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Two British backpackers convicted of insurance fraud in Rio de Janeiro during a round-the-world trip may be forced to stay in Brazil for months to perform ...

President Obama has opposed any expanded oil drilling off American shores largely on environmental grounds, turning a deaf ear to conservative cries of "Drill, Baby, Drill." But now Obama may ...

PARIS—A lawyer says the family of a French flight attendant who perished in an Air France plane crash on June 1 over the Atlantic Ocean is suing the ...

Brazil’s Silva urges Obama to explain bases plan RIO DE JANEIRO ? Brazil’s leader is urging President Barack Obama to meet with South American nations and discuss the growing U.S. ...

In Brazil, you’ve got mail _ and possibly an STD RIO DE JANEIRO ? You’ve got mail ? and possibly an STD. The Brazilian Health Ministry has created a ...

NEWPORT, R.I., August 21 – Playing in his fourth career Outback Champions Series event, Philippoussis co-incidentally last captured a tournament title on the International Tennis Hall of Fame ...

An energy analyst says he cannot understand why the Obama administration is borrowing money to lend money to Brazil so it can conduct oil drilling off its eastern coast, yet ...

The public's "right to starlight" is steadily being eroded by urban illumination that is the bane of astronomers everywhere, the International Astronomical Union said on Friday. The body, which wrapped ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil, long proud of its push to develop renewable energy and wean itself off oil, has a bad case of fossil-fuel fever. An enormous offshore ...

Chicago, Aug 24 2009. BBC News is reporting clashes in a slum south of São Paulo when dozens of police officers moved in to dislodge residents. One person was reported ...