We have started to collect the most important news related to Brazil in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
Police in Brazil arrest landless activist Jose Rainha Jr on suspicions of misappropriating public funds.
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Qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil begins on Wednesday with Trinidad hosting a preliminary match between Montserrat and Belize.
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A rural worker reportedly threatened by illegal loggers is shot dead in Brazil's Amazon, land rights campaigners say - the sixth murder there in a month.
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A cloud of ash spewed from a volcano in Chile continues to ground flights in Argentina, Uruguay and now southern Brazil.
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Italy recalls its ambassador to Brazil after the country refuses to extradite Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti.
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Italy says it will go to the International Court of Justice in The Hague in a bid to overturn Brazil's decision not to extradite fugitive Cesare Battisti.
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Fugitive Italian rebel Cesare Battisti is released from jail in Brazil after the Supreme Court there rejects an Italian extradition appeal.
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Brazil orchestra split over auditions
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Brazil's government unveils a broad initiative to help some 16 million impoverished Brazilians and eradicate extreme poverty by 2014.
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Brazil's environment agency grants a licence for construction to begin of the Belo Monte hydro-electric dam in the Amazon, bitterly opposed by campaigners.
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Brazil sees spread of Amazon 'crack cocaine'
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Christine Lagarde plans to visit China, India and Brazil to drum up support for her bid to head the International Monetary Fund.
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New satellite images show deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has increased by almost six times in the past year.
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A black lion tamarin monkey is the first born outside of Brazil for eight years.
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A Brazilian judge sentences two US pilots to community service over the 2006 mid-air collision over the Amazon that left 154 dead.
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A bull trapped in a boutique in Brazil has smashed through plate-glass windows to escape.
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Brazil's Congress holds a marathon debate but fails again to vote on controversial changes that would ease protection of its forests.
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Homosexuals in same-sex unions in Brazil should be given the same legal rights as married heterosexuals, the country's Supreme Court rules.
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A second flight recorder from an Air France plane that crashed in 2009 off the coast of Brazil has been recovered, French search officials say.
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One of two flight recorders from an Air France plane that crashed in 2009 off the coast of Brazil has been recovered, French search officials say.
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Part of a flight recorder from the Air France jet that crashed in 2009 en route from Brazil is found but without its data section.
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Landslides and floods in southern Brazil leave at least 12 dead and affect some 40,000 people, officials say.
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Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 10 people in southern Brazil, officials say.
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Most of the 13 airports being upgraded for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will not be ready in time, a report warns.
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Police in Brazil arrest a local lawmaker Rio de Janeiro for allegedly leading a paramilitary group which controlled more than a dozen neighbourhoods of the city.
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Foxconn is planning to invest as much as $12bn (£7.4bn) in Brazil, according to Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.
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Animated comedy Rio, about a birdnapped parrot's adventures in Brazil, tops the UK and Ireland box office with first weekend takings of £1.5m.
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Thousands of children in Brazil have built what organisers say is the world's tallest Lego tower - with a bit of help from parents and a crane.
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A man enters a school and opens fire on children in Rio de Janeiro, leaving 12 people dead and 18 injured, officials say.
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A gunman has shot dead at least 12 children at a school in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro before killing himself, police say.
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Brazil says a request to halt work on its hydro-electric dam in the Amazon is unjustified, despite concerns of indigenous groups and environmentalists.
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Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb pulls out of a series of shows in Brazil after he is taken to hospital with abdominal pains.
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The Brazilian mining giant Vale, the world's biggest iron ore producer, appoints a new executive after months of government friction.
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Brazil's biggest bank - the state-owned Banco do Brasil - is sued for allegedly funding illegal deforestation in the Amazon.
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Scottish FA chief executive Stewart Regan writes to the Brazilian FA to request an apology for Neymar's accusation of racism from Scotland fans.
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Brazil signs an agreement to help Bolivia tackle cocaine production and trafficking, taking on a role previously filled by the US.
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Brazil's former vice-president, Jose Alencar, dies at the age of 79 after a long battle with cancer.
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A German teenage tourist admits throwing a banana at Brazil star Neymar at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, Arsenal football club confirm.
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Scotland are taught a lesson by five-time World Cup winners Brazil in a friendly at the Emirates Stadium.
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Neymar strengthens his burgeoning reputation with both of Brazil's goals as they see off Scotland 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium.
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Brazil's Embraer, one of the world's largest plane makers, reports a fall in 2010 profits and forecasts that deliveries may fall this year.
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Two US tourists die in an accident at Iguazu Falls on the border between Brazil and Argentina, and five other tourists are injured.
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US President Barack Obama continues tour of Brazil with stop at 'City of God' favela.
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A French judge files preliminary manslaughter charges against Air France over a flight from Brazil that crashed in 2009.
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Germany coach Joachim Loew has signed a two-year contract extension, which will keep him in the role until after the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
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Bebeto, Cafu, Dunga and other former Brazil stars play a controversial celebrity football game in Chechnya, winning 6-4 against a team including President Kadyrov.
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