Brazil raid frees ethanol plant slaves
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Brazilian authorities said they raided an Amazon plantation where more than 1,000 laborers were found working 13-hour days, in horrendous conditions, cutting sugar cane for ethanol production.
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All Royal Dutch Shell contractors  kidnapped in Nigeria this week have been freed by their  captors, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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Rescue workers in Brazil pulled charred bodies from smoking wreckage and damaged buildings on Wednesday after about 200 people were killed in the country's worst air disaster.
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Twelve people, including a young boy,  are killed as Brazilian police mount an anti-drugs raid on a  Rio slum.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Brazil struck oil last month, and it was a true throw-your-hat-in-the-air, whoopee, eureka discovery.
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Brazil sends 2,000 soldiers to Para to quell unrest following the murder of US missionary Dorothy Stang.
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Brazilian police seize a big load of illegally logged lumber as officials start new  moves to tackle Amazon deforestation.
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Police in Peru storm an ancient Inca temple to free foreign 19 tourists taken hostage by coca growers.
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Spanish authorities have seized 33 tonnes of illegally logged Brazilian wood destined to be crafted into musical instruments.
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Six foreign workers seized from a  Nigerian oil facility operated by U.S. energy giant Chevron on  May 1 were all freed on Saturday, the rebel group that abducted  them said.
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Latin America&#39;s agricultural giant scored two trade victories Wednesday against rich countries&#39; farm subsidies after the World Trade Organization agreed with Brazil
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SAO PAULO - Kidnappers freed the mother of Santos forward Robinho, one of Brazilâs most talented young players, on Friday, 40 days after seizing her at gunpoint while she was attending a barbecue.
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Brazil's finance minister was taken hostage for hours this week by armed assailants who invaded and robbed a country retreat he was visiting for a barbecue during carnival, officials and Brazilian media said Friday.
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Brazil's president said Monday that his nation's booming ethanol business won't hurt the Amazon rain forest, dismissing criticism that increased production of the alternate fuel could lead to deforestation.
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Brazil police recovered the paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari that were stolen last month from Brazil's premier modern art museum, officials said Tuesday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- The United States and Brazil, the two largest biofuel producers in the world, are discussing a new energy partnership that they hope will encourage ethanol use throughout Latin America and that US officials hope will diminish the regional influence of oil-rich Venezuela.
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Coordinated international efforts led to the capture in Brazil of a retired Uruguayan colonel wanted in "dirty war" probes in both Argentina and Uruguay, officials said Tuesday.