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Marcelo Odebrecht, CEO of Brazilian construction group Odebrecht. ©Reuters/Enrique Castro-Mendivil Odebrecht wins auction for part of key Brazil highway Engineering giant Odebrecht on Wednesday won the right to operate a 855-kilometer (534-mile) stretch of highway in Brazil's key central grain-producing region of Mato Grosso, authorities said.
28 November 2013
More than a million Xbox One consoles sold on launch day Microsoft on Friday crowed that more than a million Xbox One consoles were snapped up within 24 hours in 13 countries after hitting shelves for the first time in the morning.
23 November 2013
Chef Alex Atala: Brazil's taste ambassador Brazilian chef Alex Atala, widely seen as one of South America's culinary wizards, is making his name by highlighting the little-known cuisine of the Amazon region.
22 November 2013
Venezuelan president tries out new emergency powers Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro exercised new emergency powers for the first time Thursday, signing decrees limiting business profit margins and tightening regulation of imports.
22 November 2013
©Reuters World's biggest fruitcake brings sweet reward in Nicaragua About three hundred kids staged a fundraiser in Nicaragua on Sunday and smashed a sweet Guinness Book record, baking the world's largest fruitcake.
18 November 2013
Bieber's concert gear impounded in Argentina Justin Bieber's concert gear has been seized in Argentina in a legal scuffle with a photographer, the latest in a series of incidents trailing the Canadian teen idol's South American tour.
16 November 2013
Amid poison claims, ex-Brazil president exhumed The remains of Joao Goulart, ousted as Brazilian president ahead of the 1964-85 military dictatorship, were Wednesday exhumed to determine if he was poisoned.
14 November 2013
Big animals crucial for soil fertility: study The mass extinction of large animals in the Pleistocene era caused today's dearth of soil nutrients, scientists said Sunday, and warned of further damage if modern giants like the elephant disappear.
12 August 2013
Bolat Mankenov. Photo courtesy of astanaarlans.com Boxing: Kazakhstan's Astana Arlans to fight Argentina Condors in WSB play-off Kazakhstan's Astana Arlans – Argentina Condors fight will be held in Argentina on March 23.
12 March 2013
Selling of flowers in Almaty. ©Yaroslav Radlovsky 3 million flowers delivered to Almaty for March 8 Flowers are mostly supplied from the Netherlands, Germany, France, Israel, Ecuador, Kenya and Colombia to Almaty.
08 March 2013
Tennis: Shvedova advances to quarterfinals of WTA Brazil Cup Doubles Kazakhstan's Shvedova and Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues won over Caroline Garcia/Muguruza Blanco Garbine duo in the Brazil Cup.
26 February 2013
Polina Kozedub. Photo courtesy of mrsmultiverse.com Kazakhstan beauty became third in Miss Multiverse pageant According to Kazakhstan's Polina Kozedub, it was all of a sudden, when she got an invitation to the pageant six days before the event.
29 January 2013
8-y.o. Alua Kargabayeva from Almaty (first left) became second at Little Princess international-2012 beauty pageant. Photo courtesy of the pageant's organizers Kazakhstan girl became 2nd at Little Princess International pageant Besides the title of the Vice-Princess, 8-y.o. Alua Kargabayeva got an invitation to Hollywood and a certificate for the Best Original Show.
04 January 2013
3 Kazakhstan off-roaders and one truck to participate in Dakar-2013 Three Kazakhstan off-road vehicles will participate in this year's rally along with the Kamaz truck that won bronze last year.
10 December 2012
Whaling nations defeat proposed Atlantic sanctuary Japan and its allies shot down a Latin American-led proposal Monday to create a sanctuary for whales in the southern Atlantic Ocean, reigniting international tensions over Tokyo's whaling.
04 July 2012

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