In 1502, Portuguese navigators landed at a port on the coast of South America and named it Rio de Janeiro (River of January).
It was a display which will also have pleased England coach Capello, who will be looking for vital signs of how Terry responds to his decision to take away the captain's armband and hand it to Rio Ferdinand.
"It will enable Rio to host important events in the international calendar and it will be an example of sustainability and preservation of an environmentally protected area, " he added.
It would be sad if it also derailed Rio's incipient revival.
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He expended much time and effort in 2008 marshalling arguments to see the bid off, believing that it seriously undervalued Rio and that his company was better alone.
Whatever water manages to get to Texas is destined for the town of Pecos, the last big farm community to use the river before it joins the Rio Grande.
But here in Sugarland, there is another side of Tom DeLay, and it's called Rio Bend.
Across the bay from Rio, it perches on a cliff-top - an upturned flying saucer, its curves reflected in a pool which encircles its central pillar.
We believe that paying the price for power as stipulated in the contract is no longer possible for Rio as it battles a prolonged slump in the aluminium market.
But it was objections from Rio's shareholders, and a recovery in commodities prices which lifted mining firms' share prices and made the proposed deal with Chinalco look too generous, that ultimately scuppered the plan.
However, Rio Tinto said it expects growth in China to rebound in the coming months.
Separately, Riversdale , an Australian mining group with assets in Mozambique, confirmed it had been approached by Rio about a takeover.
These were ordered to be built by Vale to reduce shipping costs to the Asia Pacific region, so it could compete better with Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
Nicholas Bernstein, CEO of start-up Brazilian media venture Corisco Films, based in New York and Rio, says it has already has a slate of films ready to make in Brazil.
They were almost caught napping early on when Barry Bannan slid a ball inside right-back Wes Brown to find Stewart Downing and it needed centre-back Rio Ferdinand to come across and clear out the danger.
For instance, Rio Tinto Alcan said it plans to close its U.K.-based Lynemouth smelter.
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So when we landed in Rio de Janeiro, it was the first story we set out to cover.
Yet it is too early to declare Rio's renaissance to be under way.
Meanwhile, Beckham says Rio Ferdinand has what it takes to be England skipper after the Manchester United defender replaced John Terry as captain.
The Justice Ministry recently offered to send in Army troops to help quell the violence, as it has in done previously in Rio de Janeiro slums.
State-owned power generator Meridian Energy of New Zealand announced last week that Rio Tinto has approached it to renegotiate the electricity contract for its aluminium smelter at Bluff.
United - with only one clean sheet to their name this season - fielded centre-halves Wes Brown and Jonny Evans - in for the injured Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand - but it was their front men who were the busier pairing.
In 2010, Ivanhoe adopted a shareholder-rights plan that allowed other investors to dilute Rio's stake if it continued to grow.
Happiness was a big part of Rio's pitch after it was voted the happiest city in the world by Forbes magazine.
SonicBlue, however, hasn't stood still: This week it announced two new players, the Rio S10 and the S30S, to spice things up.
I'm turning 31 in a few days, so I'll be 35 for Rio -- I think it's possible but we'll see how it goes.
Its flagship project is in Rio de Janeiro, where it has built an operations centre, which it describes as the "nerve centre" of the city.
It won an election for governor of Rio Negro province, and an opinion poll gave the Alliance candidate a ten-point lead over his Peronist rival ahead of October's presidential election.
Long after the Pacified Rio Cup is over, it will leave legacies for the communities such as the renovation of the playing fields and the opening of soccer schools in the favelas.
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