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Rio police use tear gas to disperse teacher protest Police in Rio de Janeiro used tear gas Tuesday to disperse around 100 protesting teachers who tried to disrupt the city council vote on a wage increase.
02 October 2013
©Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun Soft drink giants failing to stop land grabs: Oxfam US soft drinks giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo must make their sugar suppliers act to stop so-called land grabs in countries such as Brazil and Cambodia.
02 October 2013
©Reuters/Sergio Moraes Brazil's Petrobras announces new oil find Brazil's oil giant Petrobras announced a new crude find Friday off the country's northeastern coast.
28 September 2013
International Olympic Committee (IOC). ©Reuters/Ricardo Moraes Olympics: Brazil audit shows Rio Games preparations off target An audit into the finances of the 2016 Rio Olympics shows preparations are behind schedule with earmarked state cash largely unspent.
27 September 2013
©Reuters/Mohamed al-Sayaghi Brazil territory bans sales of toy guns A Brazilian territory is believed to have become the first region in Latin America to ban the sale of toy guns as the country attempts to staunch an epidemic of firearm-related crime.
25 September 2013
Photo courtesy of ganeire.com br Brazil beauty industry sets sights on men In the wealthy Jardins neighborhood of Sao Paulo, one street boasts five beauty salons, but the Mr Jardins shop stands out from the pack -- catering to a male clientele.
23 September 2013
Audi to produce luxury cars in Brazil from 2015 Audi, the top-of-the-range carmaker owned by German auto giant Volkswagen, on Tuesday said it would start producing cars in Brazil from 2015.
18 September 2013
Amazon deforestation due in part to soybean growing Fighting deforestation of the Amazon for cattle raising and farming is one of the great rallying cries of the world's conservationists.
17 September 2013
Pop greats kick off Rock in Rio music fest US diva Beyonce and French DJ David Guetta opened Rock in Rio, one of the world's largest music festivals.
14 September 2013
©REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Chevron, Transocean settle over Rio oil spill US energy giant Chevron and Swiss-based rig operator Transocean signed a deal with Brazilian prosecutors on Friday to settle lawsuits over an oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
14 September 2013
Brazil leader accuses US of spying for 'economic' interests Brazil President Dilma Rousseff Monday accused the United States of spying on oil giant Petrobras for its own "economic and strategic" reasons -- not for national security.
10 September 2013
©REUTERS/Sergio Moraes US spied on Brazil's Petrobras oil firm: report The US government spied on Brazilian state-run oil giant Petrobras.
09 September 2013
IMF warns G20 of slowing emerging economies The International Monetary Fund warned the Group of 20 Wednesday that emerging economies were slowing more than expected and under pressure from US plans to slow its stimulus.
05 September 2013
A shot from youtube.com Judo: Kazakhstan's Azamat Mukanov wins silver at World Championship in Brazil Kazkahstan judoka Azamat Mukanov has become a silver winner at the World Championship in Brazil.
28 August 2013
Brazil's top diplomat resigns over row with Bolivia Brazil's foreign minister resigned Monday over soaring tensions with La Paz after Brazilian diplomats spirited away a Bolivian opposition senator wanted for corruption.
27 August 2013
Brazil to spend $55 billion to defend sagging real Markets and analysts cheered Friday after Brazil's central bank pledged $55 billion until year's end to prop up the sagging real while Latin America's biggest economy is showing weak growth.
25 August 2013
Photo courtesy of walleh.com Football: one million World Cup tickets go on sale FIFA on Tuesday put more than one million tickets on sale via the internet for next year's World Cup in Brazil, as some Brazilian fans complained about the high prices.
21 August 2013
Rising deforestation sparks concern in Brazil Amazon Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is on the rise sharply, sparking alarm over the future of the world's biggest rainforest.
21 August 2013
Sheilla Castro. Photo courtesy of vesti.kz Volleyball: Two-time Olympic champion likes Kazakh food Two-time Olympic champion Sheilla Castro from Brazil said that she liked Almaty's local food.
19 August 2013
Rio to lay off 1,700 at Mongolia project Mining giant Rio Tinto on Thursday said it will lay off up to 1,700 staff at its huge Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia after a more than US$5 billion expansion was halted.
15 August 2013
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