RIO DE JANEIRO-Brazil's president didn't accept the World Economic Forum's first-ever award for "global statesmanship" in person Friday because he was ill. But that didn't stop the one-time radical unionist from biting the hand that patted him on the back. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's speech -- delivered by his foreign minister -- chastised wealthy nations for triggering the global financial crisis, for not doing enough to help the globe's poor and for failing to redress historic wrongs. Silva...
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