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RELIGION-BRAZIL: A New Saint to Help Stem the Loss of Adherents
"We have to say no to the media that ridicule the sanctity of marriage and virginity before marriage," Pope Benedict XVI said Friday as he canonised Friar Antonio de Sant'Anna Galvão, Brazil's first native-born saint, at an open-air mass attended by a huge crowd in this southern Brazilian city.RELIGION-BRAZIL: A New Saint to Help Stem the Loss of Adherents
"We have to say no to the media that ridicule the sanctity of marriage and virginity before marriage," Pope Benedict XVI said Friday as he canonised Friar Antonio de Sant'Anna Galvão, Brazil's first native-born saint, at an open-air mass attended by a huge crowd in this southern Brazilian city.RELIGION-BRAZIL: Growth of Evangelical Churches Fueled by ‘Personal Touch’
The Assembly of God Family Church is crowded with worshippers. In the dying gloom of the surrounding "favela" (shantytown), this church is a "bright and saving light," says a devotee who is asking that her spirit be freed from the daily problems that plague her.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-BRAZIL: Using Nuclear Power for Self- Sufficiency in Energy
Brazil is getting ready to produce enough enriched uranium to generate all the energy it needs.BRAZIL: Using Nuclear Power for Self-Sufficiency in Energy
Brazil is getting ready to produce enough enriched uranium to generate all the energy it needs.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-BRAZIL: New Law Still on Government Rollercoaster
Heated protests led the Brazilian government to partially back down from its plans to waive enforcement of a new environment law for up to 10 years.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: New Law Still on Gov’t Rollercoaster
Heated protests led the Brazilian government to partially back down from its plans to waive enforcement of a new environment law for up to 10 years.POLITICS-BRAZIL: Football an Election Challenge for President
Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso is keeping a low profile while the nation's soccer team is battling for World Cup glory in France.CULTURE-BRAZIL: Great Thieves of History Do the Samba
It soon will be carnival time in Rio and, this year, the great thieves of history will be parading through the Sambodrome of this city in what promises to be one of the most controversial themes of the big event.CULTURE-BRAZIL: Great Thieves of History Do the Samba
It soon will be carnival time in Rio and, this year, the great thieves of history will be parading through the Sambodrome of this city in what promises to be one of the most controversial themes of the big event.DEVELOPMENT-BRAZIL: Gilberto Gil, Somewhere Between Art and Science
An artist is someone who writes a chapter of their time, and songwriter/singer Gilberto Gil has done his bit in Brazil - starting in 1967 with a campaign against the military dictatorship.CULTURE-BRAZIL: Gilberto Gil, Somewhere Between Art and Science
An artist is someone who writes a chapter of their time, and songwriter/singer Gilberto Gil has done his bit in Brazil - starting in 1967 with a campaign against the military dictatorship.HEALTH: Soaps Boost Brazilian Campaign for Natural Childbirth
TV viewers of a Brazilian soap opera recently watched with fascination as one of the star's of the show calmly gave birth to a child without any of the usual scenes of hysteria and desperation, so common on the small screen.BRAZIL: Unification Church promotes “Spiritual Globalization”
The Unification Church of South Korea's Rev. Sun Myung Moon is active in the Pantanal region, considered one of Brazil's ecological paradises, laying the groundwork for a project to recreate the Garden of Eden, following an economic model of globalization they believe was created by God.RELIGION: Unification Church promotes “Spiritual Globalization”
The Unification Church of South Korea's Rev. Sun Myung Moon is active in the Pantanal region, considered one of Brazil's ecological paradises, laying the groundwork for a project to recreate the Garden of Eden, following an economic model of globalization they believe was created by God.ENVIRONMENT: Forest School Provides New Form of Education
A unique school deep in the Amazonian region of Brazil is training a new generation of environmental activists in the use of modern information technology.BRAZIL-RIGHTS: Tracking Down Nazi Wealth
More than 50 years after the end of World War II, the Brazilian government has established a commission to probe the fortunes brought here by former Nazis who fled Germany with the destruction of Hitler's Reich.BRAZIL: Predators Become Saviours Of The Sea Turtle
A government project has dramatically boosted the survival chances of sea turtles in north eastern Brazil -- by turning their former predators into their new guardians.BRAZIL: Predators Become Saviours Of The Sea Turtle
A government project has dramatically boosted the survival chances of sea turtles in north eastern Brazil -- by turning their former predators into their new guardians.SCIENCE-BRAZIL: Cows Next for Cloning?
Scottish embyrologists startled the world when they produced Dolly, the clone of a sheep, and U.S. scientists followed this by cloning monkeys. Now the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences in the University of Sao Paulo are working intensively on cloning a cow.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL Alarm Over Forestry Plans
A government project involving the possible granting of concessions in the forest preserves of Brazil has needlessly alarmed ecologists, according to the Environment Ministry.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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