A debate is under way in Brazil over the direction of the country's foreign policy. Brazil is seeking out political and trade relationships with developing nations, especially China, not among its traditional allies.

Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has launched a global fund to protect the Amazon rain forest and combat climate change.

Venezuela President Hugo Chávez is scheduled to travel to Russia on July 22 to strengthen the strategic alliance between both countries.

The USA has recreated the 4th Naval Fleet for Latin America, which had been discontinued in 1950. US Ambassador to Brazil Clifford Sobel met Brazilian senators in Brasilia early this Wednesday (9) to try to explain the reasons for the fleet comeback.

Brazil’s new Environment Minister Carlos Minc takes office today in the middle of a spat over an apparent recent increase in deforestation in the Amazon region. He said deforestation in Mato Grosso has increased by 60 per cent.

It sounds like the Great Nuclear Conspiracy: it has come to light that a CD containing vital nuclear data was carried by Benazir Bhutto and handed over to North Korea as part of a secret deal.

Baby Taiane would not have survived if her mother did not live near the fire brigade headquarters. The baby was born by the hands of three rescue firemen.

Israel is facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip while at the same time it is being attacked from that Hamas-controlled territory, supported Israel's Foreign Ministry Spokesman on Wednesday, April 16.

Both Israelis and Palestinians must abide by previous agreements, Barack Obama told Jewish Telegraphic Agency in an exclusive telephone interview yesterday (April 9).

Shortly after 15:00 today, Palestinian terrorists fired a salvo of mortars at the Nahal Oz area and penetrated the fuel terminal. Two Israeli civilians employed at the terminal were killed in the attack.

Syria's armed forces have reportedly been put on alert and its reserves called up, according to a report in the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi.

Fitna, the controversial and censored movie by Geert Wilders that aims to energize the West into fighting back against its mortal enemy is now on Arutz Sheva website israelnationalnews.com.

His Holiness The Dalai Lama's dramatic appeal to the Chinese People appeared today on 'Save Tibet' website. The Western World access to Tibetan information is being curbed by the Chinese government. Here are the Dalai Lama's words in full:

The simmering political ­tensions in Tibet burst into the open on Thursday in one of Lhasa’s most important ­temples when a group of 30 Buddhist monks interrupted a government-­organised visit by international journalists to complain about freedom.

Brazil's President Lula da Silva declared at a press conference he had called President Bush twice to say Brazil might help him solve the US credit crisis. He called Mr. Bush while meeting with Venezuela's Chavez, who was on a state visit to Brazil.

US scientists have managed to rid diabetic mice of the effects of the disease using a cocktail of drugs. The mice, who had type 1 diabetes, started producing their own insulin after taking a mixture of four drugs.

US President George W. Bush has urged China to begin dialogue with Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. He called his counterpart Hu Jintao to convey his concerns about the unrest. Foreign journalists were allowed to visit Lhasa on Wednesday.

Financial crime consultant Kenneth Rijock has reported that "sources in the White House have confirmed its attorneys have been asked to research the procedures required to designate the Republic of Venezuela as a terrorism-sponsoring state."

A rare silver coin used to pay the half-shekel head tax to the Temple was found in what was the main drainage channel of Jerusalem in the Second Temple period. The excavations are directed by Eli Shukron and Professor Ronny Reich of the University of Haif

Crime Consultant Kenneth Rijock of World-Check has drawn the world's attention this week to Venezuela's support of the Colombian FARC guerilla. Chavez is reportedly working through intermediaries to make outlaw donations to the U.S. Democratic Party.