Agence France-Presse: Brazilian lawmakers on Thursday approved a controversial law giving land titles to properties carved out of the protected Amazon rain forest by squatters before December 2004. The move, which still has to go before the senate, was cautiously backed by Environment Minister Carlos Minc, who told AFP: “When there are 300,000 people occupying land irregularly, there is no one to fine and make responsible if they don’t respect environmental legislation.” But he warned that if …