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Petrobras to postpone projects amid financial crisis, oil price fall

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The international financial crisis and low oil prices have forced the state-owned energy giant Petrobras to postpone some exploration projects, a company official said Tuesday. Jose Jorge de...

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Police seize half ton of marijuana in southern Brazil

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Police seized 586 kg of marijuana Monday in southern Brazil, local media reported Tuesday. It's the second largest drug seizure in the southern state of Santa Catarina, after police seized a...

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Brazilian police arrest 13 for fraud in social security system

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian Federal Police on Tuesday arrested 13 people, including the mayor of a small town, in two anti-fraud operations in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, the police said. The...

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Brazil: Body-heat sensors to track lost tribes

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RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian government will begin using a plane equipped with body-heat sensors to locate — and protect — uncontacted Indian tribes in the Amazon, officials said Tuesday. Locating the tribes will help the...

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FDA Must Fill Public In on Filler Risks

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Popular plastic surgery option can lead to blotches, bumps and scars By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON November 18, 2008 (AP) Leila Rosalia receives free lip filling injections in Rio de Janeiro,...

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In beauty-obsessed Rio, free procedures fuel dreams for poor (AFP)

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - In Rio de Janeiro, one of the most glamorous spots on Earth where year-round beach culture has everyone vying for attention, the quest for a perfect body now can be an obsession indulged by even the...

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Brazil's president stresses importance of G20 meeting

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday stressed the importance of the G20 meeting in his weekly radio show "Breakfast with the President." Lula said the interaction of all...

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Brazilian economy to grow above world average in 2009

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- The president of Brazil's Central Bank said Monday that the Brazilian economy will suffer from the international financial crisis but still would grow more than the 2-percent average...

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FINANCE-BRAZIL: Payback Time?

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 17 (IPS) - This is a good time for all those who resisted the "neoliberal" free market economic model of the past few decades, often as lone voices preaching in the wilderness. Politicians, experts and...

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Brazil Brings World to Rio to Fight Child Prostitution

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Nearly 3,000 people from five continents, 300 of whom are adolescents are being expected in Brazil for the World Congress III Against the Sexual Exploitation of Children, which will be taking place November 25 to November 28 in...

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