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Death toll rises to 12 in Brazil school shooting

The death toll from a school shooting in Brazil was raised late on Thursday as authorities said a 13-year-old boy had succumbed to his injuries.

Brazil gunman kills 10 children in school shooting

A heavily armed man entered a school in Rio de Janeiro and opened fire, killing 10 children and wounding 18 people before taking his own life.

Brazil flood death toll rises

The death toll from floods and landslides in Brazil rose on Monday to 640, as the military stepped up efforts to reach isolated communities near Rio.

Rio raises the inner city 'siege'

Town planners are hoping to set a world example.

Rio to bulletproof favela schools

Authorities in Rio de Janeiro are under pressure to bulletproof schools in conflict-stricken areas, after a boy was killed by a stray bullet.

Fair cops in the favelas

New policing initiatives have made Rio de Janeiro a safer place, but the ‘pacification’ has been brutal.

More bodies pulled from Rio mudslide

Rescuers pulled more bodies from a collapsed hillside slum near Rio de Janeiro on Friday, abandoning hope of finding survivors from a mudslide.

Rio landslide death toll rises

Landslides swept away dozens of houses near Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday night, worsening a disaster caused by heavy rains around Brazil's second city.

Floods, mudslides kill more than 100 in Brazil

Flooding and mudslides killed at least 102 people in Brazil, authorities said, as rains paralysed the Rio de Janeiro area.

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