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| Feb.26 |
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Carnival parade float crashes in Brazil, injuring 8  A float in Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival parade crashed Sunday evening, and police said eight people were injured
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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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| Sep.17 |
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  Rio Paralympics 2016: Iranian Para-cyclist dies following crash Bahman Golbarnezhad, 48, suffered cardiac arrest after the incident during the men's C4-5 road race at the Rio Paralympics
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| Jun.14 |
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Zika virus: Risk of spread from Olympics 'very low' says WHO
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| May.27 |
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Zika crisis: WHO rejects 'move Rio Olympics' call The World Health Organization (WHO) has rejected a call to move or postpone this summer's Rio Olympic Games over the Zika outbreak
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| Apr.21 |
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Rio de Janeiro cycleway collapses, killing two
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| Jan.23 |
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Zika: Olympics plans announced by Rio authorities
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| Apr.16 |
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Tonnes of dead fish removed from Rio Olympic rowing venue
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| Jan.23 |
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Brazilians urged to cut water use  Sao Paulo: Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira says the country's most populous states are experiencing their worst water crisis since 1930
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| Dec.15 |
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Superbug found in Rio Olympic waters
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| Jun.22 |
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 Power fails in southern part of Rio de Janeiro Power has failed in a densely populated area in the southern part of Rio de Janeiro that is popular with tourists visiting for the World Cup
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| Jan.17 |
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Rio's iconic Christ statue damaged during storm Officials said Friday that the right thumb was chipped, apparently by a lightning strike Thursday night
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| Jan.16 |
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Violent rain storm sweeps over Rio de Janeiro A violent lightning and rain storm has swept across Rio de Janeiro, flooding streets and knocking out power in some neighborhoods
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| Jan.3 |
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Searing heat, but air conditioning off at airport Passengers are sweltering without air conditioning in parts Antonio Carlos Jobim international airport with temperatures outside hovering around...
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| May.30 |
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Doubts over Brazil-England friendly
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| May.8 |
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Brazil helicopter crashes near Sugarloaf Mountain
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| Mar.18 |
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Rains cause deadly Brazil landslides
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| Jan.28 |
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2 more bodies discovered in buildings collapse
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| Jan.27 |
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Search of collapsed buildings intensifies
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| Jan.26 |
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 Five bodies found in Rio rubble The bodies of five people have been recovered by rescue workers searching through rubble after the collapse of three multi-storey buildings
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Three bodies found in Rio rubble The bodies of three people have been recovered in Brazil by rescue workers searching through rubble after the collapse of three high-rise office...
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| Jan.25 |
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High-rise collapses with reports of 11 dead| Two buildings -- one a 20-story building and the other 10 stories -- collapsed in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro | |
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| Jan.5 |
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4,000 flee after river dike bursts
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| Jan.23 |
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Brazil landslide deaths top 800
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| Jan.17 |
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Death toll flooding continues rising
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| Jan.16 |
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Brazilian flood death toll nears 600
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| Jan.15 |
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 Death toll rises to 549 in Brazil flooding Map of Nova Friburgo Brazil Most of the deaths were reported in the cities of Nova Friburgo and Teresopolis, located in a mountainous region northeast of Rio
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| Jan.13 |
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Thousands in peril in Brazil flooding Thousands of families living on mountain slopes face risk of being washed away in the heavy rains and flooding that have killed nearly 500 people
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| Jan.12 |
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Flooding reportedly claims 260 lives Heavy rains and flooding in Brazil have caused 260 deaths in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo
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| Apr.8 |
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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...
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| Apr.6 |
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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
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| Jan.2 |
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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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| 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
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| Aug.30 |
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Eight dead after train crash At least 8 people have been killed and 60 injured after two trains collided in a suburb of Nova Iguacu
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Mudslide toll reaches 31| Firefighters recovered the body of a woman whose home was engulfed; her husband died of injuries | |
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| Mar.20 |
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World's biggest oil rig sinks The explosion knocked out a supporting pillar, and the platform tilted and sank in just a few minutes
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Rush to save slowly sinking oil rig State oil giant stepped up efforts to prevent environmental damage after blasts killed 10 workers
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