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4,000 flee after river dike bursts  Brazilian authorities on Thursday said they were evacuating 4,000 people in the state of Rio de Janeiro after days of heavy rains
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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.26 |
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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 buildings | |
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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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| Jan.27 |
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Search of collapsed buildings intensifies Brazilian rescuers intensified their search for victims in the rubble of three collapsed buildings, though they are yet to find any survivor...
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| Jan.28 |
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2 more bodies discovered in buildings collapse The death toll in the collapse of three buildings in Rio de Janeiro rose to 17 Saturday morning as rescuers found two more bodies
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| Feb.13 |
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Rio strike ends before carnival Police officers and firefighters in Rio de Janeiro have ended their pay strike, days before the annual carnival
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| May.27 |
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Rio slum dwellers join peace run Police officers and celebrities in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro joined about 1,500 residents in a race through a shantytown to celebrate...
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| Jun.18 |
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'Seize moment' call at Rio summit Governments must seize the 'historic opportunity' of the Rio+20 summit to put the world on a new sustainable course
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| Jun.22 |
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 Rio ends with corporates warning The UN sustainable development summit in Brazil has ended with world leaders adopting a political declaration hammered out a few days previously
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| Aug.12 |
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 Olympic flag handed over to Rio Map of Olympic stadium United Kingdom The ceremonial handover of the Olympic Games flag from London to Rio has been completed, as part of a spectacular closing ceremony
| 104 medals for the United States, 46 of them gold. China won 87 medals, 38 of them gold, down. Britain won 29 golds, third-most of any nation, and 65 overal. Russia, a winner of 82 medals, 24 gold
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| Aug.13 |
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 Olympic flag arrives in Brazil The official flag of the Olympics has arrived in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, the host city of the next Games
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| Sep.11 |
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Rio police hunt killers in slum Map of Chatuba Brazil Brazilian police have occupied a Rio de Janeiro shantytown as they hunt for the killers of six teenagers, whose bodies were dumped at the side of a road
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| Oct.14 |
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Police surge into Rio drug slums Hundreds of Brazilian police officers backed by armoured cars and helicopters have moved to take control of two slums notorious for drugs
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| Dec.1 |
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Protesters march against Maracana privatisation Hundreds of people have held a protest in Rio against plans to privatise the city's iconic stadium ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
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Architect Niemeyer dies aged 104 | Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who designed some of the finest modernist buildings of the 20th century, has died days before his 105th birthday | |
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