News: Botswana

We have started to collect the most important news related to Botswana in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Botswana – overview

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• December 17th 2009 – October 18th 2009
• October 18th 2009 – September 24th 2009
• September 23rd 2009 – June 2nd 2009
• June 2nd 2009 – March 7th 2009
• March 5th 2009 – January 14th 2009
• January 12th 2009 – October 30th 2008
• October 29th 2008 – July 2nd 2008
• June 25th 2008 – May 2nd 2008
• April 29th 2008 – January 24th 2008
• January 16th 2008 – October 18th 2007
• October 17th 2007 – July 8th 2007
• June 29th 2007 – April 13th 2007
• March 15th 2007 – December 15th 2006
• December 13th 2006 – September 30th 2006
• September 30th 2006 – June 27th 2006
• June 26th 2006 – April 9th 2006
• April 1st 2006 – December 27th 2005
• December 19th 2005 – November 16th 2005

Botswana: news

Castro 'ready to return' - Lula

Wednesday, January 16th 2008, 5:11
related countries: Cuba, United States
related places: Silva

Brazil's President Lula meets ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro on a visit to boost economic ties with Havana.
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Raided Brazil museum 'uninsured'

Saturday, December 22nd 2007, 4:34

A Brazilian museum where two prized paintings were stolen this week admits its collection is not insured.
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Key Brazilian tax is thrown out

Thursday, December 13th 2007, 15:56
related countries: Brazil

Brazil's government suffers a major blow as the Senate refuses to renew a key revenue-raising tax.
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Brazilian bishop in hunger strike

Thursday, December 6th 2007, 2:33

A Brazilian bishop is continuing a second hunger strike over a planned river diversion.
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Troubled Brazilian speaker quits

Tuesday, December 4th 2007, 22:20
related countries: Brazil

The speaker of Brazil's Senate resigns before a vote that could have led to his expulsion over a corruption scandal.
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Brazil's Lula makes Rio slum trip

Friday, November 30th 2007, 18:03

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva makes his first visit as Brazilian president to a Rio de Janeiro shanty town.
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Seven Brazil football fans killed

Monday, November 26th 2007, 8:25

Seven fans die in the Brazilian city of Salvador, after falling through a football stand, police say.
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Brazil shock at woman's jail rape

Friday, November 23rd 2007, 10:18

Investigators look into reports that a young Brazilian woman was left in a cell with 20 men and repeatedly abused.
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F1: McLaren lose Brazilian appeal

Friday, November 16th 2007, 19:43

McLaren lose their appeal against the result of the Brazilian Grand Prix as Kimi Raikkonen is confirmed as world champion.
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F1: Fuel appeal ruling expected

Thursday, November 15th 2007, 16:22
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Ferrari accuse McLaren of being "naked opportunists" at an appeal over the result of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Arrests made in Brazil tax probe

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 0:38
related countries: Brazil

Brazilian police arrest 19 people in an investigation into alleged money laundering, following raids at 44 sites.
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Police guilty over Menezes case

Thursday, November 1st 2007, 22:46
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

London's police force broke health and safety laws over the shooting dead of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes.
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Trial sees US nun's killer jailed

Tuesday, October 23rd 2007, 10:32
related countries: United States

A Brazilian gunman gets a 27-year jail term after a retrial for the murder of US nun and environmentalist Dorothy Stang.
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F1: Raikkonen wins title

Sunday, October 21st 2007, 21:43
related countries: Bermuda

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen wins the Formula One championship as Lewis Hamilton can only finish seventh in a dramatic Brazilian GP.
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F1: Hamilton to start second

Saturday, October 20th 2007, 17:06
related countries: Bermuda

Britain's Lewis Hamilton starts second in Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix, Felipe Massa takes pole.
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F1: No tyre sanction for Hamilton

Friday, October 19th 2007, 21:02
related countries: Bermuda
related places: Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton escapes punishment but his McLaren team are fined after breaking a tyre rule in practice for the title-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Child among dead in Rio drug raid

Thursday, October 18th 2007, 9:39

Twelve people, including a young boy, are killed as Brazilian police mount an anti-drugs raid on a Rio slum.
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