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Brazil mulls ban on lingerie-clad Gisele Bunchen ad

Brazil's Ministry for Women called Wednesday for the suspension of a television ad featuring lingerie-clad supermodel Gisele Bundchen, saying it reinforces the stereotype of women as sex objects.

Sao Paulo council calls for Heterosexual Pride Day

The city council of South America's biggest city has adopted legislation calling for a Heterosexual Pride Day to be celebrated on the third Sunday of each December.

Baby thought to be dead cries at funeral home

A newborn girl was saved from being buried alive when she started crying at a funeral home, but she died Wednesday after being rushed back to a hospital, medical officials said.

Chavez to 'get cancer treatment in Brazil'

Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, will travel to Brazil for cancer treatment, a source in the Brazilian government has told Reuters news agency.

Obama takes in Rio with Libya on his mind

JIM KUHNHENN Yahoo! News 21.03.2011
Thief Steals Woman's Hair At Bus Stop

Brazilian police say a thief cut off and stole a woman's long hair while she waited at a bus stop.

Obama takes in Rio with Libya on his mind

President Barack Obama played grand tourist to Rio de Janeiro's vivid extremes on Sunday, motorcading from brilliant beaches to a notorious slum even as he monitored U.S. military strikes in faraway Libya.

Obama Heads to Rio Sunday; Maximum Security Awaits

Kenneth Rapoza Forbes.com 17.03.2011

Carnival group hit by fire cheered in Rio parade

JULIANA BARBASSA Yahoo! News 08.03.2011
Obama Heads to Rio Sunday; Maximum Security Awaits

President Barack Obama will take his first official trip to Brazil this weekend where he will speak in the popular Cinelandia Square in downtown Rio de Janeiro. Access, of course, will be tightly restricted and security measures so secretive that not even the Embassy or US Consulate in Rio know exactly how it’s all going to go down.

Carnival group hit by fire cheered in Rio parade

Strutting in a rainbow of glittering colors, Rio's samba groups opened two days of Carnival parades with a dazzling show that included a rousing welcome for one of the elite bands that lost most of their elaborate costumes and floats in a fire last month.

SOCCER: Brazil will play Thailand in October

Tor Chittinand Bangkok Post 05.03.2011
SOCCER: Brazil will play Thailand in October

Brazil will play a friendly with the Thai national team in Bangkok in October as part of the celebrations of His Majesty the King's 84th birthday, the Thai FA chief said yesterday.

Brazil power cable accident during parade kills 17

At least 17 people have died in a small Brazilian town after a live power cable broke and fell into a crowd of people enjoying a pre-Carnival street party.


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