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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 22 , 2009 (IPS) - The recent closure of a birth centre, which offered a more "human" touch with its focus on natural childbirth, in this ...

Rio de Janeiro - An estimated 100 police officers moved into the City of God slum in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday, hours after criminals set a crowded bus on fire. ...

Rio De Janeiro, Mar 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Much acclaimed pianist Johnny Alf, who is best known as the founder of the Bossa Nova music, has passed away at a Brazilian ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian junior miner MMX ( MMXM3.SA ) sees iron exports from Brazilian mines soaring more than fifteen-fold to 32 million tons within six years and ...

A sultry beer ad featuring the socialite has been pulled after consumer complaints and a watchdog agency's investigation. The television and Internet ad featured Hilton in a short black dress ...

The Rio de Janeiro-based shipbuilding and oil-services company controlled by Batista plans to sell ... Batista has taken four companies public since 2006, including OGX Petroleo & Gas Participacoes SA, ...

(AP) — RIO DE JANEIRO - Flamengo striker Adriano is being held out of the upcoming Copa Libertadores match against Caracas after missing practice. Coach Andrade says he would have ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A founder of Bossa Nova music has died in Brazil after fighting prostate cancer. He was 80. A hospital near Sao Paulo said Alf died Thursday ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Thousands of dead fish washed up on the shores of a popular beachside lagoon in Rio over the weekend, offending joggers’ olfactory senses and leading ...