Brazil in mourning for Serginho
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Brazilian soccer is in mourning after Sao Caetano defender Serginho died following an apparent heart attack during Wednesday&#39;s match against Sao Paulo.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Diogo Silva gave Brazil its first gold medal of the Panamerican Games on Sunday, but the celebration was quickly eclipsed as the soccer-mad country turned its attention to victory at the Copa America.
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Another homeless person was found bludgeoned to death in South America&#39;s biggest city Sunday, the sixth such killing in Sao Paulo within the past several days, police said.
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The head of the armed forces of Guinea-Bissau, General Verissimo Correia Seabra, has been killed by mutinous soldiers demanding the immediate payment of substantial salary arrears, Defence Minister Daniel Gomes said on Thursday.
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Brazilian head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira played down sentiment about the world champion&#39;s 1-0 defeat by minnow Ecuador in the South American zone World Cup qualifier.
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Carlos Alberto Parreira quit as coach of Brazil on Wednesday, three weeks after his team was eliminated by France in the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
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Brazil&#39;s 1994 World Cup forward Romario has announced his retirement, the Rio de Janeiro-based newspaper O Globo said on Tuesday.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Hundreds of wailing mourners gathered to bury five slain police officers yesterday as gunfire crackled around the capital, where clashes between supporters of the US-backed government and ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide have plagued peacekeepers. Photographs of three officers who were beheaded sat beside their cremated remains in a police academy where the funerals were held, while the open ...
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A leader of one of Rio's premiere samba parade groups was shot to death early Wednesday, just days before the city's famed Carnival celebrations.
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Police in Brazil are investigating the murder of one of the country's leading experts on indigenous Indians.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Some 5,000 fervent supporters of Augusto Pinochet mourned on Tuesday at the funeral of the former Chilean dictator whose repressive 17-year rule made him infamous worldwide for human rights abuses.
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By Angus MacSwan PAU GRANDE, Brazil  - The grave is in a countrycemetery about an hour's drive from Rio de Janeiro, a simpleslab of grimy concrete squeezed between fancier tombs.
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Brazilian striker Cristiano de Lima Jr died yesterday after collapsing on the field during a domestic club tournament in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
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Expressions of grief and sympathy for the sudden loss of Latvian hockey star Sergejs Zoltoks are pouring out since the news broke yesterday morning.
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The 30-year-old player likely suffered cardiac arrest, doctor Marco Aurelio Cunha said. The official cause of death was not immediately released.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva was battling to secure the votes needed to clinch an outright victory in Sunday's presidential election after public disgust over corrupt politics eroded his support in the final days of campaigning.
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SANTIAGO -- About 5,000 supporters of Augusto Pinochet mourned yesterday at the funeral of the former Chilean dictator whose repressive 17-year rule made him infamous worldwide for human rights abuses.