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Rio gang forces ambulance driver to give them ride
(AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:52:21 GMT
AP - Brazilian authorities say criminals hijacked an ambulance and forced the driver to give them a ride to a slum in Rio de Janeiro before taking their patient to the hospital.
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Petrobras sells 64 bln dlrs of stock to fund oil search
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:50:56 GMT
 AFP - Brazil's Petrobras unveiled one of the world's biggest share offerings, a sale of up to 64 billion dollars in new stock to finance oil exploration aimed at turning Brazil into a leading oil exporter of the 21st century.
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Bow and arrow used to send phones into Brazil jail
(AP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:27:04 GMT
AP - Police say a 17-year-old teen was detained after he shot arrows with cell phones attached over the walls of a prison in southern Brazil to inmates waiting on the other side.
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Brazil officials: Amazon deforestation declining
(AP)
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:44:59 GMT
AP - Brazil's government says deforestation in the Amazon is falling significantly and could be the lowest ever when yearly numbers are completed.
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Brazilian man accused of inserting needles in baby
(AP)
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:39:58 GMT
AP - Brazilian police say a man has confessed he inserted two needles and a nail into a baby girl's body because her beauty bothered him.
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Brazil's Rousseff could win in first round: poll
(Reuters)
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:18:19 GMT
 Reuters - Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff opened a 24-percentage point lead over her main presidential rival in an opinion poll on Saturday, staying on course win the October 3 election in the first round.
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Banning Political Humor: No Satire Please, We're Brazilian
(Time.com)
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:25:00 GMT
Time.com - Brazil has decided to ban political satire on radio and television -- exacerbating a colorless presidential campaign season
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U.S. and Brazilian Leaders to Explore New Opportunities for Job Creation
(PR Newswire)
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:32:00 GMT
PR Newswire - Council on Competitiveness to Hold 2nd U.S.-Brazil Innovation Summit at Georgetown University, September 20-21
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Humpback whale beached on sand bar in Brazil
(AP)
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:06:52 GMT
AP - Marine biologists say a humpback whale has beached itself for the second time in two days on a sandbar in southern Brazil.
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Brazil: Venture Capital's New Hot Spot
(Time.com)
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:50:00 GMT
Time.com - Brazil's Start-Up Generation Attracts New Venture Capital
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Brazil comedians say election censorship no joke
(Reuters)
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:38:41 GMT
Reuters - Brazilian comedians are up in arms against a ruling that blocks them from poking fun at their favorite targets -- politicians on the campaign trail.
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Brazil police probe hotel hostage drama
(AFP)
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:34:52 GMT
 AFP - Brazilian authorities probed Sunday the brazen hostage-taking of 35 people at an upscale central Rio de Janeiro hotel following a shootout between a gang and police that left one person dead.
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Gunmen fighting Rio police invade luxury hotel
(AP)
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:14:02 GMT
 AP - Heavily armed drug gang members engaged in an intense firefight with police, then fled into a luxury hotel popular with foreign tourists and held about 30 people hostage for three hours Saturday before surrendering.
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Brazil drug violence spills into 5-star Rio hotel
(Reuters)
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:29:47 GMT
Reuters - Brazilian police on Saturday arrested 10 heavily armed men and rescued 35 people who had been held hostage for almost two hours at a five-star hotel in one of Rio de Janeiro's richest neighborhoods.
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Rousseff widens lead in Brazilian presidential poll
(Reuters)
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:11:45 GMT
 Reuters - Ruling party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff extended her lead over rival Jose Serra after taking advantage of free broadcast advertising, a poll showed on Saturday.
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Desperate times for Brazil's opposition candidate
(AP)
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:14:52 GMT
 AP - Brazil's opposition presidential candidate is plummeting so fast in the polls that he's running television ads linking himself to the nation's popular president — who backs his rival.
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Brazil police say janitor killed 2 students
(AP)
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:21:56 GMT
AP - A school janitor has confessed to killing two female students and dumping their bodies in an abandoned cesspool in southeastern Brazil, police said Friday.
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Brazil's Rousseff free of cancer, feels fine
(Reuters)
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:28:21 GMT
 Reuters - Brazil's ruling party candidate for president, Dilma Rousseff, received a clean bill of health on Thursday after a routine exam following her cancer treatment last year.
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Brazil's sensual Rio aims for stylish syntax
(AP)
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:51:45 GMT
AP - Fumbling for the right word? Stumped by syntax? Trying to figure out just what syntax means? Help is just a phone call away — at least if you live in Rio de Janeiro.
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No fun intended: Brazil forbids election spoofing
(AP)
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:56:50 GMT
 AP - Make no joke about it, Brazil's presidential election is a serious affair, devoid of Jon Stewart's wry jabs, sidesplitting Top 10 lists or the "Saturday Night Live" cast lampooning politicians left and right that characterized the latest U.S. contest.
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