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.

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Botswana: news

VIDEO: Football fans swim in flooded stadium

Thursday, March 3rd 2011, 11:33

Brazilian football fans make the most of flooding in Sao Paulo and enjoy a stadium swim before the match.
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Asia firms strike rare earth deal

Thursday, March 3rd 2011, 7:04
related countries: Japan, North Korea

A group of Japanese and South Korean firms are to buy a 15% stake in a Brazilian company that mines a rare earth metal.
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Brazil driver mows down cyclists

Tuesday, March 1st 2011, 1:36

Brazilian police question a motorist accused of driving his car at high speed through a crowd of cyclists promoting the use of bikes in Porto Alegre.
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Power line kills Brazil revellers

Monday, February 28th 2011, 8:07
related countries: Brazil

At least 17 people die in a Brazilian town after a power line comes loose and electrocutes people enjoying a pre-Carnival street party.
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Brazil judge blocks Amazon dam

Saturday, February 26th 2011, 1:57

A Brazilian judge blocks construction of the huge Belo Monte hydro-electric dam in the Amazon because of environmental concerns.
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Mother finds toddler patting alligator behind sofa

Thursday, February 24th 2011, 0:00

A Brazilian woman finds an alligator hiding behind her couch, washed into her house during flooding caused by heavy rain.
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Brazil's Lula in misconduct probe

Wednesday, February 23rd 2011, 0:26

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is being investigated for allegedly misusing public funds in 2004 to promote low-interest loans.
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Brazil wife eight years in cellar

Thursday, January 27th 2011, 23:31

A Brazilian man is accused of keeping his wife locked in a cellar for at least eight years while he lived upstairs with another woman.
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Botswana Bushmen win court battle

Thursday, January 27th 2011, 16:24

An appeals court in Botswana says indigenous Bushmen can drill wells for water in the Kalahari desert, overturning a previous court ruling.
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Water in the desert

Thursday, January 27th 2011, 16:20

Botswana's Kalahari bushmen win legal battle
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Brazil landslide deaths top 800

Sunday, January 23rd 2011, 21:44
related countries: Brazil

Brazilian officials say the number of deaths known to have been caused by this month's flooding and landslides in Brazil is more than 800.
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Football greats in stadium debate

Friday, January 21st 2011, 15:17

Football greats Pele and Jimmy Greaves weigh into the debate over the future of the 2012 Olympic Stadium as Spurs and West Ham finalise their bids.
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Brazil rescue effort stepped up

Tuesday, January 18th 2011, 1:25
related countries: Brazil
related places: Rio de Janeiro

Brazil's military steps up rescue and supply operations in areas affected by devastating floods and landslides that have killed at least 655 people.
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Brazilian military joins rescue efforts

Sunday, January 16th 2011, 8:31
related countries: Brazil

Brazil's army have been deployed to the areas worst hit by the floods as the death toll rises to over 600.
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Brazilian army in flood mission

Saturday, January 15th 2011, 21:36
related countries: Brazil

Soldiers are deployed to help with the rescue and the identification of bodies in south-eastern Brazil, where at least 600 people have died in landslides and flooding.
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Brazil begins to bury flood victims

Saturday, January 15th 2011, 12:54

In the Brazilian city of Teresopolis, relatives are beginning to bury their loved ones who were victims of the severe flooding in the area.
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Rain hampers Brazil flood rescue

Friday, January 14th 2011, 23:02
related countries: Brazil

Rain is hampering Brazilian rescuers' attempts to find survivors from deadly mudslides - the country's worst natural disaster in decades.
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Rain hampers Brazil flood rescue

Friday, January 14th 2011, 19:52
related countries: Brazil

Rain is hampering Brazilian rescuers' attempts to find survivors from deadly mudslides - the country's worst natural disaster in decades.
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Rescued from a torrent of mud

Thursday, January 13th 2011, 16:14

A woman narrowly avoids being swept away in the floods north of Rio de Janeiro.
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Football holidays in Brazil take off

Tuesday, January 11th 2011, 9:01
related countries: Brazil

Eat, sleep and breathe football on the Brazilian vacation where coaching is on offer from some of the country's finest players.
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Ronaldinho seals move to Flamengo

Tuesday, January 11th 2011, 6:43

Brazilian forward Ronaldinho has joined Rio de Janeiro-based club Flamengo - ending any hope Blackburn had of signing the playmaker from AC Milan.
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Brazil warns of global trade war

Monday, January 10th 2011, 2:25

Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega says the world is on course for a trade war because of currency manipulation.
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Blackburn lose out on Ronaldinho

Saturday, January 8th 2011, 18:00
related countries: Brazil

Blackburn boss Steve Kean admits the club's hopes of signing Ronaldinho are "dead in the water".
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Brazil footballer 'faked' kidnap

Friday, January 7th 2011, 22:53
related countries: Somalia

Somalia, a footballer for Brazilian club Botafogo, will be charged for falsely reporting he had been kidnapped when he was late for training, police say.
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Police move into Rio gang areas

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 18:25

Brazilian police say that after an operation involving hundreds of officers they are in control of three poor areas of the city of Rio de Janeiro long held by drug gangs.
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Fast forward

Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 17:42

Brazilian port expansion carries hopes for future
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