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UPDATE 2-Brazil mine bill proposes doubling top royalty to 4 pct
* Bill to require rights to be developed or lost * Introduces auction system for some mining prospects * Vale CEO says would have "major impact" on companies By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO, June 18 (Reuters) - Brazil, the world's second-largest producer of iron ore, unveiled a long-awaited bill to reform the country's 46-year-old mining code on Tuesday, proposing royalties of up to ...
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Mali Govt Tuareg Rebels Sign Accord
Mali's government has signed a deal with Tuareg rebels that will allow the army to return to a key rebel-held city ahead of next month's ...
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Congress Debates Limiting US Farmers Role in Food Aid
When starvation looms, speed is critical. But while the U.S. provides more emergency food aid than any other country, speed is not what it does best. Andrew Natsios witnessed this shortcoming firsthand during famine in Somalia in 1991. "I literally watched children die while we waited for food to arrive," he said at a congressional hearing last week. "It took two to three ...
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US Marks 10th Anniversary of Emergency AIDS Funding
Secretary of State John Kerry arrives to speak at the 10th anniversary celebration for the President's Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief, June 18, 2013, at the State Department in ...
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UN Presses Lebanon to Open Syrian Refugee Camps
BEIRUT -- The United Nations is pressing the Lebanese government to allow a dozen refugee camps help resettle up to a million Syrians. Despite a massive influx of Syrian refugees, Lebanon has been reluctant to establish camps for them. Many refugees live with relatives and friends while the majority rent lodging. About half are registered with the United Nations. "They are meant to be ...
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Piracy Victims Endure Harsher Treatment in East Africa
International Maritime Bureau (IMB), however, Somali pirates tend to mete out harsher treatment to their hostages. The report focuses on the human impact of piracy. According to the International Maritime Bureau’s data, the total number of seafarers attacked by pirates decreased significantly in 2012. But it says although the number of attacks decreased, there was a sharp rise in ...
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Islamist governor promises safety for Luxor tourists
By Asma Alsharif and Tom PerryCAIRO (Reuters) - Sixteen years ago, Adel Mohamed al-Khayat was a member of the militant group blamed for slaughtering 58 tourists in Egypt's Valley of the Queens; today he's promising to keep visitors safe.Khayat's appointment by President Mohamed Mursi as governor of the city of Luxor has triggered howls of protest, with demonstrators protesting for ...
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Lawsuit filed in Puerto Rico slaying of US banker
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; The widow of a banking executive slain in Puerto Rico has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the bank's CEO and other high-ranking ...
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Protests Explode Across Brazil
Brasilia, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) Protests in 20 Brazilian cities show a growing popular discomfort because of the continuous increase of prices, the high cost of living and the excessive public expense for the celebration of the Confederations Soccer Cup. The demonstrations were started on June 3 in Sao Paulo against the increase of the price of the transport tickets in buses, trains and subway, ...
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Angry At Brazils Government Protesters Take To The Streets
Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Just because a government is democratically elected does not mean it is immune to protest. We've been watching demonstrations and the government response in Turkey. And now the demonstrations we're about to hear about took place in Brazil. ...
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Biggest marches in 20 years sweep Brazil
As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption.Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday the massive protests that have swept the country in recent weeks represent legitimate calls for better public ...
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The Awful Truth About Brazils Protests The Country Of The Future Is Still Hostage To Its Past
clearly on the wane . And so is his native country of Brazil. Slower growth and high inflation, an appreciating dollar and a possible runaway credit boom facing the country's banking system have showed the world that, just as Batista, credit crazy Brazil is heading for trouble. Over the last ten years, the massive increase in credit in Brazil made room for a potential risk of credit crunch ...
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Police arrest senior drug trafficker in southwestern Colombia
CarlosJose Robayo Escobar alias';Guacamayo'; was captured in the townAlcala in the department of Valle del Cauca.The drug trafficker is also believed to be one of the ringleaders of neo-paramilitary group ...
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Former paramilitaries support peace talks with FARC
The billboard was put up alongside a road in the town of Itagui, where a number of former paramilitaries are imprisoned for crimes committed during their fight against the leftist rebels. For unknown reasons, the billboard, showing photos of ...
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GroOovematic French Jazz Trio Tours Argentina
GroOovematic plays at Notorious Jazz Club (Photo: Avery Kelly) GroOovematic is a dynamic jazz trio from France that combines modern influences from music genres like funk, electro, and hip-hop with traditional sounds to create their own eclectic style. The group is touring through Argentina this month to promote their first album, the self-titled compilation GroOovematic, to be released in ...
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Brazils poor rail against spending
>Editor's note: James Montague is the author of When Friday Comes: Football, War and Revolution in the Middle East (deCoubertin Books). He is in Brazil for the Confederations Cup. Follow him @JamesPiotrBelo Horizonte, Brazil (CNN) -- At 11 pm, the tired and the injured gathered in Belo Horizonte for one last expression of discontent. More than a thousand sat in Praca Sete de Setembro, a ...
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Brazil protesters have waited long enough | Conor Creighton
Link to video: Brazil protests: demonstrators sing national anthem For pedestrians So Paulo became a rare kind of paradise on Monday night. The protest being called the "free pass movement" meant for once in this car mad capital, the walkers had right of way.There were close to 80,000 of us on the streets of the city. I was there to report but also to protest. I'm about to ...
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Voices of Brazil protestors must be heard Rousseff
A student holds a sign reading "Don't shoot, listen!!!" during a protest in the gardens of the National Congress, on June 17, 2013 in Brasilia. Brazil's president said Tuesday that the voices of hundreds of thousands of protestors across the country, angered by the cost of hosting sporting events such as the World Cup, must be ...
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Venezuelas Maduro to meet Irans new president-elect Hassan Rowhani further strengthen ties
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro says he'll meet soon with Iran's President-elect Hassan Rowhani to further strengthen already close relations. Maduro announced plans for a meeting through Twitter on Tuesday, saying that he recently spoke with Rowhani and they agreed to meet. He did not offer details. Venezuela deepened trade with Iran under the ...
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Widespread protests in Brazil
A protester kicks a gas canister during a demonstration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 17, 2013. Thousands took to the streets in at least eight cities in Brazil, demonstrations that voiced the deep frustrations Brazilians feel about carrying heavy tax burdens but receiving woeful returns in public education, health, security and transportation. Officers in Rio fired tear gas and rubber ...
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Uzbekistan Win but Miss Automatic Spot for Brazil
(Reuters) - Uzbekistan rallied to beat Qatar 5-1 in Tashkent on Tuesday but came up two goals short of securing their first appearance in a World Cup after Iran's win in South Korea sent both those teams to Brazil. Uzbekistan were pushed into third place in Asian qualifying Group A, behind Iran and South Korea, and will have to rely on the playoff route to make it to next year's ...
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Deadly commuter train crash in Buenos Aires
A two-level commuter train slammed into another train that had stopped between stations in Buenos Aires killing at least three people and injuring more than 100. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ...
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Does the World Cup help Brazil
>Editor's note: James Montague is the author of When Friday Comes: Football, War and Revolution in the Middle East (deCoubertin Books). He is in Brazil for the Confederations Cup. Follow him @JamesPiotrBelo Horizonte, Brazil (CNN) -- At 11 pm, the tired and the injured gathered in Belo Horizonte for one last expression of discontent. More than a thousand sat in Praca Sete de Setembro, a ...
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Youths battle cops in Brazil unrest
Youths clashed with police in central Rio de Janeiro yesterday as more than 200,000 people marched in major Brazilian cities to protest against the billions of dollars spent on the Confederations Cup and higher public transport costs. The nationwide demonstrations, the most extensive since the unrest began 10 days ago, were relatively peaceful. However, acts of vandalism were reported in ...
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Iceland Says It Received Informal Snowden Asylum Inquiry
People carrying mobile phones walk past a banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former contractor at the National Security Agency (NSA), at Hong Kong's financial Central district, June 18, ...
Rio de Janeiro Digest
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Rio's uphill battle to host the Games
Rio de Janeiro has many aspects, it is the party capital of Brazil, the internationally recognized face of the country, the most visited city in Brazil, the crime capital of South America, a city with some of the highest drug use statistics and, more recently, the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Winning that particular war has not been easy.
Rio de Janeiro, this bustling city of 6 million people (14 million if one includes the greater metro area) is the second largest city in Brazil and is famous for its statue Christ the Redeemer, which sits atop Corcovado Mountain and has looked down upon the city for almost 100 years. It is also famous for the internationally known Carnivale, the city’s samba schools, the fabulous beaches that grace our shoreline and Sugarloaf Mountain with its ancient cable car. Read more
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