For Lula da Silva, Friday's announcement in Copenhagen, Denmark, that Rio de Janeiro will host the 31st Olympiad in 2016 signified a major achievement not only for his hemisphere (no city in South America has ever before hosted the games) but for him -- a former autoworker and union organizer who defied dizzying odds to become president.

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Chan indicated that a major factor in the decision was surveillance from countries in the Southern Hemisphere, where flu season is under way.

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Among its major business units, DuPont managed to grow its agriculture revenues 4% on strength in the Southern Hemisphere.

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