Rio de Janeiro (City- Brazil)

Bus collides with truck in Brazil, 3 killed, 31 injured

RIO DE JANEIRO, November 22 (RIA Novosti) - Three people died and 31 were injured when a bus collided with a truck in Brazil's southern Santa Catarina state, local police said. The truck reportedly crossed into the oncoming...

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Study: Brazilian GDP less dependent on most developed region

The contribution of Brazil's southeastern developed region to the country's GDP fell sharply, reflecting the growth of other regions in development, according to the announcement of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and...

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Socialite's School Brings Hope To Brazilian Slum

Brazil's ghettos are poverty stricken and violent. But there are people fighting against the odds to turn things around for the poor children of Rio de Janeiro. Among them is an unusual apostle: a Rio socialite who founded a...

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'Tough cookie' Madonna dons bullet proof vest in Brazil

From ANI London, Nov 21: Madonna insisted on wearing a bullet proof vest during her visit to a Rio de Janeiro slum even as she was accompanied by a squad of bodyguards. The state governor also gave company to the 51-year-old...

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Heart disease deaths drop, diabetic deaths rise in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Brazil has seen a fall in the number of heart disease deaths in the country, but the number of diabetic deaths has increased, a health ministry report said Thursday. The Brazilian Health...

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Brazil: Do banks have metal or melanin detector doors?

On the eve of Brazil's Black Pride Day – celebrated on November 20th, when the country renews its ongoing fight against discrimination – the Circo Voador Audiovisual Collective did an experiment. See the result: According to...

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Brazil seeks mediation role as Ahmadinejad visits

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil aims to burnish its growing diplomatic stature by pushing Middle East peace next week as it welcomes Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just two weeks after a visit by Israel's president.

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HAEMMERLE: In Olympics' Rio de Janeiro, favelas on fire

At a first glance, God appears to be everywhere. He is in the tiny churches where both the innocent and the sinful alike go and pray. He is hanging from the gold crosses that dangle from the necks of gangsters, drug dealers and...

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Brazil's ANP Gears Up for Subsalt Oil Drilling in Dec.

ANP's president, Haroldo Lima (Click to Enlarge) RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones), Nov. 19, 2009 Brazil's oil regulator, the National Petroleum Agency, or ANP, said it will start drilling in a promising offshore oil patch in the...

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Study: Brazilian GDP less dependent on most developed region

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The contribution of Brazil's southeastern developed region to the country's GDP fell sharply, reflecting the growth of other regions in development, according to the announcement of the...

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