Brazil's Lula faces run-off, tattered by scandals
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Nagging corruption scandals thwarted Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's hopes of clinching a first-round election victory and he now faces a high-stakes run-off against an inspired rival.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - A Brazilian presidential   candidate's campaign rally bumped into a harsh reality on   Wednesday in the form of armed gang members in a Rio de Janeiro   slum who ordered them to take a detour.
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Former Sao Paulo Gov. Geraldo Alckmin forced a presidential runoff election by capitalizing on Brazilians' anger over scandals that reached ever-closer to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - With his once-comfortable   lead narrowing, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva   geared up on Thursday for a final campaign push to secure an   outright victory in this weekend's election.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Violent clashes over land increased during Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first term, disappointing rights groups that hoped the former union leader would alleviate rural tensions, a report issued on Thursday said.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's leftist Worker's Party appears set to lose control of South America's biggest city, Sao Paulo, with polls showing voters will replace the mayor with the man who lost the presidential election to Silva two years ago.
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Brazil's government suffers a major blow as the Senate  refuses to renew a key revenue-raising tax.
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Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday charged one of the president's closest confidants with conspiracy in a corruption scandal that has toppled much of his inner circle. But analysts say Jose Dirceu would rather spend years in prison than go down swinging against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Brazil's President Lula says rich nations are not doing enough to fight global warming.
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Federal prosecutors in Brazil say they have identified 137 politicians and more than 400 officials involved in a corruption scandal.
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Battered by a string of  political scandals, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da  Silva squandered what seemed to be a sure first-round election  victory and now must face a run-off vote against an energized  opposition candidate.
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The power of rich nations needs to be reined in, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tells the World Social Forum.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Stacks of dirty money nabbed in a botched smear campaign covered Brazil's front pages on Saturday as polls showed for the first time that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva could be forced to a second round run-off.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's campaign manager stepped down Wednesday over his alleged involvement in a plot to incriminate a leading opposition politician.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da   Silva's commanding lead over his nearest rival in Brazil's   presidential race narrowed by 4 percentage points in the past   five days, a poll showed on Friday.
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A grade school dropout and ex-factory worker, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vividly recalls his struggle to survive in Brazil's backwoods and urban squalor. Now, Silva hopes to lead a global crusade to help the world's needy.
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