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          <author><![CDATA[UOL Notícias, Sao Paulo, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Escavações para buscar desaparecidos do Araguaia só terão início em agosto]]></title>
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          <title><![CDATA[Menino de 10 anos morre em desabamento em Salvador]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:54:42 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Segundo a Defesa Civil da capital baiana, outras 8 pessoas ficaram feridas.
Engenheiro do órgão está no local para checar as causas do acidente.]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[Google News Brasil, Campinas, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[China mobiliza tropas para conter protestos em Xinjiang - Estadão]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:17:14 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[MidiaconChina mobiliza tropas para conter protestos em XinjiangEstadãoPEQUIM- A China mobilizou centenas de oficiais das forças de segurança na cidade de Urumqi, capital da província de Xinjiang, para tentar encerrar a onda de violência étnica que atingiu a região. O presidente chinês, Hu Jintao, cancelou sua ...Autoridades de Xinjiang afirmam ter situação sob controleÚltimo SegundoPresidente volta à China na busca de solução para conflito étnicoG1.com.brPresidente chinês deixa G8 após novos protestos no paísO GloboLUSA-Público.pt-Estadãotodos os 755 artigos]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[O Globo Online » País, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Portaria da PF regulamenta o uso de armas não-letais para seguranças em todo o país]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[SÃO PAULO - A Polícia Federal regulamentou, via portaria, o uso de armas não letais para os cerca de 410 mil seguranças particulares de todo o país 
...Leia mais
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          <author><![CDATA[G1 &gt; Edição Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Operação de combate a mílicias tem 3 presos]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:11:48 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Agentes estão na Favela do Barbante, em Campo Grande.
Polícia investiga a morte de um jovem de 24 anos.]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[Terra - RSS - Tecnologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Wikipedia Mobile sai da fase beta e ganha versão final]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:10:21 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[A versão final da Wikipedia para celulares foi anunciada por Hampton Catlin, responsável pelo departamento de dispositivos móveis da Wikimedia Foundation. Em produção há meses o sistema, de acordo com o desenvolvedor, ganhou servidor próprio e está pronto para atender à massa de usuários.]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[G1 Tecnologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Companhia apresenta motosserra que pode ser ligada em porta USB]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:55:20 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Menor que um exemplar 'comum', i.Saw seria compatível com PC e Mac.  
Produto está em fase de pré-venda na internet, por cerca de R$ 120.]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[Google News Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Presidente chinês desmarca deslocação a Portugal após conflitos em ... - RTP]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Terra BrasilPresidente chinês desmarca deslocação a Portugal após conflitos em ...RTPO Presidente chinês adiou a deslocação a Portugal, marcada para sexta-feira, devendo contudo manter-se a parte do programa relativa ao Fórum Económico e Comercial luso-chinês. Hu Jintao desmarcou os compromissos internacionais para acompanhar de perto ...China: Presidente Hu Jintao já regressou a PequimLUSAMerkel quer conversar com Hu Jintao sobre repressão contra minoria ...G1.com.brPresidente chinês abandona G8 após protestos que mataram 156O GloboChina Radio International-Expresso-Fábrica de Conteúdostodos os 100 artigos]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[O Globo Online » Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Universidade Veiga de Almeida concede bolsas de estudos para os primeiros colocados no vestibular]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[RIO - Estão abertas as inscrições para mais uma edição do "Vestibular Ação Social", da Universidade Veiga de Almeida (UVA), que irá distribuir bolsas de estudos de 25% aos melhores classificados 
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          <title><![CDATA[New monkey discovered in remote region in Brazil]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:28:54 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Washington, July 8 : The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has announced the discovery of a new monkey in a remote region of the Amazon in Brazil.]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[Webinsider, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[É o desesperedorismo, não o empreendedorismo]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:45:48 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[O futuro não acontece simplesmente. Ele é construído. Ele é aberto e não fechado. É divergente e não convergente.

Eunice Soriano de Alencar, da minha coleção de frases.
Dizem que o Brasil tem o espírito empreendedor. Já acreditei nisso, não mais.

Acho que inventamos  o desesperedorismo – um tipo de atividade que os ...]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[Folha Online - Em cima da hora, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Cientistas afirmam ter criado espermatozoides em laboratório]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:55:42 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Uma equipe de cientistas de Newcastle, na Inglaterra, anunciou ter criado espermatozoides em laboratório pela primeira vez no mundo.
Os pesquisadores acreditam que, eventualmente, seu trabalho poderia ajudar homens com problemas de fertilidade.
Outros especialistas, no entanto, não se convenceram com os resultados.
Leia mais (08/07/2009 - 01h53)]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[INFO Online - Plantão INFO, Santos, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Site explica as hashtags do Twitter]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:21:31 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[SO PAULO &ndash;  comum, no Twitter, usurios perguntando o que significa determinada hashtag &ndash; as tags... ( Guilherme Pavarin, de INFO Online )]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[NewsInside - As novidades do mundo tech ao alcance de todos, Campinas, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[UAE Wii 3.0 para Nintendo Wii]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Rapidinha para avisar da nova versão do UAE, um excelente emulador de Amiga para Nintendo Wii.
Changelog:   - Corrigido problemas com o banner do emulador;    - Suporte a roms &#34;Cloanto&#8217;s Amiga Forever&#34; (??).
Para instalar o emulador, basta copiar as pastas do pacote para a raiz do seu SD Card e rodar [...]]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[Google News Brasil - Botucatu, Botucatu, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[PM captura foragido da justiça em Botucatu - Jornal da Cidade - Baurú]]></title>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:45:38 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[PM captura foragido da justiça em BotucatuJornal da Cidade - BaurúBotucatu - A Polícia Militar (PM) capturou um foragido da Justiça e apreendeu com ele  um revólver calibre 38 em uma residência em Botucatu (100 quilômetros de Bauru). Durante patrulhamento da PM próximo à Praça Brasil-Japão, por volta das 10h25 de ...]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[Baguete - Tecnologia e Informação - Jornalismo empresarial dig, Porto Alegre, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[HCPA: certificação digital para todo o corpo médico]]></title>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:42:49 +0200</pubDate>
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          <author><![CDATA[Brazilmag, Brasilia, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Brazil Has Best Semester for Car Sales Ever: Close to 1.5 Million Units]]></title>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:09:53 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Brazilian car sales in the first half of 2009 grew 3% in comparison with the same period last year. Sales totaled 1,449,787 units, as against 1,407,211 in the first...]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[ONU, Sao Paulo, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Correios estreiam campanha contra HIV]]></title>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:49:26 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Iniciativa de programa da ONU sobre Aids e da União Postal Internacional envia para endereços de várias partes do mundo informações sobre prevenção. A ação começou em sete países, entre eles Brasil, e vai envolver 600 mil postos dos correios.]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[Belavista Carnival Brazi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[What is best district to enjoy Brazil Carnival in Rio-de-Janeiro]]></title>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[What are the best neighborhoods to enjoy Brazil Carnival in Rio?

If you are traveling to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to enjoy Carnival, there are a few districts and neighborhoods we recommend. Definitely try to stay at the “Zona Sul” or South Zone. We strongly advise visitors to stay at the following districts: Flamengo, Ipanema, Copacabana, Botafogo, Lagoa, Santa Teresa, Laranjeiras, Leblon, and Rio´s downtown Centro da Cidade (financial district). The main reason is that most of the carnival festivals activities are located only in these neighborhoods. Flamengo, Botafogo, Centro, and Santa Teresa are especially close to Rio´s Sambadrome, where the official Rio Carnival parade is held. 

Below, a marvelous picture of Rio´s sunset in Flamengo District

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Avoid staying at Barra or São Conrado.  They are simply too far from the Parade and there are very few street carnival parties compared to these other Rio districts. In 2009, Rio´s 2009 Carnival will have more than 250 street groups or “blocos de rua” in Portuguese. They are really fun, authentic and free. The great majority of these amazing street groups are held in districts like Ipanema, (Banda de Ipanema), Laranjeiras (Volta Alice, Imprensa Que Eu Gamo), and Centro (Cordão do Bola Preta). For a full list of 2009 ´s Street Groups please check our Rio Carnival Street Parties cultural tab. 

Below, the Hotel Monte Claro in at the Center of Rio - Lapa

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          <author><![CDATA[Salon: Glenn Greenwald, Sao Paulo, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[The NYT calls Iranian interrogation tactics "torture"]]></title>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
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Today is the ideal day to celebrate America's specialness, and America's paper of record inspirationally leads the ritual:
Clark Hoyt, New York&#160;Times Public Editor, April 26, 2009:
  
A LINGUISTIC shift took place in this newspaper as it reported the details of how the Central Intelligence Agency was allowed to strip Al Qaeda prisoners naked, bash them against walls, keep them awake for up to 11 straight days, sometimes with their arms chained to the ceiling, confine them in dark boxes and make them feel as if they were drowning.
Until this month, what the Bush administration called "enhanced" interrogation techniques were "harsh" techniques in the news pages of The Times. Increasingly, they are "brutal". . . . .
The word had appeared a few times before in this context, most recently on April 10, when the Central Intelligence Agency said it was closing the network of secret overseas prisons where interrogations took place. Scott Shane, who covers national security, said he and his editor in the Washington bureau, Douglas Jehl, negotiated over the wording of the first paragraph. Shane wrote that methods used in the prisons were "widely denounced as illegal torture." Jehl changed that to the "harshest interrogation methods" since the Sept. 11 attacks. Shane said he felt that with more information coming to light, including a leaked report by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the words harsh and even harshest no longer sufficed. He proposed brutal, and Jehl agreed. . . .
And why not, then, go all the way to torture?&#160; Jehl said that when the paper is discussing what is generally regarded as the most extreme interrogation method the C.I.A. used, waterboarding, "we&#8217;ve become more explicit in saying in a first reference that it&#8217;s a near-drowning technique" that Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and many other experts "have called torture." But he said: "I have resisted using torture without qualification or to describe all the techniques. Exactly what constitutes torture continues to be a matter of debate and hasn&#8217;t been resolved by a court. This president and this attorney general say waterboarding is torture, but the previous president and attorney general said it is not. On what basis should a newspaper render its own verdict, short of charges being filed or a legal judgment rendered?" Jehl argued for precision and caution. I agree.
  
The New York Times today:

    
      
    

  

      Top Reformers Admitted Plot, Iran Declares

CAIRO -- Iranian leaders say they have obtained confessions from top reformist officials that they plotted to bring down the government with a "velvet" revolution. Such confessions, almost always extracted under duress, are part of an effort to recast the civil unrest set off by Iran&#8217;s disputed presidential election as a conspiracy orchestrated by foreign nations, human rights groups say. . . .
The government has made it a practice to publicize confessions from political prisoners held without charge or legal representation, often subjected to pressure tactics like sleep deprivation, solitary confinement and torture, according to human rights groups and former political prisoners. . . .
In 2001, Ali Afshari was arrested for his work as a student leader. He said he was held in solitary confinement for 335 days and resisted confessing for the first two months. But after two mock executions and a five-day stretch where his interrogators would not let him sleep, he said he eventually caved in.
"They tortured me, some beatings, sleep deprivation, insults, psychological torture, standing me for several hours in front of a wall, keeping me in solitary confinement for one year," Mr. Afshari said in an interview from his home in Washington. "They eventually broke my resistance."
  
Virtually every tactic which the article describes the Iranians as using has been used by the&#160;U.S. during the&#160;War on Terror, while several tactics authorized by Bush officials (waterboarding, placing detainees in coffin-like boxes, hypothermia) aren't among those the article claims are used by the&#160;Iranians. &#160;Nonetheless, "torture" appears to be a perfectly fine term for The New York&#160;Times to use to describe what the&#160;Iranians do, but one that is explicitly banned to describe what the&#160;U.S. did.&#160; Despite its claimed policy, the NYT&#160;has also recently demonstrated its eagerness to use the word "torture" to describe these same tactics . . . when used by the Chinese against an American detainee.
Notably, the NYT article today seems to take particular offense that the Iranian Government is putting people on trial using confessions they obtained via torture ("the government planned to put on trial several Iranian employees of the British Embassy &#8212; after confessions were extracted").&#160; Just two days ago, The Washington&#160;Post reported:
  
The American Civil Liberties Union yesterday accused the Obama administration of using statements elicited through torture to justify the confinement of a detainee it represents at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The ACLU is asking a federal judge to throw out those statements and others made by Mohammed Jawad, an Afghan who may have been as young as 12 when he was captured. His attorney argued that Jawad was abused in U.S. custody, threatened and subjected to intense sleep deprivation.
  
  
"The government's continued reliance on evidence gained by torture and other abuse violates centuries of U.S. law and suggests the current administration is not really serious about breaking with the past," said ACLU lawyer Jonathan Hafetz, who is representing Jawad in a lawsuit challenging his detention."The government's continued reliance on evidence gained by torture and other abuse violates centuries of U.S. law and suggests the current administration is not really serious about breaking with the past," said ACLU lawyer Jonathan Hafetz, who is representing Jawad in a lawsuit challenging his detention.
  
Just read the details of what we did to this adolescent to marvel at what the NYT (and, of course,&#160;NPR) refuse to call&#160;"torture" when done by us. &#160;Though the human rights abuses of the&#160;Iranian Government are well-documented and severe, there's also no mention in the NYT article of these interrogation tactics being applied by Iran to teenagers (such as Jawad) or resulting in numerous detainee deaths&#160;(as happened during the Bush era).
During the presidential campaign, Rudy Giuliani was widely ridiculed for arguing that whether these tactics are&#160;"torture" depends, at least in part, on who uses them (it's torture if They do it, but not when We do it).&#160;&#160;But he could take that definitive moral relativism to any leading&#160;American newspaper, become an Editor, and fit right in, since that's exactly the editorial policy of our leading media outlets.&#160; What's most striking about all this media behavior is that people around the world -- outside of the&#160;U.S.&#160; -- aren't fooled by these sorts of blatant double standards, whereby the U.S. even claims the power to change the meaning of words based on whether it or another country is doing something.&#160; &#160;The target of this government and media behavior is purely domestic.
It's not particularly unusual for a government to permit itself to do something that it prohibits others from doing.&#160;&#160;The U.S. is hardly the only country that does that.&#160; But when that country's media collectively abets that government effort by molding its language to reflect that exceptionalism, it elevates the propaganda to a much different level. &#160;When I documented the American media's obsession with journalists detained by other countries and its virtually complete blackout of much, much longer (and often more oppressive) detentions of foreign journalists by the&#160;U.S., that was the central point I&#160;tried to emphasize:
  
Pointing to other governments and highlighting their oppressive behavior can be cathartic, fun and gratifying in a self-justifying sort of way. Ask Fred Hiatt; it's virtually all he ever does.&#160; But the first duty of the American media -- like the first duty of American citizens -- is to oppose oppressive behavior by our own government.&#160; That's not as fun or as easy, but it is far more important.&#160; Moreover, obsessively complaining about the rights-abridging behavior of other countries while ignoring the same behavior from our own government is worse than a mere failure of duty.&#160; It is propagandistic and deceitful, as it paints a misleading picture that it is other governments -- but not our own -- which engage in such conduct.
  
Since the&#160;American Government has acted -- and continues to act -- overtly to protect and shield those who engaged in this conduct, will it condemn Iran for torturing detainees? As for The&#160;New&#160;York&#160;Times, at this point, they don't even seem interested in pretending that they make these editorial judgments independently or with a pretense of objectivity. &#160;They're perfectly happy to have you know that when the U.S. Government does X, it is called one thing, but when foreign governments do X, it is called something else entirely.

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          <author><![CDATA[GenderIT: Articulos (Version en Español), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Acceso al conocimiento en situaciones de emergencia: una mirada a la situación de Jordania y República Democrática del Congo]]></title>
          <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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