Brazil President to Lead Poverty Crusade
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A grade school dropout and ex-factory worker, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vividly recalls his struggle to survive in Brazil's backwoods and urban squalor.
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The presidents of Brazil and France called Monday for new efforts to fight poverty in the developing world, including the creation of a controversial international tax, to combat the negative effects of ...
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Rich countries must pay to help poorer nations adopt cleaner models of development, Brazil's President Lula tells the BBC.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - With his once-comfortable   lead narrowing, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva   geared up on Thursday for a final campaign push to secure an   outright victory in this weekend's election.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva kicked off his campaign for re-election by promising to help Brazil&#039;s poor and uneducated working class.
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Brazil's first working-class president slipped in the polls on the eve of elections Sunday, indicating he may not win a convincing first-round victory but will instead be forced to campaign for another month amid spiraling corruption allegations against his party.
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Indonesia&#39;s new President has promised to lead an anti-corruption campaign as part of a drive to rebuild the country&#39;s beleaguered economy and attack poverty.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looked almost certain to face a run-off election after a string of corruption scandals turned many voters against him in Sunday's presidential election.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva urged the international community on Monday to harness globalization and turn it into a positive force for all peoples of the world.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed solidarity on Friday with the families of some 200 people killed in Brazil's worst air crash and promised a thorough investigation in an effort to blunt criticism of his handling of the disaster.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva struggled to avoid a run-off in Sunday's presidential election after public disgust over corrupt politics eroded his support in the final days of campaigning.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - President Thabo Mbeki on Friday pledged to tackle poverty and crime and speed up land redistribution to blacks, signaling a new interventionist approach in fighting South Africa's glaring social ills.
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Brazil's leftist president was falling just short of the majority of votes needed to avoid a runoff and win re-election Sunday after his party was slammed in the final days of the campaign with charges of corruption and dirty tricks.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The leaders of France and Brazil warned on Monday that poverty leads to violence and urged the international community to find ways to narrow the gap between rich and poor, casting a spotlight on the more than a billion people living on
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces a month of high-stakes campaigning against an inspired challenger who will try to hammer on corruption scandals to unseat the former metalworker in a runoff vote.
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Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf hopes to boost relations with Brazil and its neighbours on his first tour of the region.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz  Inacio Lula da Silva has begun the task of reshuffling his  government to revive political alliances he needs to get  reelected and to pass slow-moving reforms in Congress.