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We have started to collect the most important news related to Brazil in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
BotswanaInmates at a Brazil jail have taken to knitting in an enterprise with a local fashion designer which sees them earn one day off their sentence for every three days spent knitting.
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United StatesAn American man trying to dribble a football from Seattle to Brazil for the 2014 Brazil World Cup is killed by a truck less than two weeks into his trip.
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Brazil's judiciary rules that marriage licenses cannot be denied to same-sex couples, as Congress debates full legalisation of gay marriage.
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A Rio de Janeiro court overturns an order to block the controversial concession of Brazil's iconic Maracana stadium to a group of private firms.
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A jury in Brazil clears four bodyguards of involvement in the 1996 murder of businessman PC Farias amid continued speculation about who was behind it.
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A judge suspends a deal giving control of Brazil's biggest stadium to a private consortium, saying there were irregularities in the bidding process.
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Three private companies win the right to manage Brazil's most famous football stadium, which was revamped by the government at a high cost.
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Botswana, United StatesThe new head of the World Trade Organisation will be Roberto Azevedo from Brazil, the first Latin American to hold the post, officials say.
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CubaBrazil has begun negotiations to take on at least 6,000 Cuban doctors to work in rural areas, Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota says.
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BotswanaBoys from Brazil's shanty towns create new dance craze
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Police in Brazil are looking for a man who raped a woman on a moving Rio de Janeiro bus, in a case that has shocked the host nation of the football 2014 World Cup.
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Sir Paul McCartney gave his first ever live rendition of a selection of classic Beatles tracks at the opening night of his world tour in Brazil.
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A court in Brazil orders Facebook to remove a memorial page dedicated to a deceased woman, after her mother brought a legal case.
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A court in Brazil has sentenced 23 police officers to 156 years in jail each for their involvement in the notorious Carandiru prison massacre in 1992.
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BotswanaThe Brazilian government is accused of ignoring a legal deadline to remove settlers from the territory of a highly endangered tribe.
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Why tomatoes have been taken off the menu in Brazil
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Two football supporters are shot dead by rival fans in Fortaleza, Brazil near one of the venues for the World Cup.
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A judge in Sao Paulo adjourns the trial of 26 police officers accused of killing unarmed prisoners during a riot at the Carandiru jail in 1992.
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Footage showing two teenagers being shot in Brazil has emerged, amid claims police did nothing to stop the killings.
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Prosecutors in Brazil charge four people with manslaughter over the deaths of 241 people in a nightclub fire in January in the city of Santa Maria.
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GermanyGerman-based manufacturer GoalControl GmbH is set to provide goal-line technology at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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Documents released in Brazil show that legendary football player Pele was investigated by the authorities under Brazil's 1964-1985 military rule.
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Police in Brazil arrest a third man accused of robbing and raping a foreign tourist on a minibus in Rio de Janeiro and beating up her boyfriend.
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Police in Brazil uses tear gas and smoke grenades to break up clashes outside stadium built for the 2014 World Cup while other venues are still unfinished.
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A mining company in Brazil says a giant wave is to blame for the collapse and sinking of a floating port on the Amazon river, in the state of Amapa.
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A stadium in Brazil that was due to host athletics at the 2016 Olympics has been closed indefinitely because of structural problems with its roof.
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South AfricaLeaders of the Brics nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - meeting in Durban discuss the formation of a new development bank.
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PakistanStreet children in Pakistan are in training for the country's first appearance at next year's Street Child World Cup in Brazil.
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BotswanaBrazilian senators pass a bill giving domestic servants equal rights to other workers for the first time.
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ChinaChina and Brazil sign a $30bn (£20bn) currency swap deal, which they say will safeguard against any future global financial crisis.
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Almost 3,000 supermarkets in Brazil are pledging to avoid selling meat from cattle raised in the Amazon rainforest to curb illegal deforestation.
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