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Brazil's frantic eleventh hour World Cup preparations

2014-05-06 20:27:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The BBC's Wyre Davies in Sao Paulo says that Brazil's World Cup preparations are likely to be last minute, at times chaotic and down to the wire.

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Brazil's 'chainsaw queen' takes on environmentalists

2014-05-05 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Outside the political hothouse of Brasilia, there are probably few who can name the head of Brazil's powerful agricultural lobby, yet the woman in question, Kátia Abreu, is rapidly becoming the country's most interesting, important and dangerous politician. The senator and rancher from Goiás was an influential force in the weakening of Brazil's forest code blamed by many for the recent rise in Amazon deforestation. Her support in parliament and in an acerbic newspaper column for more roads...

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Brazil's Sugar-Cane Sector Shrinks

2014-05-05 23:06:14| Food - Topix.net

The fewest mills in six seasons - 377 - will be processing cane into sugar and ethanol this season, said Plinio Nastari, president of consulting firm Datagro.

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Brazil's Sugar-Cane Sector Shrinks

2014-05-05 22:38:11| Agriculture - Topix.net

The fewest mills in six seasons - 377 - will be processing cane into sugar and ethanol this season, said Plinio Nastari, president of consulting firm Datagro.

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