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...daredevil Texan Paul Adair ... Flame-haired "Red" Adair learned his rare trade in 16 years with tough old Myron Kinley, dean emeritus of oil fire fights [and has] set up his own company ... Already this year, the burly Adair and his two apprentices ... have tamed 50 wells in Bahrain, Brazil, Bolivia, Guatemala, Venezuela, Canada and the U.S. With an affluence known to no other firemen, Adair and his boys race to U.S. oil-field fires in flame-red Lincoln Continentals [and] fly in jet comfort to more distant alarms ... For all his flamboyance?he indulges his fondness...
...swept across the island. The storm had earlier contributed to heavy flooding in the Philippines that left at least 21 dead. The storm went on to hit China 's southeastern coast - from where officials had evacuated 1 million people - causing heavy damage but just two fatalities. Mean Streets BRAZIL A series of coordinated attacks in S?o Paulo left six homeless people dead and nine others hospitalized. All 15 were beaten with metal piping as they slept on downtown pavements. Police believe the attacks were carried out by a member of a hate group seeking to rid the streets of unwanted...
...skills," Fridman says, and it showed out on the water. In second place going into the 11th and final race, he had racked up enough points to secure a medal, but needed some alchemy - or at least some wiles - to turn it gold. When regatta leader Ricardo Santos of Brazil latched onto him at the start, says Fridman, "I decided to take him where the wind was not the strongest." It was a winning move: Santos faded with the wind and couldn't keep up, whereas Fridman muscled back into a better position. "When I saw that, I said...
...well in 1987 during the civil war in Angola describes him as "one real cool guy. Taciturn, withdrawn, personally honest, reliable and accessible. A guy to be trusted." That's certainly how Putin sees him. Sechin first met the future President in 1990 on an official visit to Brazil, where he translated for Putin. He hasn't left Putin's side since. "I liked Sechin," Putin wrote in his 2000 memoir. "When I moved to Moscow, he asked to go along. I took him." He served as Putin's factotum in the Kremlin in 1997, and in the Federal Security...
...touch Butch and Sundance - as much as the stunning scenery (Machu Picchu, the Andes, the Amazon) and the sociopolitical undercurrent that made The Motorcycle Diaries a hit at Sundance and Cannes and has insiders whispering about an Oscar nomination. The film has already made almost $5 million in Brazil, Italy and Argentina (not bad for a film that cost less than $10 million to make), and as it opens in Britain this week it looks to be one of those rare cinematic creatures: a non-English-language film with real crossover appeal. "This part of Guevara's life...