Don't stop Brazil Carnival but be careful: Lula
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As Brazilians get ready for their  annual Carnival celebrations, the government is urging them to  practice safe sex and avoid drinking too much.
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Brazil is cracking down on the drug gangs, prompting many a shootout in the poorer districts, known as favelas. The Guardian spent a day with a Rio photographer who risks his life almost daily to cover the battle
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed solidarity on Friday with the families of some 200 people killed in Brazil's worst air crash and promised a thorough investigation in an effort to blunt criticism of his handling of the disaster.
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When President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited China in May of 2004, he was like an innocent abroad. He naively thought the Chinese would welcome his attempts to form a strategic partnership between two of the worldâs largest developing countries.
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Open fire on flying Saint Nick A Brazilian Santa en route to a kids' party in a Rio de Janeiro favela (slum) was forced to seek an alternative means of transport after drug traffickers opened fire on his helicopter, the Telegraph reports.â¦
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By Fernanda Ezabella SALVADOR, Brazil  - Hordes of revelers poured onto the streets of Brazilian cities in Carnival jamborees, ledby the country's culture minister and musician Gilberto Gil inthe northeastern city of Salvador.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday he opposed stricter laws for juvenile delinquents, despite a public outcry sparked by a crime wave involving teenagers.
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Brazil, one of the Latin American countries hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic, will hand out a record 11 million condoms to prevent the spread of the disease during its erotically charged Carnival festival when casual sex rises.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge encouraged Brazil's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics on Thursday despite Rio staging the most expensive Panamerican Games in history.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da  Silva's Workers' Party (PT) won the mayoralty of six state  capitals in Sunday's municipal vote but was forced into a  run-off to defend its hold on the race's biggest prize, the  city of Sao Paulo.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da  Silva's Workers' Party (PT) won the mayoralty of at least six  state capitals in Sunday's municipal vote but was forced into a  run-off to defend its hold on the race's biggest prize, the  city of Sao Paulo.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Thursday that Brazil doesn't need a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund to protect its economy.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Brazil's worst air disaster left a dark cloud hanging over the Panamerican Games on Wednesday, but the show went on, with the hosts trying to lift the country's spirits by winning nine medals.
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Four years ago as presidential candidate, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva struck fear into the heart of Brazil's business community with the fiery rhetoric of his days as a leftist union boss.
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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  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's standing as a man of the people may not be enough to carry him to victory when Brazilians vote in a presidential election on Sunday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces a month of high-stakes campaigning against an inspired challenger who will try to hammer on corruption scandals to unseat the former metalworker in a runoff vote.