BBC: Brazil President Rousseff refuses to resign
The Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, has insisted she will not resign over her alleged mishandling of the economy after moves to impeach her.
She accused her opponents of causing a political crisis which she said had damaged the economy.
Ms Rousseff also defended her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, over money-laundering allegations.
She said a prosecutors' request for his detention had no legal basis.
The ongoing crisis has deepened the worst recession in decades in Brazil - Latin America's biggest economy.
Ms Rousseff said she had been democratically elected and had no intention of going.
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ASIA
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Myanmar military chooses hardliner to work with Suu Kyi's proxy president.
Japan marks fifth anniversary of tsunami and nuclear disaster.
AFRICA
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Al-Shabab denies top leaders killed in US air strikes.
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EUROPE
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Refugee crisis: Calais eviction sprouts new 'jungles'.
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AMERICAS
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1 comment:
So we have this Romanian, whose parents move to Brasil and avoid communism in Romania and she promptly embraces communism in her new home.
But she was young and impressionable ... and definitely not a quant.
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