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  • June 2008

    • Chicago Makes Final Four in 2016 Olympic Bid

      Chicago Sun-Times  |  Jun 4, 08 12:20 PM CDT

      Chicago Makes Final Four in 2016 Olympic Bid

      (Newser) - Chicago is still in the mix to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, the Sun-Times reports, as the International Olympic Committee today winnowed the field of candidates to four. Vying against the Windy City are Madrid, Tokyo, and Rio de Janeiro. More »

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      Chicago  • International Olympic Committee  • Tokyo  • Madrid  • Rio de Janeiro  • 2016 Olympics  • Chicago Olympics

  • April 2008

    • What a Drag! Ronaldo In Transvestite Flap

      Reuters  |  Apr 29, 08 8:07 AM CDT

      What a Drag! Ronaldo In Transvestite Flap

      (Newser) - Soccer virtuoso Ronaldo was questioned by police in Rio de Janeiro yesterday after an altercation in a motel with transvestite prostitutes, Reuters reports. The star of AC Milan and the Brazilian national team took three call girls to the motel, only to discover that they were men in drag, according to cops. Ronaldo then offered them $600 each to close the affair, but one of them demanded $30,000 to keep the story from the media. More »

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      Brazil  • sex scandal  • soccer  • prostitution  • extortion  • Rio de Janeiro

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Cop Crisis Threatens Carnival

      BBC  |  Jan 31, 08 12:04 PM CST

      Cop Crisis Threatens Carnival

      (Newser) - A wave of police resignations has hit Rio de Janeiro at the worst possible time, the BBC reports, with Brazil's famous Carnival parades set to begin tomorrow. Forty-three senior officers resigned in protest over the firing of their commander last week; though the city can ill-afford such a crisis, officials say they expect the festival to go off hitch-free. More »

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      police  • Brazil  • labor relations  • Rio de Janeiro  • Carnival

  • November 2007

    • Brazil Discovers Huge Offshore Oil Field

      Associated Press  |  Nov 9, 07 10:05 AM CST

      Brazil Discovers Huge Offshore Oil Field

      (Newser) - A huge offshore oil field found off the coast of Rio de Janeiro has the potential to make Brazil one of the world's top oil exporters, the AP reports. The Tupi field could hold 8 billion barrels, but it's very deep and will be difficult and expensive to drill. The state oil company Petrobras says full-scale extraction is unlikely to begin until 2013. More »

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      oil  • Brazil  • Rio de Janeiro  • oil field  • Petrobras

  • October 2007

    • 10 Years on, Bilbao Still Wows

      Bloomberg  |  Oct 28, 07 7:48 AM CDT

      10 Years on, Bilbao Still Wows

      (Newser) - Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao is ten years old this week, freshly buffed and looking better than ever, Bloomberg reports. The birthday is marked by a successful show of American heavyweights like Keith Haring, Julian Schnabel and Richard Serra. Bilbao continues to benefit from the cultural attention garnered by the building, but Guggenheim projects seeking to replicate the "effect" elsewhere have stalled. More »

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      Mexico  • Taiwan  • Abu Dhabi  • Rio de Janeiro  • Frank Gehry  • Julian Schnabel  • Bilbao  • Guggenheim Bilbao

  • July 2007

    • Rio Reverses Live Earth Ban

      Reuters  |  Jul 6, 07 8:56 AM CDT

      Rio Reverses Live Earth Ban

      (Newser) - The Rio incarnation of Live Earth, the ecofriendly concert extravaganza scheduled for tomorrow on all seven continents, is back on. Security concerns led a judge to put the kibosh on the event, which is expected to draw up to a million would-be environmentalists to Copacabana beach, but organizers have lined up enough security to allay her worries, Reuters reports. More »

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      climate change  • Al Gore  • Washington  • Antarctica  • Rio de Janeiro  • National Mall  • live earth

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