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Brazil, January 2010
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Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Amazon
Northeastern Brazil
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| Jan.1 |
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Mudslide in resort kills at least 19 people A stationary front continued for a third day to pound southeast coast with rain, turning hills into nightmarish scenes and raising the death toll to 45
| Jan.2 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Death toll rains hits 51 More than three days of rain caused a large part of a mountain near Rio de Janeiro to collapse as mud
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| Feb.19 |
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64 Canadian students rescued at sea
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| Mar.3 |
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Brazil, U.S. at odds over Iran
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| Apr.6 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Rains, flooding kill 200 in Brazil  About 287 people have been rescued, and others were trapped under mudslides caused by the rain
At least 33 people died in Rio de Janeiro city after 28cm of rain fell in 24 hours. 33 were killed in the neighbouring city of Niteroi
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| Apr.8 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Death toll climbs from Rio mudslides The death toll from flooding and mudslides continued to climb, with official reports of at least 181 fatalities. 5,000 of people have been left...
| Apr.10 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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More than 200 dead in mudslides
| Apr.16 |
Amazon |
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Judge allows start of bids on dam
| Apr.20 |
Amazon |
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Brazil awards rights to develop dam Map of Belo Monte Brazil Norte Energia consortium of nine companies has won the right to build a hydroelectric dam on a tributary of the Amazon | |
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| May.1 |
Amazon |
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2nd rancher jailed over US nun's murder
| May.6 |
Northeastern Brazil |
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Searchers zero in on Air France wreckage New computer programs have allowed officials to narrow the search area for an airliner that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean last year
| May.16 |
Iran |
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Brazil's Lula in Iran for nuclear talks
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| Jun.3 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Soccer star Adriano denies drug-gang ties
| Jun.10 |
Northeastern Brazil |
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Man fathering 7 children with daughter
| Jun.15 |
Johannesburg |
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Brazil edge past North Korea
| Jun.20 |
Johannesburg |
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Kaka sees red in win over Ivory Coast
| Jun.22 |
Northeastern Brazil |
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42 dead, 115,000 homeless in flooding
| Jun.23 |
Northeastern Brazil |
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More than 600 still missing in floods
| Jun.25 |
South Africa |
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Brazil and Portugal into last 16
| Jun.28 |
Johannesburg |
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Brazil storm into quarterfinals The five-time world champions turned on the style to defeat their South American rivals Chile 3-0
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| Jul.2 |
South Africa |
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Dutch knock Brazil out of World Cup Map of Port Elizabeth South Africa The Netherlands came from a goal down to beat 10-man Brazil 2-1 in their quarterfinal clash. Melo was sent off for stamping on Robben
| Jul.4 |
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Football Federation fires Dunga as coach The coach and his staff were fired two days after Brazil was beaten by the Netherlands in the World Cup quarterfinals
| Jul.7 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Goalie suspected in murder surrenders
| Jul.21 |
Sao Paulo |
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Hundreds of penguins wash up on coast
| Jul.24 |
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Menezes is new Brazil coach
| Jul.31 |
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Brazil leader offers asylum to Iran woman President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva has offered asylum to Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning
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| Aug.12 |
Peru |
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Peru battles killer vampire bats
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| Sep.14 |
Northeastern Brazil |
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11 kids from a family die in boat accident Eleven children from the same extended family died over the weekend in a lake after the boat they were in overturned
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| Oct.3 |
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Brazil votes for Lula successor
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Rousseff pulls ahead in presidential race Ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff led the race to be next president, but will likely fall short of winning the majority needed to avoid a runoff
| Oct.17 |
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Brazil's Greens to remain neutral
| Oct.31 |
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Brazil votes for new president Brazilians are voting to choose a new president to succeed the popular Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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Brazil elects first female president Dilma Rousseff, 62, -- President Luiz Inacio da Silva's right-hand woman -- has served as his chief of staff and pPreviously, as energy minister
Rousseff has promised to continue policies that have fostered years of strong economic growth
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| Nov.7 |
Sao Paulo |
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Red Bull 1-2 leaves F1 title race wide open
| Nov.9 |
Northeastern Brazil |
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Brazil prison riots kill 18 A first riot broke out at the Pedrinhas Penitentiary in Sao Luis, capital of Maranhao. At least 15 inmates were killed during the 27-hour ri...
| Nov.17 |
Qatar |
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Messi strike sinks Brazil
| Nov.25 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Rio steps up anti-gang operation Police in the city have deployed armoured vehicles in a shanty town as they continue operations to stem a wave of violence
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Rio de Janeiro |
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Rio police 'in control of favela' Police in Rio de Janeiro say they now have total control of the Vila Cruzeiro shanty town, as they continue a crackdown on violent drug gangs | |
| Nov.26 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Troops sended to violence-plagued Rio Authorities sent in the military to help quell violence that continued in the slums, with gangs torching buses and five cars before dawn
| Nov.27 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Rio drug traffickers surrounded Police in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro urge drug traffickers in a hillside slum to turn themselves in or face a determined assault
| Nov.28 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Brazil forces take over Rio slum Authorities launched a massive sweep of the Alemao favela complex, searching for drug gang leaders and illegal drugs | |
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Rio de Janeiro |
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Rio police seize large drugs haul Brazilian police and troops say they have found a large haul of drugs after storming a major drug traffickers' stronghold
| Nov.30 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Troops to occupy slum through October The military operation to clear the Alemao slum of drug traffickers will turn into an occupation of the area at least through October 2011
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| Dec.24 |
Milan |
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Leonardo takes over as Inter boss
| Dec.31 |
Rome |
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Italy furious after Lula refuses extradition Italy has reacted with fury to the Brazilian president's decision on his last day in office not to extradite an former left-wing militant Cesare...
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