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 Brazil jails eight militants over Rio Olympic plot A judge has jailed 8 men for plotting attacks during the Rio Olympics last year and for using the internet to promote the Islamic State (IS)...
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Brazil's former richest man Eike Batista sent to prison Former Brazilian oil and mining tycoon Eike Batista has been transferred to a high security prison in Rio de Janeiro
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 Greek ambassador killed by wife's lover Police in Brazil believe that ambassador was killed by his wife's lover under her orders in a house in the Rio area and have detained three suspects
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| Nov.19 |
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Brazil: Four dead after police helicopter 'shot down by gang'  Four police officers have died after their helicopter crashed over Rio de Janeiro's notorious City of God favela
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| Aug.20 |
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Swimmer Ryan Lochte says sorry to Brazilians. USA
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| Aug.18 |
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  Olympics: US swimmers not robbed - police chief  | Four US swimmers who said they had been robbed in Rio de Janeiro were not victims of crime, the head of the city's civil police has insisted | |
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 US swimmers stopped at Rio airport Map of Rio de Janeiro airport Brazil The Brazilian authorities have stopped Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger from boarding a flight, the US Olympic Committee has confirmed
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Arrested OCI chief Pat Hickey 'to be taken to police station'
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| Aug.14 |
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US swimmer Ryan Lochte and three others robbed
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| Jul.21 |
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Brazil Olympics: Ten arrested for 'plotting 'terror' Map of Parana Brazil Federal police in Brazil have arrested 10 members of a group alleged to be preparing acts of terrorism during the Olympic Games
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| Jun.20 |
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Australian Paralympian robbed at gunpoint in Rio Liesl Tesch who has competed in six Paralympic Games has been robbed at gunpoint in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro
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 Charges sought for 7 in rape of 16-year-old Brazilian girl Rio de Janeiro police said Friday they're asking for charges to be filed against seven people in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl
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| Dec.11 |
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Brazil killer alleges 42 victims Brazilian police have arrested Sailson Jose das Gracas who has confessed to the killing of 42 people over the last decade in the city of Rio de Janeiro
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| Nov.27 |
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 Fugitive NZ murderer Phillip Smith deported from Brazil Phillip Smith, 40, serving a life term for child molestation and murder who fled to Brazil has been deported to his home country, officials ...
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 World Cup final security: Brazil plans huge security op Brazilian authorities say they are planning Rio de Janeiro's largest ever security operation for the World Cup final on Sunday
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World Cup tickets official arrested
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| Apr.25 |
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Brazilian military rule torturer Paulo Malhaes found dead A former colonel who admitted torturing and killing political prisoners under military rule was killed by three men who entered his home
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| Apr.22 |
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Dancer's death sparks Rio clashes
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| Oct.6 |
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Huge operation to occupy Rio favelas
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| Oct.4 |
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Ten Rio police charged with murder
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| May.5 |
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Shock over latest Brazil bus rape Police are looking for a man who raped a woman on a moving bus. Armed man ranwere abusing the woman for 30 minutes and robbing other passeng...
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| Apr.9 |
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13-year-old arrested in Brazil tourist attack
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| Mar.31 |
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Foreign tourist raped on Rio minibus Two men have been arrested. They attacked the couple, who had boarded the minibus in the Copacabana area of the city
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| Oct.14 |
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Police surge into Rio drug slums
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| Sep.11 |
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Rio police hunt killers in slum
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| Nov.13 |
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Police target drug gangs in biggest slum Map of Rocinha Brazil| Brazil's police say they have completed an operation to clear Rio de Janeiro's biggest slum, Rocinha, of drug gangs | |
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| Nov.12 |
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Brazilian police move on Rio slum Brazilian police have begun an operation to clear Rio de Janeiro's biggest slum, Rocinha, of drug gangs
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11 students killed in school shooting The president announced three days of national mourning in the aftermath of a mass shooting , as the motive behind the killings remained unclear
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| Nov.28 |
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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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| Nov.27 |
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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
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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 | |
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Protesters: 9,000 disappeared in 2 years Map of Copacabana Brazil| Protesters took to the beaches of Copacabana to draw attention to the 9,000 people they say have disappeared in the city since January 2007 | |
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Jail revolt leaves 34 dead Inmates seized guns and hostages during an attempt to stage a jailbreak
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