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Mood in Brazil Tense Yet Hopeful After Mass Protests
2013-06-21 21:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The largest demonstrations in Brazil in 20 years have rocked the South American country this week, prompting the nation's president to cancel an overseas trip and call an emergency cabinet meeting. Protests have been held in at least 80 cities there, with a total turnout estimated at 2 million. An estimated 200,000 people have marched in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, while 110,000 have demonstrated in Sao Paulo. Tens of thousands have also marched in Manaus, Recife, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, and...
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Brazil protests 'won't affect cup'
2013-06-21 14:33:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Fifa denies the Confederations Cup could be cancelled because of protests involving one million people in Brazil.
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Violent protests mar Brazil match
2013-06-20 00:59:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Protesters clash with police in Brazil's city of Fortaleza ahead of a football match against Mexico, as public discontent over poor public services widens.
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Protests spread throughout Brazil
2013-06-18 06:57:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Thousands of people march through Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, over rising public transport prices and the cost of staging the 2014 World Cup.
Aging Nuclear Plants Are Closing, but for Economic Reasons, Not Protests
2013-06-15 01:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: When does a nuclear plant become too old? The nuclear industry is wrestling with that question as it tries to determine whether problems at reactors, all designed in the 1960s and 1970s, are middle-aged aches and pains or end-of-life crises. This year, utilities have announced the retirement of four reactors, bringing the number remaining in the United States to 100. Three had expensive mechanical problems but one, Kewaunee in Wisconsin, was running well, and its owner, Dominion, had secured permission...
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