Saturday, July 21, 2007

Daily Headlines: July 21, 2007

* Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promised a full investigation of Tuesday’s deadly accident of TAM Flight 3054 while criticism grows against the government.

* Big congrats to “Ugly Betty” who was the top comedy series by receiving eleven Primetime Emmy nominations.

* Immigrants in the U.S. anxiously await a massive increase in fees for most services which is set to begin on July 30th.

* Hundreds of thousands of protestors marched in La Paz, Bolivia to demonstrate against plans to move the country’s capital from La Paz to Sucre.

* Despite U.S. swimmers leading the country’s medal surge at the Pan American Games, all eyes have been on Brazil’s Thiago Pereira who earlier today broke Mark Spitz's 40-year-old record for most gold medals at a single Games.

Sources- The Scotsman, Reuters, The Latin Americanist, E! Online, MSNBC, CNN, Taipei Times, International Herald Tribune

Image- BBC News

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