Brazil Protests to CAS Over De Lima Assault
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Brazil's Olympic Committee will protest  to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the assault on  Vanderlei de Lima who was pushed off the road when he was  leading the Olympic marathon on Sunday.
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Brazilian championship matches were stopped for a minute&#39;s silence Wednesday in response to news that Sao Caetano defender Serginho died after collapsing on the field at Morumbi Stadium.
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U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti urgently need reinforcements to cope with surging violence in the Caribbean country devastated by tropical storms, Brazil's foreign minister said on Thursday.
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The Brazilian government on Tuesday condemned Israeli incursions into the Gaza Strip that killed at least 70 Palestinians and injured 250.
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Amnesty International warns of an imminent gang war in two Rio slums unless police in the Brazilian city act.
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Brazilian sports officials blamed inadequate security for a defrocked priest's bizarre attack on the Olympic marathon leader, and said yesterday they will appeal to world track authorities for a duplicate gold medal.
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Brazil wants marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima to be awarded a duplicate gold medal after he was attacked by an intruder while leading the race.
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Human rights groups criticized Brazilian authorities on Friday for endorsing a new police offensive against urban crime in which a dozen people were killed in Rio de Janeiro and security forces were deployed around the capital Brasilia.
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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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By Jude Webber and Tania Mellado LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian authorities detained aformer army major who led a three-day uprising in a southernAndean town and will storm the police station where some of his200 supporters remain unless they surrender, Prime MinisterCarlos Ferrero said early on Tuesday.
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Brazil police have formally accused a brother of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of influence peddling after a nationwide crackdown on illegal gambling, the government news agency said Tuesday.
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Brazilian authorities have  obtained a court injunction suspending the Rio show of the Live  Earth global series of concerts set for Saturday on concerns  about security in the crime-hit city.
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Protesters take to the streets after the Venezuelan leader denies a broacast license to an opposition TV network
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Thousands of people march in Caracas to protest against a decision to force a state TV channel off air.
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SAO PAULO -- Brazilian police said yesterday that they are requesting that charges of endangering air safety be filed against two US pilots in the crash of a Brazilian airliner that killed all 154 people on board.
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Brazilian police step up patrols after armed groups clash in  Rio's slums, leaving seven dead over the weekend.
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The family of a Brazilian electrician mistakenly shot dead by British anti-terrorist police last year has urged an appeal court to force prosecutors to charge the officers involved in his killing.