Brazil dam given court go-ahead
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Brazil's Supreme Court backs a $2bn river irrigation scheme, despite a Catholic bishop's hunger strike.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's opposition is   maneuvering to annul a likely victory by President Luiz Inacio   Lula da Silva in Sunday's election in a type of legal "coup   d'etat," a top government official said on Thursday.
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Organizers of the Rio de Janeiro leg of the Live Earth global series of concerts said on Thursday they have obtained police approval for Saturday's show and hope to overturn a court injunction blocking it.
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Â· Government ordered to give reason for crackdownÂ· President awaits key court ruling on re-election bid
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The dam's governing authority is getting ready to decide what to do if there's not enough water for the future.Photos: Losing water at Hoover Dam
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A Brazilian court has temporarily halted royalty payments to agriculture biotech giant Monsanto Co. by a farmers' group using its herbicide-resistant soy seed in a country where the company long has struggled to collect the fees.
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By Rocky Barker, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Mar. 6--Just because you hold the oldest and highest-priority water right doesn't mean you have an absolute right to that water, the Idaho Supreme Court said Monday.
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BERNE, Switzerland  - Brazil's hosting of the 2014 World Cup is expected to be confirmed in October after FIFA finalized its selection procedure on Friday.
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By Sammy Fretwell and John O'Connor, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb. 2--A lawsuit challenging a $150 million Lake Marion bridge project has prompted state road builders to indefinitely delay pursuit of an environmental permit they need to build the bridge.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Two U.S. pilots should be allowed to go home after being forced to stay in Brazil for more than two months over their role in the country's worst air disaster, a Brazilian court ruled on Tuesday.
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By Yomi S. WrongeMEDIANEWS  The state's second-longest river will be brought back to life after 60 years of being drained dry for Central Valley agriculture, under a settlement filed Wednesday in federal court.
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A tribunal set up nearly 20 years ago to rule on a dispute over the Cauvery river is to announce its verdict.
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By Rocky Barker, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Dec. 9--The Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments Friday between canal companies and groundwater pumping irrigators in an effort to decide who controls Idaho's most important natural resource -- its water.
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By Fiona Ortiz SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chile's Supreme Court ruled onTuesday that murder and kidnapping charges against AugustoPinochet can move forward, a decision that brings theex-dictator one step closer to trial in a major human rightscase.
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By Andy Mead, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Jun. 3--The path that brings Kentucky American before the state Public Service Commission to argue for a new treatment plant has nearly as many twists and turns as the Kentucky River itself.
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By Anna Staatz  By Anna Staatz  THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL  Kansas may have to purchase storage rights in three federal reservoirs to prevent water in them from being released to enhance navigation on the Missouri River.
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By Andrei Khalip RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Brazil could reach adeal within 30 days that would resolve a dispute over nuclearnonproliferation inspections following a visit by U.N. expertsto the country's new uranium enrichment plant this week,Brazilian officials said on Wednesday.