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Rio de Janeiro

Type: City

Name: Rio de Janeiro

Country: Brazil

Latitude: -22.91

Longitude: -43.200001

population: 6,023,742

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Energy)

Petroleo Brasileiro S/A - Petrobras

Brazils ANP Gears Up for Subsalt Oil Drilling in Dec.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones), Nov. 19, 2009Brazil's oil regulator, the National Petroleum Agency, or ANP, said it will start drilling in a promising offshore oil patch in the first week of December, the Estado news agency reported Thursday.According to ... [Rigzone - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Petroleo Brasileiro S/A - Petrobras, Lima (Peru), Oil Drilling

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 Documents

Jumeirah targets Brazil hotels

Dubai's Jumeirah Group plans to open its first hotels in Brazil as rising incomes in Latin America’s largest economy and the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic games generate demand, according to a report.'The time is right now for us to be entering the ... [Property Week - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Brazil, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Study: Brazilian GDP less dependent on most developed region

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The contribution of Brazil's southeastern developed region to the country's GDP fell sharply, reflecting the growth of other regions in development, according to the announcement of the Brazilian Institute of Geography ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Brazil, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Fluminense reach South American Cup final

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Fluminense sailed into the South American Cup final Wednesday by scoring twice in injury time to beat Paraguay's Cerro Porteno 2-1 and advanced on an aggregate score of 3-1.Midfielder Luis Caceres opened the scoring ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Rio de Janeiro, Cerro Porteño, Paraguay

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Brazil registers fewer returned checks thanks to improved credits, more jobs

RIO DE JANEIRO: Due to lowered interest rates and more formal jobs, Brazil has seen the rate of returned checks drop to a 13-month low in October, the country's private financial data analysis firm said Wednesday.Serasa said in its report that 1.92 percent ... [CHINAdaily - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Energy)

BG Group plc

Record output recorded in offshore Brazil

CommentBRASILIA, Brazil, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Performance of test wells in the offshore Tupi area in the Santos Basin of Brazil were the highest achieved so far, said project operators.BG Group and its partners at Brazil's Petrobras, the operator, and Portugal's ... [UPI - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Brazil, Santos Basin, BG Group plc

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Global airline capacity up by three per cent in November 2009: OAG report

Global airline capacity for November 2009 shows positive growth compared to November 2008, according to OAG, one of the worldâ€™s leading aviation data business with its monthly report on trends in the supply of airline flights and seats. The worldâ€™s ... [TravelBizMonitor.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Kiev, Rio de Janeiro

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Brazil seeks mediation role as Ahmadinejad visits

* Brazil aims to facilitate U.S.-Iran talks* Sees growing role for its diplomacy in Middle East* Concern that Brazil should take tougher stanceRIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Brazil aims to burnish its growing diplomatic stature by pushing Middle East ... [Reuters UK - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Brazil, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Iran, Venezuela

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

OECD: Brazil's fiscal deficit to reach worrying levels in 2010

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said Thursday that the tax cuts determined by the Brazilian government to handle the international financial crisis effects caused a higher fiscal deficit ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/19/2009]

Entities: OECD, Brazil, Chile, Mexico

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Gaming)

Latest installment in popular Call of Duty series improves on already high quality franchise

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Developed by Infinity Ward Microsoft Windows, Play Station 3, XBox 360Attention to detail, such as the distinct Rio de Janeiro landscape shown above, is one of the many facets of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that pushes ... [Case Western Reserve University Observer - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Call Of Duty, Modern Warfare 2, Infinity Ward, Rio de Janeiro, Makarov (Russia)

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

What unusual delicacy can be found in Cambodia?

Deep fried tarantula, anyone? It has eight legs, a whole heap of eyes and it has been a constant source of torment for arachnophobia suffers worldwide. You guessed right It's spiders.I'm not talking about innocuous daddy-long legs, these spiders are ... [e-Travel Blackboard - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Cambodia, Brazil, Khmer Rouge

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Lights out in Brazil

Around 10:00pm on Tuesday night, a tremendous black out hit Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and nearby Paraguay. The blackout was said to have been caused by an intense storm in the area, where high winds and lightning collapsed three high powered lines. This ... [World Market Media - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Brazil, Hydroelectricity, Paraguay, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro

Quotes

...'(Living together in the U S ) that's not definitive,' he said. "We can live here (in Brazil) and there. All I know is that I want to be with her. We'll see how the logistics work out." Glover, 63, and 43-year-old Cavalleiro met in 2003 when he attended the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil

DANNY GLOVER TO PUT A RING ON IT: Actor set to marry his longtime Brazilian girlfriend before yea ... [EURweb - 9 hours ago]

...who describes the town as 'the most critical point' along the border, said the profits involved in drug and gun trafficking were simply too great. "Here an AR-15 assault rifles costs between $3,000 and $5,000 (£3,000). A light assault rifle costs $5,000. A Glock costs $1,500." In Rio de Janeiro, police say such weapons can fetch upup to 10 times those values. 'Here you pay $3-3,500 per kg [of cocaine],' added Baez...

Candido Figueredo risks his life exposing traffickers on Paraguay's lawless border [Guardian.co.uk - 11/18/2009]

...a strong recovery, led by domestic demand,'' Pedro A B Bastos, chief executive officer of HSBC Global Asset Management in Brazil, said by e-mail. "With the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, interest in investment into Brazil has grown significantly."

Brazil investments drive Asia's best returns [The Age - 11/18/2009]

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Blogs

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Brazil: Do banks have metal or melanin detector... [Global Voices Online - 11/19/2009] On the eve of Brazil's Black Pride Day – celebrated on November 20th, when the country renews its ongoing fight against discrimination – the Circo Voador Audiovisual ...
Foursquare launches in 50 More Cities [The Next Web - 11/19/2009] Good news for those of you desperate to play Foursquare, the hugely popular location-based game is now available in 50 more cities worldwide. Foursquare has achieved ...
Foursquare Continues Its Ground Assault With 50... [TechCrunch - 11/19/2009] After being restricted to just a handful of cities for the first several months of its existence, Foursquare is now in a period of rapid expansion around the globe. ...
Foursquare Goes Global With Launch in 50 New Ci... [Mashable! - 11/19/2009] Right on the heels of Foursquare’s API release, the location-based mobile application and game is announcing another big rollout to cities across the world. Just ...
"The View From Your Window" - Now Jus... [The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 11/19/2009] Apologies for the belated update, especially to the 1000+ readers last week who pledged to purchase at least one Window View book. (Total pledges: nearly ...

Audio/Video

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Madonna in Rio [Reuters Video: Entertainment - 11/13/2009]
Millions of Brazilians in the dark [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/11/2009]
Gunbattles in Rio [Reuters Video: Top News - 10/24/2009]
Seven more die in Rio drug violence [Reuters Video: Top News - 10/21/2009]
Olympic city tackles drugs war [Reuters Video: Top News - 10/21/2009]

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