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DIED. JOSE LUTZENBERGER, 75, outspoken Brazilian environmentalist; after a heart attack; in Porto Alegre. Once a salesman for a German chemical company, Lutzenberger changed jobs after visiting an apple orchard that had been sprayed with his company's chemicals. As Brazil's Secretary of the Environment, Lutzenberger pushed for punitive measures for industrial polluters and helped create an oasis in the Amazon for the Yanomami Indians...
...Cracknell won numerous accolades, including the Silver Logie for most popular comedy personality and for most outstanding actress. In 1998 Cracknell was named a living treasure by Australia's National Trust. DIED. JOSE LUTZENBERGER, 75, former secretary of the environment and leading voice of Brazil's Green movement; in Porto Alegre. His work put an end to the government's ?nuclear program and helped ?secure 93,240 sq km of Amazon rainforest as a sanctuary for the Yanomami Indians. In 1988 Lutzenberger was given the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes called the alternative Nobel...
...Apple powerbook, I discovered the intuitive, easy-to-use Mac functionality. The new iMac is amazing and powerful. Thanks to Apple, long hours spent before a screen can be more productive and fun. We can enjoy work in a more relaxed way. Keep it up! PEDRO M. GONCALVES PEREIRA Porto, Portugal...
...Maybe those gathered at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, made a better case for their movement. I?m tempted to go there next year. On second thought: no skiing in Brazil. So back to Davos it will...
...trend being repeated across Europe, according to anecdotal evidence from doctors. Each month, the brothers Viel criss-cross Europe to work at clinics in Norway, Italy and Ireland. Corporación Dermoestetica, a Spanish group with 32 centers in Spain, this year will open clinics in Lisbon and Porto, Portugal. "There is no doubt that cosmetic surgery is growing in popularity," says Giulio Injianni, secretary of the German Association of Plastic Surgeons. "People are more confident about this kind of medicine because of media exposure." He says his own patient load has doubled in the past five years...