26 April 2013 Last updated at 08:12 GMT
Like a character out of the film "Apocalypse Now," Colonel Sebastião de Moura allegedly hunted, tortured and killed rebels without remorse during Brazil's military dictatorship. Now, almost 40 years later, he is likely to face charges.
The Curió is at home where the Amazon rainforest begins to thin out and becomes slightly less impenetrable. It has a black back, its feathers are the color of hazelnuts and its call varies from light and bell-like to somber and plaintive. Rainforest residents like to catch the bird because, in captivity, the Curió reacts aggressively when confronted with one of its own kind in a cage. The bird is known for fighting until it drops, which makes it the perfect candidate for betting operations. Its name means "friend of mankind" in the local language. It's certainly an odd bird.
April 26, 2013 - 1:59PM
'Growing evidence' of chemical weapons use in Syria - UK
There is "limited but growing" evidence that Syrian government troops have used chemical weapons, UK Prime Minister David Cameron says.
"It is extremely serious, this is a war crime," Mr Cameron told the BBC.
On Thursday, the White House said that US intelligence agencies believed "with varying degrees of confidence" that Syria had used the nerve agent sarin.
It said the gas had been deployed on a "small scale", but did not give details of where or when it had been used.
Mr Cameron said he agreed with the White House's warning that chemical weapons use would be a "red line" for possible intervention
North Korea rejects South's call for Kaesong talks
Pyongyang says similar demands in future would 'only speed up final destruction' of South Korea
North Korea has rejected South Korea's demand for talks on a jointly run factory park that has been closed for nearly a month, responding to a threat from Seoul with its own warning of "grave measures".
A day earlier Seoul had used the same language in setting a Friday deadline for Pyongyang to answer its call for working-level discussions of the fate of the Kaesong industrial park.
While neither capital is providing specifics about what the grave measures might be, the war of words calls into question the future of the last major symbol of inter-Korean co-operation.
Unemployment hits new high in Spain
Over six million people out of work in first quarter of 2013
Spanish unemployment has hit a new high, with over six million people out of work as the country remains mired in recession.
The jobless rate hit 27.2 per cent in the first quarter of this year – the highest figure on record – according to the National Statistics Institute’s active population survey.
Young Spaniards were among the hardest hit as the jobless rate among the under-25s rose to 57.2 per cent.
Recent data highlighted the exodus of young Spaniards abroad as the active population fell by 85,000 in the first quarter. That drop in the population was also attributed to the return of unemployed immigrants to their home countries.
PEACEKEEPING
Kurdish PKK rebels announce withdrawal date from Turkey
A Kurdish rebel commander has announced that the group will begin withdrawing guerilla fighters from Turkey and into northern Iraq in May. The announcement comes amid a peace drive between Ankara and the rebel movement.
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) chief Murat Karayilan told a news conference Thursday in the group's mountainous stronghold of Qandil in northern Iraq that the withdrawal would begin on May 8.
"As part of ongoing preparations, the withdrawal will begin on May 8, 2013," PKK leader Karayilan was quoted as saying by the pro-Kurdish Firat news agency.
Brazil's Heart of Darkness: Notorious Rebel-Killer May Finally Face Justice
By Erich Follath and Jens Glüsing
Like a character out of the film "Apocalypse Now," Colonel Sebastião de Moura allegedly hunted, tortured and killed rebels without remorse during Brazil's military dictatorship. Now, almost 40 years later, he is likely to face charges.
The Curió is at home where the Amazon rainforest begins to thin out and becomes slightly less impenetrable. It has a black back, its feathers are the color of hazelnuts and its call varies from light and bell-like to somber and plaintive. Rainforest residents like to catch the bird because, in captivity, the Curió reacts aggressively when confronted with one of its own kind in a cage. The bird is known for fighting until it drops, which makes it the perfect candidate for betting operations. Its name means "friend of mankind" in the local language. It's certainly an odd bird.
Bargains for the West, disaster for Bangladesh
April 26, 2013 - 1:59PM
Ben Doherty
South Asia correspondent for Fairfax Media
The West's demand for "bargain-basement" clothes is causing factory disasters such as this week's Bangladeshi building collapse, labour activists say.
At least 273 Bangladeshi garment industry workers are dead following the collapse of Rana Plaza, an eight-storey factory near Dhaka making clothes for a host of Western brands, including Britain's Primark and the Spanish label Mango, which recently announced a deal to set up shops within David Jones in Australia.
The deaths of these workers could have been avoided if multinational corporations, governments and factory owners took workers' protection seriously.
Up to 3000 people were in the building when it collapsed on Wednesday morning, and rescuers have spent three days pulling survivors, and the bodies of those killed, from the rubble. It's still unknown how many people, alive or dead, remain trapped inside.
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