Santa faces gunfire as he flies into Rio
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Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro have opened fire on a helicopter carrying an actor dressed as Santa Claus
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SANTA Claus almost got his wish for snow on a flying visit to Melbourne today. Santa, who arrived to unveil department store Myer&#39;s traditional Christmas windows in the Bourke Street Mall, was greeted with a wintry wind and driving rain.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - More than 10 people were  killed in a nearly four-hour-long gunbattle between two drug  gangs in Rio de Janeiro early on Monday, Brazilian media said.
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Five arrests follow an alleged brawl among up to 30 people, many dressed as Father Christmas, hours after a Santa run in mid Wales.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. 10 -- A heavily armed man who killed four young people at a missionary training center and a church Sunday apparently intended to gun down many more victims before he was shot by a church security guard, authorities said Monday.
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Nearly half of the flights in Brazil were delayed Wednesday because of ongoing protest by air traffic controllers, a day after an air force commander said travelers planning Christmas trips didn't have to worry.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Brazilian authorities  sought ways to make Rio de Janiero tourist spots safer on  Tuesday amid sharp criticism of police after 24 muggings over a  holiday weekend.
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Police raided Rio de Janeiro's City of God slum looking for attackers who wounded two officers early on Wednesday, just hours before the winner of Rio's otherwise peaceful Carnival was to be announced.
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Gunfire echoed through the streets of Port-Au-Prince on Thursday as supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide battled police whom residents have accused of executing at least 13 people two days earlier.
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An investigation is launched by police after a 17-year-old boy is shot in the face on Christmas Eve.
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Santa shot at in Rio. Electric eels light up Japanese Christmas tree. Singapore elephants get festive gift of boots for jumbo pain.
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Fresh shooting has strained nerves in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, where supporters of the ousted president were demanding his return.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Residents of crime-plagued Rio de Janeiro have a new kind of predator to worry about - hawks.
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At least 11 people were killed and 63 injured when a train packed with homeward-bound commuters rammed into another train on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.
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A plane crashes into a filling station, starting a major fire, near  Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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FAR above the Arctic Circle in Sweden's coldest, most northern region, Santa is getting ready for Christmas - with the annual Santa Claus Winter Olympics.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- A wave of assaults on tourists in this seaside resort city has authorities scrambling to contain the violence as they prepare for the annual high travel summer season.