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Ahmadinejad heads to nuclear-backers Brazil, Venezuela (AFP)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran on Sunday for a five nation tour, including Brazil and Venezuela, both supporters of the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear programme.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - Faced with mounting pressure over his country's atomic ambitions, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left on a five nation tour Sunday, including Brazil in a bid to boost ties with Latin America's biggest economy and a rare backer of Tehran's nuclear programme.





Ahmadinejad leaves for tour including Brazil, Venezuela (AFP)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran on Sunday for a five nation tour, including Brazil and Venezuela, both supporters of the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear programme.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran on Sunday for a five nation tour, including Brazil and Venezuela, both supporters of the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear programme.





Reports: 101-yr-old Brazil architect back at work (AP) AP - Famed 101-year-old Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is reportedly back at work just weeks after surgery for gallstones and an intestinal tumor.


Brazil's Lula calls for Israel settlement freeze (AFP)

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) shakes hands with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas at Mercy Museum in Salvador, Bahia State. sraeli settlement expansion on Palestinian territory must stop immediately, Lula said Friday after meeting Abbas.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)AFP - Israeli settlement expansion on Palestinian territory must stop immediately, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Friday as he seeks to position Brazil as a player in the Middle East.





Brazil leader urges freeze on Israeli settlements (AP)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a visit to a religious museum in Salvador, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. President Abbas is on three-day official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is joining his Palestinian counterpart in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians.





Abbas, Lula hold talks on Mideast (AFP)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday received Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, pictured on November 17, Thursday for the first in a series of discussions on forging peace in the Middle East, the foreign ministry said Thursday.(AFP/File/Cris Bouroncle)AFP - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday received Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas here Thursday for the first in a series of discussions on forging peace in the Middle East, the foreign ministry said Thursday.





WTO authorizes Brazil sanctions over U.S. cotton (Reuters) Reuters - The World Trade Organization authorized Brazil Thursday to impose trade sanctions on the United States over its support for cotton, as Brazil ratcheted up pressure on Washington over the illegal subsidies.


Brazil court backs Battisti extradition, but Lula has final say (AFP)

Cesare Battisti is seen during a meeting with representatives from a human rights commission at Papuda penitentiary in Brasilia, on November 17. Brazil's supreme court on Wednesday voted to extradite Battisti, despite a government order granting him political asylum.(AFP/AGENCIA BRASIL/File/Jose Cruz)AFP - Brazil's supreme court Wednesday authorized the extradition of Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti, wanted for murders dating from the 1970s, but left President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with final say in the case.





Brazil: President to decide on Italian fugitive (AP)

Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti gestures as he meets with Brazilian lawmakers while serving time in prison in Brasilia, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.  Brazil's Supreme Court will resume Wednesday its session to consider the extradition of Battisti, who was convicted in Italy of political slayings in the 1970s. Battisti is on a hunger strike to protest possible extradition home. (AP Photo/Jose Cruz, ABr )AP - Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the nation's president should decide whether to extradite Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti, a former leftist rebel wanted by his native country for political killings in the 1970s.





Movie reveals tragedy, ambition of Brazil's Lula (AFP)

Brazilian actor Rui Ricardo Dias (C), and actresses Cleo Pires (L) and Juliana Baroni pose for photographers before the premiere of the movie 'Lula, the son of Brazil' during the Brasilia Film Festival at the National theatre in Brasilia, November 17. The premiere of the movie about the early life of Brazil's phenomenally popular president left the audience in tears.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)AFP - The premiere of a new movie about the early life of Brazil's phenomenally popular president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left an audience in tears -- and some critics on Wednesday predicting Oscar glory.





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