, Sept 11, 2006. Brazil is aggressively expanding its sugarcane plantations and expects to more than double its annual exports of alcohol fuel, or ethanol, by 2010, Mines and Energy Minister Silas Rondeau said Monda Alternative energy powerhouse Brazil finds big oil Seattle Times
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