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Mar. 7th (China Daily) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Sunday that enhanced cooperation among Brazil, Russia, India and China, or the BRIC countries, is beneficial to the world.

BRASILIA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Brazil, Russia, India and China will seek to expand coordination beyond the economic realm at their second summit slated for April.

Feb. 3 (Bangkok Post) - The economic crisis of 2008-09 appears to be over, but along the way it has transformed the shape and dynamics of the global economy.

Jan. 28 (Financial Times) - Brazil, Russia, India and China have issued a record amount of equity since the start of the year, as the so-called Bric countries have rushed to take advantage of increased appetite for emerging market assets.

December 8, 2009 (AP) - Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch.

Brazil's president said that "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich Western nations have caused much more past environmental destruction than the loggers and farmers who cut and burn trees in the world's largest tropical rain forest.

Sovereign wealth funds from Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE are poised to pour billions of dollars into the markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China next year as they seek to tap into the BRIC countries explosive economic growth, a senior executive at Credit Suisse said.

TEGUCIGALPA November 25, 2009 (Reuters) - Honduras' Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that ousted President Manuel Zelaya cannot legally return to office, dimming the possibility of his reinstatement after a June coup, court sources said.

AMSTERDAM October 28, 2009 (Reuters) - Honduras de facto government has started proceedings at the U.N. court in The Hague to stop Brazil giving refuge to ousted President Manuel Zelaya in its embassy in Tegucigalpa.

October 5, 2009 (London Independent) - In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar.