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2016 Olympics

 Gangs Down 
 Police Chopper 
 as Rio Burns 

But Brazil says it's working on security issues for 2016 Games

Oct 18, 09 9:35 AM CDT
(AP) - Brazilian officials are insisting security won't be a problem for its just-won 2016 Olympics despite drug-gang violence that plunged Rio de Janeiro into a day of bloody chaos that saw gangs shoot down a police helicopter, killing two cops and injuring four. The hourslong turf war between rival gangs in... More »

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Brazil • gangs • Rio de Janeiro • helicopter • 2016 Olympics

 Congrats, Rio; Now Get to Work 

Brazil has some serious cleaning to get ready for 2016 Olympics

Oct 4, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rio de Janeiro waltzed into Copenhagen on Friday, elbowed a couple of superpowers aside, whispered in the IOC's ear, and made off with the 2016 Olympics. But now in the cold light of day, Brazil has some serious roll-up-the-sleeves work to do. Its onetime oceanside gem now hangs on a... More »

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crime • Brazil • Rio de Janeiro • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • 2016 Olympics

 Rio to Host 2016 Olympics 


Oct 2, 09 11:57 AM CDT
(AP) - The 2016 Olympics are going to Rio de Janeiro, putting the games in South America for the first time. Rio beat surprise finalist Madrid in the last round of voting today in Copenhagen. Chicago was knocked out in the first round, Tokyo in the second. Rio had played heavily on... More »

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Chicago • Brazil • Rio de Janeiro • Tokyo • Madrid • 2016 Olympics

 Chicago Loses Olympic Bid 


Oct 2, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - So much for the clout of the Obamas and Oprah. Chicago lost its bid to host the 2016 Olympics after being eliminated in today's first round of voting in Copenhagen. Despite personal appeals by the president and first lady, the city got the fewest votes in the International Olympic Committee... More »

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Chicago • Brazil • Rio de Janeiro • Madrid • 2016 Olympics • International Olympic Committee • President Obama

(Newser) - Honduras' tense political situation may be coming to a head. Riot police clashed with supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya today outside the Brazilian embassy, where Zelaya has been holed up for a day since sneaking back into the country. Police fired tear gas at the protesters, who returned fire... More »

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Brazil • embassy • Honduras • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

 Gisele Named 
 UN Goodwill 
 Ambassador 

Bundchen more than just a supermodel, has long campaigned for environmental issues

Sep 21, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gisele Bundchen will have more than a baby with hubby Tom Brady to keep her busy—yesterday she was named a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme, the Boston Herald reports. “Mother Earth is our fundamental life-support system, and by becoming aware and responsible now, we... More »

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entertainment • environment • United Nations • Brazil • celebrity • Gisele Bundchen • Tom Brady • green • supermodel • eco-friendly • UN goodwill ambassador

 Brazilian Teen's Ride: 
 Pink, Sporty, Bulletproof 

In Sao Paulo, armoring a car is as much about status as protection

Sep 10, 09 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sao Paulo, Brazil, is known as the armored car capital of the world, and for good reason, the Wall Street Journal reports. Brazil's murder rate is 5 times the rate in the US, and the wealthy are historically at risk for kidnapping. Add to that a recent influx of... More »

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Brazil • kidnapping • Sao Paulo • Volkswagen • automobile • wealthy • armored car • status

Man Arrested
for Kissing His
Own Daughter

Italian tourist faces 15 years in prison after Brazil pool incident

Sep 7, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A controversy is brewing in Brazil over a 48-year-old Italian tourist who was arrested for touching and kissing his own 8-year-old daughter, the BBC reports. A couple reported seeing the man touching a young girl inappropriately at a hotel pool, apparently unaware that the girl was his daughter. Under a... More »

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Brazil • Italy • child molestation • sexual abuse • misunderstanding

(AP) - The Brazilian Health Ministry has created a website to let people inform partners they've got a sexually transmitted disease via an emailed virtual postcard. The official in charge of the ministry's STD and AIDs programs notes that many have a hard time telling partners they're infected—and that the emails... More »

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AIDS • email • Brazil • sexually transmitted diseases

 Crime Show Host 
 Ordered Murders 
 for Killer Ratings 

Politician's crime show 'went as far as creating facts'

Aug 12, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Brazilian politician is suspected of commissioning killings to boost ratings for his crime show, the Guardian reports. Wallace Souza has asserted that the city of Manaus is crime-ridden; he’s suspected of ordering at least 5 deaths to make his case. The show “had an uncanny knack for... More »

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television • investigation • crime • Brazil • murder • drug trafficking • Wallace Souza

(Newser) - A Brazilian environmental group is running TV ads encouraging citizens to save water by urinating in the shower, the AP reports. SOS Mata Atlantica says a household can save more than 1,000 gallons a year by going No. 1 straight into the drain. The humorous ad is “a... More »

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environment • Brazil • toilet • water supply • Amazon rainforest • television advertising • SOS Mata Atlantica • urine • shower

(AP) - Boxer Arturo Gatti's death was ruled a suicide by Brazilian police today, and a judge ordered the release of his wife, once suspected of killing the former champion. Investigator Paulo Alberes says authorities decided Gatti killed himself July 11 while at a seaside resort. When asked if police had determined... More »

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suicide • boxing • police • Brazil • murder • Arturo Gatti • Amanda Rodrigues

(Newser) - Britain is accused of flouting international law by dumping toxic industrial and medical waste in Brazil and Ghana, the Times of London reports. Brazilian authorities were outraged to find over 1,000 tons of hazardous waste in 90 shipping containers labeled as holding recyclable plastic. "It is disgraceful that... More »

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Brazil • garbage • toxic waste • Britain • Ghana

Boxer Gatti's Wife to Face Murder Charge

Brazil officials say
she strangled him
after night of boozing

Jul 12, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Enraged after a night of drinking and a public shoving match, the wife of former boxing champ Arturo Gotti strangled him in his sleep, Brazilian police say. Officials plan to charge Amanda Rodrigues with premeditated murder, despite her claim that an assailant sneaked into their Porto de Galihnas hotel room... More »

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Brazil • murder • wife • murder charges • Arturo Gatti

(AP) - Former boxing champion Arturo Gatti, whose epic trilogy with Micky Ward branded him one of the most exciting fighters of his generation, was found dead in a hotel room in the posh seaside resort of Porto de Galihnas today. Police investigator Edilson Alves says the body of the former junior... More »

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boxing • Brazil • death • police investigation • Arturo Gatti

(AP) - Brazil’s “Beautiful Game” came alive in the second half today with three comeback goals in a 3-2 win over the upstart United States in the Confederations Cup final. Luis Fabiano scored two of the goals and Lucio added the third in the 84th minute to give Brazil its... More »

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Brazil • United States • soccer • Landon Donovan

(Newser) - Brazil's Navy and Air Force gave up their search for Air France Flight 447 victims today, citing the difficulty of finding bodies and wreckage 25 days after the crash, Reuters reports. "It's already been nine days without seeing any bodies," a Brazilian officer said. French ships will remain,... More »

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France • Brazil • plane crash • bodies • wreckage • debris • victim • Air France Flight 447

 Signals Detected, but Officials 
 Deny They're Flight 447's 

Submarine sent to probe ocean floor

Jun 23, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescuers are hot on the track of signals picked up deep in the Atlantic that could be from one of Air France Flight 447's black boxes, Le Monde reported today, but a French official denied that the signals could be originating from the doomed plane's flight recorder. “The black... More »

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black box • Brazil • plane crash • Le Monde • flight recorder • signals • disaster • Air France • Air France Flight 447

(AP) - Bodies recovered in the Air France disaster show multiple fractures in the legs, hips, and arms, a Brazilian official said today. Experts said such injuries suggest the plane broke up in the air, and a spokesman for Brazilian medical examiners said autopsies on some of the 50 bodies recovered so... More »

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Atlantic Ocean • Brazil • plane crash • midair • Air France Flight 447

(Newser) - They’re called “ecobarriers,” but critics say the walls being erected in Rio de Janeiro aren’t there to protect trees. The 10-foot cinderblock walls are supposed to prevent Rio’s favelas, or shantytowns, from expanding into the rainforest, but critics say they’re really a means of... More »

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Brazil • Rio de Janeiro • wall • rain forest • class divide • class

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