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Rio counting down to carnival

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Rio's annual carnival is seen as a money-making extravaganza for the city. But evangelical Mayor Marcelo Crivella isn't a fan and slashed funding for next month's parade, forcing samba schools to cut their cloth accordingly. Before his bombshell announcement in June that he was halving the budget of some $7 million, newly-elected Crivella broke with tradition by not attending the opening ofRead more

A hundred inmates on the loose after deadly Brazil prison riot

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Nearly a hundred escaped inmates remained at large from a state penitentiary in Brazil Tuesday after a deadly riot between rival gangs left nine prisoners dead, all of them burned and two decapitated, officials said. The riot occurred on Monday in the Complejo de Aparecida prison in the center-west state of Goias. Another 14 inmates were wounded, one of them critically, the head ofRead more

Brazilian star Kaka announces retirement

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Former Brazilian World Cup champion Kaka announced his retirement as a player Sunday, suggesting that a management career at his old club AC Milan could be on the cards. “I am preparing to continue in football and to have a different role, but I will no longer be a professional player, an athlete,” he told Globo television. “I would likeRead more

Brazil's 'most wanted' drugs suspect caught in Paraguay

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BRAZIL’s most wanted alleged narco trafficker was arrested Wednesday in neighboring Paraguay, Brazilian officials said. Marcelo Fernando Pinheiro Veiga, known as “Marcelo Piloto,” is accused of murder and supplying drugs and weapons to Rio de Janeiro’s biggest criminal gang, the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command. He was detained in the Paraguayan city of Encarnacion on the Argentinian border and justRead more

Airbus to pay compensation to 2007 Brazil crash victims

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European aircraft giant Airbus will pay some 30 million reais ($9.1 million) in compensation to relatives of the 199 people killed in a 2007 air crash in Sao Paulo, a lawyer said Monday. "After years of negotiations, 33 families have signed the terms of the agreement with Airbus," Gabriela Ristow told AFP. The accord, which was reached with a totalRead more

Investigators find signs of Rio bid corruption

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Rio de Janeiro made history in 2009 when the Brazilian beach paradise became the first city in South America selected to host an Olympics. But eight years later, evidence is emerging tainting that triumph with suspicion. The information is surfacing, in part, because one scandal is leading to another. Two years ago, Papa Massata Diack, the son of Lamine Diack,Read more

Pterosaur hatchlings needed their parents, trove of eggs reveals

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The largest collection of fossilized pterosaur eggs ever found has shown that pterosaurs, the airborne cousins of dinosaurs, could not fly right away and needed care from their parents, researchers said Thursday. Pterosaurs were reptiles, and the first creatures — after insects — to evolve powered flight, meaning they flapped their wings to stay aloft instead of simply jumping andRead more

Hundreds of pterosaur eggs reveal early life insights

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Scientists have peered inside the largest collection of fossilized pterosaur eggs ever found, using 3D scans to reveal new insights into these flying cousins of dinosaurs, researchers said Thursday. Pterosaurs were reptiles, and the first creatures -- after insects -- to evolve powered flight, meaning they flapped their wings to stay aloft instead of simply jumping and gliding. They wentRead more