Brazil samba leader fatally shot
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Violence cast a shadow over Rio's famed Carnival early Wednersay when gunmen killed a leader of one of the premiere samba band groups, police said.
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Brazilian striker Cristiano de Lima Jr. died on Sunday after collapsing on the field during a domestic club tournament in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
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HARARE -- Police killed a protester and arrested the leader of the main opposition party as they broke up a prayer meeting protesting government policies yesterday. Police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena said one man was fatally shot when 200 opposition party members attacked about 20 policemen. Three policemen were hospitalized with injuries, Bvudzijena told state television. Police said they arrested Morgan ...
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Gunmen shot and killed South African reggae star Lucky Dube in front of his children in one of the country's highest-profile murders, uniting political rivals to call for action against violent crime.
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Five police officers and two employees of Peru's state-run coca company were shot to death in a southern jungle state on Saturday, authorities said.
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Serginho, a 30-year-old defender with SÃ£o Caetano, collapsed and died of what appeared to be a heart attack during a Brazilian league match on Wednesday night.
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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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A BULGARIAN mafia boss has been shot dead on a crowded street in the capital Sofia, the latest casualty in gangland score-settling that has left dozens dead.
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Suspected Maoists shot dead a businessman in Nepal&#39;s capital on Monday as a rebel blockade of Kathmandu entered its sixth day.
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the second UN peacekeeper to be shot in Haiti over the weekend. On Saturday a Brazilian was hurt in the capital
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Assailants shot dead an Indian activist in Mexico's conflict-ridden state of Oaxaca, police said Saturday. It was not clear if the killing was related to months of political violence in which at least nine other people have died.
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A Massachusetts man was shot to death in a bar fight with a Brazilian policeman, police said Saturday.
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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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The body of a former Brazilian police chief held responsible for the deaths of 111 inmates in a jail riot is found in Sao Paulo.
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Gunmen shot Colombian soccer coach Luis Fernando Montoya on Wednesday, leaving him in critical condition months after he led Once Caldas to South America's club championship.
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Another homeless person was found bludgeoned to death in South America's biggest city Sunday, the sixth such killing in Sao Paulo within the past several days, police said.
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Gunmen killed five people in a Sao Paulo slum Sunday in what police suspect was a drug-related crime, bringing to 21 the death toll from attacks this month in South America's biggest city.