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Refined sugar being repacked to be sold in retail to consumers
Consumption   Photos   Prices   Sugar   Wikipedia: Sugar		  The Times of India 
Sugar prices should remain at current level: Sunil Kakaria, Mawana Sugars
Thu 2 Dec 2010
Global sugar prices have spiralled to a near 29 yr high on supply from India & Brazil. ET Now talks to Sunil Kakaria, MD, Mawana Sugars to get a clearer picture of the industry. Excerpts: How do you... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Aereal view of an area deforestated by soybean farmers in Novo Progreso, Para, Brazil, in this September, 2004 file photo. Deforestation in the Amazon rain forest in 2004 was the second worst on record, figures released by the Brazilian government showed. Satellite photos and data showed that ranchers, soybean farmers and loggers burned and cut down a near-record area of 26,130 square kilometers (10,088 square miles) of rain forest in the 12 months ending in August 2004, the Brazilian Environmental Ministry said Wednesday.The destruction was nearly 6 percent higher than in the same period the year before, when 24,600 square kilometers (9,500 square miles) were des
Amazon   Brazil   Deforestation   Forest   Photos   Wikipedia: Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest		  The Daily Telegraph 
Amazon deforestation at record low level
Wed 1 Dec 2010
Deforestation in the Amazon has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded, the Brazilian government announced on Wednesday. A deforested area of the Jamanxim National Forest in Brazil Photo: AFP/GETTY... (photo: AP / Alberto Cesar-GREENPEACE/HO)
In this photo taken Sept. 15, 2009, a forest in the Amazon is seen being illegally burnt, near Novo Progresso, in the northern Brazilian state of Para.  The Star  Wed 1 Dec 2010
Brazil: Amazon deforestation lowest rate on record
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Deforestation in the Amazon forest fell to its lowest level on record, the Brazilian government said on Wednesday, marking what could be a watershed in the conservation of the... (photo: AP / Andre Penner)
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Qatar Airways Airbus A340-600  Gulf News  Wed 1 Dec 2010
Qatar Airways to fly non-stop flight Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires: Qatar Airways will soon operate a dedicated non-stop flight to Buenos Aires, its CEO Akbar Al Baker said at a press conference in the Argentine capital on Tuesday. Addressing regional... (photo: Creative Commons / Aero Icarus)
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Madeira River.The state has a territory covered mostly by jungle of the Amazon Rain forest, but about three-fifths of the state has been deforested since intensive settlement and logging began in the 1970s, escalating even to this day. A majority of its citizens now live in urban areas. The Guardian Wed 1 Dec 2010
Brazil's logging at lowest for decades
Deforestation hit peak in 2004 but has fallen thanks to government action and impact of global financial crisis A sawmill processes logs from the Amazon rainforest.... (photo: Creative Commons / Wilson Dias/ABr)
Amazon Forest   Brazil   Deforestation   Photos   Wikipedia: Amazon Rainforest
IPhone 4 back and sides Gulf News Wed 1 Dec 2010
Worldly Wise: iPhone void leaves Brazil begging
  It would be hard to find a country where Apple Inc. products are more coveted and more difficult to buy than Brazil. Brazil is the world's eighth-largest economy... (photo: Creative Commons / HereToHelp)
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Residents watch as police carries a raid against drug trafficking at the Mineira slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will launch on March 7 a program aimed to improve living conditions in the so-called 'favelas', or metropolitan slum areas. The government hopes that the injection of capital will weaken drug traffickers, who in some cases are the biggest employers in the ' CNN Tue 30 Nov 2010
Troops to occupy Brazilian slum through October
(CNN) -- The military operation to clear a Rio de Janeiro slum of drug traffickers will effectively turn into an occupation of the area at least through October of next... (photo: AP / Silvia Izquierdo)
Drug   Military   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Crime in Brazil
Police stand guard at the Intercontinental hotel after it was invaded by gunmen who took hostages in the Sao Conrado neighborhood near the Rocinha Slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday Aug. 21, 2010. National Post Tue 30 Nov 2010
Police search sewers for Rio's drug gangs
By Hector Velasco, Agence France-Presse November 30, 2010 8:03 AM --> One-third of Rio's six million people live in slums perched on hillsides. A weekend police raid... (photo: AP / /Felipe Dana)
Drug   Gangs   Photos   Police   Wikipedia: Crime in Brazil
Qatar Airways TravelDailyNews Tue 30 Nov 2010
Qatar Airways expands operations in France
Qatar Airways, the national airline of the State of Qatar, marked a decade of flying to France’s capital city, Paris from its hub in Doha. The route to Charles De... (photo: Public Domain / (Magnus Manske))
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Police patrol the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday Nov. 29, 2010. Authorities seized control of what was long the most dangerous slum in the city that will host the 2016 Olympics, as operations continued Monday to locate drug gang members. BBC News Tue 30 Nov 2010
Brazil's Lula hails Rio police operation
Continue reading the main story Related stories Brazil forces take over Rio slum In pictures: Brazil forces enter Rio slum Rio drug traffickers surrounded Brazilian... (photo: AP / Andre Penner)
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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - In a makeshift clinic Lt. Mike Pivato, of Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., works with a Haitian interpreter to understand the nature of a young boys injuries Jan. 17, 2010. Coast Guard members, medical volunteers, and military members from several countries spent the day administering first aid to Haitians who suffered injuries as result of 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the island Jan. 12, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith (753933) ( Haitian relief operations ) Haiti Violence Hampering Cholera Response Scoop
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