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BRASILIA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian troops participating in the peacekeeping mission in Haiti have turned to rescue work after the strong earthquake that heavily damaged the country. Working through the early hours of Wednesday, Brazilian troops ...http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/13/content_12804648.htmBRASILIA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will send 10 million US dollars in humanitarian aid to Haiti to help reconstruct the country after the dev...

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SAO PAULO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks closed up on Monday but well off the day's highs, as early momentum on news of Chinese imports petered out. Brazil's benchmark Bovespa index .BVSP advanced 0.24 percent to 70433.48 points. ...http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN1116582320100111SAO PAULO, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks fell for the third day in four on Tuesday as weaker-than expected earnings results in the United States and signs of tighter Chinese monetary policy led investors ...

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SAO PAULO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks fell on Thursday for the first session in nine as investors sought to lock in profits following the longest streak of daily gains since November 2007. The benchmark Bovespa index .BVSP slipped 0.4 percent ...http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0720888120100107?type=marketsNewsGE Transportation will deliver 50 new freight locomotives to Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Cosan, with the engines built in the United States and the locomotive structure...

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Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Cosan SA Industria & Comercio was cut off from financing by Brazil's state development bank after the government said the world's largest sugar-cane processor has workers in slave-like conditions, ...http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=azrdoXortY14Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil's Bovespa stock index fell for a second day, reversing an earlier gain, after a report showed the US unexpectedly lost 85000 jobs in December. The Bovespa stock index fell 0.4 p...

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Hopes are fading to rescue more mudslide survivors from Brazil's worst mudslides that have so far killed at least 64 people, rescuers said. Rescurers carry a victim's body in Ilha Grande of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ...http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/03/content_12746361.htmFirefighters and rescue workers are intensifying their search for victims at a remote beach resort buried under mountains of mud and debris. The road entering Angra city is closed for...

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WASHINGTON - Just eight months ago, President Obama was calling Brazilian President Lula Ignacio Da Silva "my man" and suggesting that the South American giant could become a leading US partner in the region. ...http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/sns-dc-obama-latam,0,2473125.storyOne area of the world has endured the stresses of the global economic implosion and financial crunch relatively well. Latin America's economies, along with related exchange traded funds, may be set for a speed...

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ANGRA DOS REIS, Brazil (AP) -- Authorities in Brazil say at least 15 people have been killed after a mudslide crushed three houses and upscale lodge in a resort city near Rio de Janeiro. Heavy rains had loosened a slab of hillside more than 300 yards ...http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.international/22d6e732-www.weartMembers of a rescue team carry the corpse of a victim of a mudslide in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday. Dec. 31: Msnbc.com's Keva Andersen reports on the deaths i...

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At least sixty people have been confirmed dead after mudslides in southeastern Brazil, caused by torrential rainfall. Rescue efforts are still continuing in the state of Rio de Janeiro for people feared to be buried under houses, which collapsed due to ...http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Death_toll_from_Brazil_mudslides_rises_to_sixty?dpl_(CNN) -- The death toll on Brazil's southeast coast rose to 60 on Saturday as rescuers combed through mounds of debris after three days of pounding rain unleashed d...

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Photo: AP Rescue crews in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state are continuing to search for survivors of mudslides that have killed at least 53 people in the southeastern coastal region. Rescue teams were out in force Saturday after the mudslides and flooding ...http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/americas/Search-Continues-for-Brazilian-MudCopacabana Beach, Brazil--In Brazil more than four million people saw in the New Year on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.Two million party-goers were on Copacabana be...

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Mudslides and flooding in Brazil have killed at least 29 people, with fears that the death toll could rise. Torrential rain in Rio de Janeiro state led to a hillside to collapse on Friday, falling on three homes and a hotel on an island off the city of ...http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/01/201011184737434584.htmlMembers of a rescue team carry the corpse of a victim of a mudslide in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday. Dec. 31: Msnbc.com's Keva Andersen reports on the deaths in Br...