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Brazil government 'worst logger'| The government has been named as the worst illegal logger of Amazon forests by its own Environment Ministry | |
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| Sep. 17 |
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 Norway joins fight to save Amazon| Norway has pledged $1bn to a new international fund to help Brazil protect the rainforest | |
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| Aug.22 |
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  Brazil hands 'drug baron' to US  Map of Manaus Brazil Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia, the leader of one of Colombia's most powerful drug cartels has been extradited to the US by Brazil
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| Aug.1 |
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Brazil launches rainforest fund  | President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has launched an international fund to protect the rainforest and help combat climate change | |
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| May.29 |
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Isolated tribe spotted| One of few remaining uncontacted indigenous tribes has been spotted and photographed on the border between Brazil and Peru | |
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| May.4 |
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Boat capsizes killing at least 15 A wooden boat Comandante Sales ferrying at least 80 people home from a party sank , leaving dozens missing
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| Apr.25 |
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 Plans to control access to Amazon Brazil: Congress is to be asked to consider a law which could require foreign visitors and workers in the Amazon region to have a permit
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| Dec.7 |
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Deforestation slows again Deforestation in the rainforest fell by 20% between August 2006 and July 2007
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| Nov.22 |
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Brazil shocked by jail girl rape Map of Para Brazil Authorities are investigating reports that a 15-year-old was left in a police cell with 20 men for a month and repeatedly sexually abused
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| Aug.13 |
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Brazil Amazon destruction slows President Lula has welcomed new figures showing that the destruction of the rainforest has decreased by 25%.
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| Jul.21 |
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Aviation radar goes dark A radar failure over the Amazon forced to turn back or ground a string of international flights, deepening a national aviation crisis
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| Jun.15 |
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Amazon river 'longer than Nile' Brazil scientists are claiming to have established as a scientific fact that the Amazon is the longest river in the world
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| Apr.7 |
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Slovenian completes Amazon swim
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| Jan.17 |
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Traces of more isolated tribes Far more Indian groups than previously thought are surviving but they risk extermination at the hands of loggers and miners
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| Dec.8 |
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 US pilots charged in Amazon jetliner crash Sao Paulo: Brazilian federal police charged 2 New York pilots involved in a collision with exposing an aircraft to danger
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| Dec.4 |
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Rainforest gets protected status The decision by Para Governor Simao will protect the land from the unsustainable logging and agriculture practices
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| Nov.14 |
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Dam plans jeopardize Amazon Environmental experts are criticizing government for failing to assess the impact of 2 dams proposed for construction
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| Oct.24 |
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Voice recorder of crashed plane found Rescue workers using metal detectors found the flight recorder of the Boeing 737 that crashed in the jungle
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| Oct.1 |
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Recorders support midair collision A review of the voice and flight-data recorders back up the pilot's account that another aircraft clipped his plane
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| Sep.30 |
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Wreckage of flight spotted Air force has located the passenger Boeing 737, which disappeared over the rainforest
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Rescuers struggle to reach downed jet Search planes scouring the dense rainforest have found the wreckage of the Boeing 737 airliner
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| Sep.29 |
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Relatives await news of jetliner. Brazil
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Plane lost over Amazon A search is underway for a passenger plane with at least 150 people on board that has gone missing
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| Dec.27 |
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Inmates hold some 200 hostages Inmates at a prison in remote Amazon jungle were demanding the return of their leader from another prison
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| Aug.25 |
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'Miracle' as 58 passengers survive. Peru
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| Aug.21 |
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Oil protests on hold for talks. Ecuador
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| May.18 |
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Amazon destruction accelerating The rainforest is being destroyed at near record levels, according to figures released by the Brazilian government
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| Feb.17 |
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Murder prompts Amazon curb
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| May.15 |
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Plane crashes
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| Apr.7 |
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Amazon shrinkage alarms activists
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| Jun.26 |
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Amazon destruction speeds up
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| Oct.30 |
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New plan to save Amazon forests. London
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