Brazilian army helicopters stepped up rescue and supply operations on Monday in areas hit by floods and landslides that have killed at least 665.
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/ 17 January 2011
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.
The Brazilian military sent troops and helicopters on Sunday to rescue stranded survivors of floods and landslides that killed hundreds of people.
Brazil is suffering its worst-ever flood disaster after mudslides near Rio de Janeiro this week killed more than 500 people.
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/ 14 January 2011
Rescue workers dug for survivors on Thursday and struggled to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 482 people.
Driving rains sent tonnes of rusty red earth sliding into Brazilian mountain towns, killing at least 287 people and leaving dozens more missing.
Town planners are hoping to set a world example.
South Africa’s invitation to join the amorphous entity is an affront to the country’s foreign policy, write Mills Soko and Mzukisi Qobo.
Dilma Rousseff took over as Brazil’s first female president on Saturday with pledges to build on the policies of her hugely popular predecessor.
When Dilma Rousseff is sworn in on Saturday as Brazil’s next president, she will take the reins of an emerging giant with a booming economy.
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/ 24 December 2010
South Africa has received a formal invitation to join the Brazil, Russia, India and China (Bric) group of large emerging economies.
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/ 14 December 2010
Expect market-led growth in dynamic emerging markets, while mature markets recover from their recessionary hangovers.
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/ 23 November 2010
Samuel Ziegler, one of the eight people accused of having been involved in the illegal kidney transplants, pleaded guilty to 50 charges against him.
The F1 season closed with another roller-coaster championship fight that saw Sebastian Vettel and the Red Bull team riding into the history books.
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/ 16 November 2010
A group of Brazilian businesses on a visit to Mozambique have pledged to invest up to $500-million in the country.
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/ 7 November 2010
Red Bull won the Formula One constructors’ championship and denied Fernando Alonso a third drivers’ crown on Sunday.
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/ 7 November 2010
Jenson Button escaped unharmed following an armed attack on the car carrying the reigning Formula One world champion.
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/ 3 November 2010
An SADC task team will report their findings about which digital terrestrial television broadcasting standard the region should adopt on November 22.
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/ 1 November 2010
Brazil’s president-elect Dilma Rousseff vowed to step up the fight against poverty without forfeiting economic stability.
Brazilians are expected to elect a woman as president for the first time, backing her to emerge from the shadow of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Brazilian authorities have reduced by a year the jail sentence of convicted South African drug mule Tessa Beetge.
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/ 21 October 2010
Ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff widened her lead ahead of Brazil’s presidential run-off election, a poll showed on Wednesday.
The plodding drug-trafficking trial of Sheryl Cwele was given an air of glamour on Monday as two Brazilian witnesses took to the stand.
Unlike in Europe, the left in Latin America is still winning elections — albeit with difficulty.
Brazil’s election, which looked like an easy victory march for ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff, now looks set to go down to the wire.
Double-dip recession jitters won’t go away. Should we proceed with caution, or take on more risk?
Dilma Rousseff was placed first in Brazil’s election on Sunday but will face a run-off after some voters were turned off at the last minute.
Brazil’s presidential election on October 3 marks the beginning of a new era for Latin America’s biggest nation.
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/ 28 September 2010
Brazil’s ruling party candidate and front-runner in next week’s presidential election came under heavy fire in a debate over corruption allegations.
Authorities in Rio de Janeiro are under renewed pressure to bulletproof up to 200 schools in conflict-stricken areas, after an 11-year-old boy was kil
Authorities in Rio de Janeiro are under pressure to bulletproof schools in conflict-stricken areas, after a boy was killed by a stray bullet.
The biggest drop was in Kenya, where HIV in 15-to 24-year-olds was down by 60% between 2000 and 2005.