| Inquiry Into Oil Company May Hurt Brazil’s Fiscal Plan The investigation of Petrobas will complicate efforts to wring revenue from the deepwater oil fields that are expected to make the country a global energy power. feeds.nytimes.com |
U.N. Guide for Sex Ed Generates Opposition A set of proposed international sex education guidelines by Unesco, aimed at reducing H.I.V. infections among young people, has provoked criticism from conservatives. feeds.nytimes.com |
Dutch Seek Explanation over Chavez Remarks President Hugo Chavez accuses Netherlands of planning aggression against Venezuela www1.voanews.com |
Vows to Move Fast for Haitian Immigrants in U.S. Decisions on applications will be made “with a generosity of spirit” born of the humanitarian crisis, a federal official said. feeds.nytimes.com |
Brazil's Silva Gets Hero's Welcome at Social Forum PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's first working-class president got a hero's welcome at the World Social Forum, wowing 10,000 leftists with a vow to reproach the planet's business titans for causing the global meltdown when he meets with them this week at a Swiss ski resort. feeds.nytimes.com |