Sao Paulo - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, an optimist to the bone, keeps repeating his mantra that Brazil, the world's 10th largest economy, will emerge from the turbulence rattling the global economy with only minor scratches.
"We will do everything to achieve a 4-per-cent growth [of gross domestic product] in 2009," Lula says optimistically, not wasting a thought on recession.
Brasilia - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday called upon the United Nations to play a key role in the resolution of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip which has claimed hundreds of lives.
"The UN must exercise an important role. It is important for the Security Council resolution that defined the need for a peace agreement to be respected, both on the Palestine side and on the part of Israel," Lula said in his weekly radio programme, Breakfast With the President.
Zurich - The reigning women's Footballer of the Year Marta on Monday confirmed that she would be leaving her Swedish club Umea IK to move to the US.
The 22-year-old Brazilian confirmed at a press conference in Zurich that she would be joining the Los Angeles Lakers on a three- year contract. "It is a fantastic project and it will be the best league in the world."
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian superstar Ronaldo received the perfect gift on Christmas eve. His fiancee Maria Beatriz Anthony gave birth to a baby girl on Wednesday, local media reported.
Ronaldo was present when his daughter, Maria Sofia, was born and even cut the umbilical cord. The baby is healthy at 49.5 centimetres and weighs 2.98 kilograms.
This is Ronaldo's second child. He has a son, eight-year-old Ronald, with his former wife and model Milene Domingues.
Munich - Eurocopter has won a major order from Brazil for 50 aircraft, the EADS helicopter division said in Germany Tuesday.
Lutz Bertling, chief executive of the division, did not disclose the value of the contract to supply the EC 725 transport helicopters, but said they are to be assembled in Brazil beginning in 2010.
The factory at Donauwoerth in the state of Bavaria is owned by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS).
Sao Paulo - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, an optimist to the bone, keeps repeating his mantra that Brazil, the world's 10th largest economy, will emerge from the turbulence rattling the global economy with only minor scratches.
Brasilia - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday called upon the United Nations to play a key role in the resolution of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip which has claimed hundreds of lives.
Zurich - The reigning women's Footballer of the Year Marta on Monday confirmed that she would be leaving her Swedish club Umea IK to move to the US.
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian superstar Ronaldo received the perfect gift on Christmas eve. His fiancee Maria Beatriz Anthony gave birth to a baby girl on Wednesday, local media reported.
Munich - Eurocopter has won a major order from Brazil for 50 aircraft, the EADS helicopter division said in Germany Tuesday.
