Back then, anyone could tell that Japan was a backward, resource-poor nation going nowhere - and Brazil, with its all its natural wealth, was the country of the future.

BBC: Brazil: No reverso

With climate negotiations apparently going nowhere - reports from Bonn this week indicate a whole new outbreak of division - is there scope in Rio for a Big Idea on energy?

BBC: Big summit seeks big idea

"A hundred dollars a month and going nowhere fast--there's a lot of people like that, " says Topol.

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