| World Briefing | The Americas: Peru: Decrees to Open Jungle Area to Investment Are Suspended Congress temporarily suspended two decrees that had helped set off recent protests by indigenous groups fearful of large oil and logging investments in the Peruvian Amazon. feeds.nytimes.com |
Outdoors: Calgary, a City Where Trout Fishing Does Not Go to Die A large city usually kills a trout stream, but Calgary’s wastewater treatment plants are a boon to fish in the Bow River. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing | The Americas: Brazil: Court Sides With U.S. Father A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a 9-year-old boy living in Brazil should be returned to his American father, but the verdict is likely to be appealed. feeds.nytimes.com |
French Caribbean Regions Reject More Autonomy FORT-DE-FRANCE (Reuters) - Voters in the French Caribbean territories of Martinique and Guyana rejected the option of greater autonomy in a referendum at the weekend, authorities said. feeds.nytimes.com |
Leftists Slam Capitalism at Social Forum in Brazil PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) -- Thousands of leftists converged Monday in southern Brazil to spend five days railing against unfettered capitalism at the World Social Forum, the annual countercultural gathering held to protest the bankers and world leaders who will attend the World Economic Forum at a Swiss ski resort. feeds.nytimes.com |