We have started to collect the most important news related to Brazil in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
Police murders overshadow Brazil's World Cup preparations
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A group of Brazilian government officials is dismissed after their offices are raided by police investigating allegations of influence peddling.
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Sebastian Vettel denies claims by Lewis Hamilton that the pressure of the title battle affected his qualifying form in Brazil.
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England will meet Brazil in a friendly on 2 June at Rio de Janeiro's historic Maracana Stadium, local officials say.
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Lewis Hamilton beats Sebastian Vettel to fastest time in first practice at the season-ending Brazilian GP.
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Ferrari's Fernando Alonso says he has "nothing to lose" as he contests the title with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in Brazil.
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Brazil's biggest city, Sao Paulo, sees murders more than double in October compared with last year, with 176 killings.
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The official in charge of public security in Sao Paulo resigns amid a wave of violence in Brazil's largest city.
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Sebastian Vettel admits he is concerned about his team's reliability problems ahead of the title finale in Brazil.
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Violence is gripping Brazil's biggest city - at least seven people were killed in Sao Paulo in just one night this week.
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Brazil's Supreme Court sentences former President Lula's chief of staff Jose Dirceu to 10 years and 10 months in jail for corruption.
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Brazil's Supreme Court sentences former President Lula's chief of staff Jose Dirceu to 10 years and 10 months in jail for corruption.
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Brazilian Federal Police have rescued almost 14,000 illegally captured wild animals so far in 2012 - and macaws and parrots are at particular risk at this time of year.
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At least 13 people are killed in Brasil's biggest city, Sao Paulo, as part of an ongoing conflict between police and a criminal gang.
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Six Brazilian cities are given the green light to host the 2013 Confederations Cup - a big test ahead of the 2014 World Cup.
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An estimated 50.000 people attend the opening of what is being considered the biggest Catholic church in Brazil: the Mother of God Sanctuary, in Sao Paulo.
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Brazil's governing Workers' Party wins control of the country's biggest city as Fernando Haddad elected mayor of Sao Paulo.
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A century of Brazil's iconic Sugar Loaf cable car
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A German man convicted of conning thousands of people with his bogus scientific theories involving gravitational waves is arrested in Brazil.
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A Brazilian man walks in on his own wake after hearing his family are about to hold his funeral in an extreme case of mistaken identity.
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Joaquim Barbosa, the judge overseeing the Mensalao corruption trial, is appointed as the first black president of Brazil's Supreme Court.
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Brazil's Supreme Court finds former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's chief of staff, Jose Dirceu, guilty of corruption.
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United Health Group agrees a deal to take control of Brazilian health insurer and care provider Amil Participacoes for $4.9bn.
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Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes is re-elected in the first round of Brazil's local elections, meaning he will be in charge when the city hosts the 2016 Olympics.
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A judge in Brazil's Supreme Court says President Lula's former chief of staff, Jose Dirceu, led a criminal scheme to buy votes in Congress.
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Hundreds mark the 20th anniversary one of Brazil's most notorious jail massacres, demanding justice for the 111 prisoners killed in Sao Paulo.
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Chicken dispute threatens South Africa-Brazil friendship
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Latin America will grow at a slower pace than last year, primarily due to weaker growth in Argentina and Brazil, a United Nations report predicts.
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Boeing secures its largest order from a South American airline, in a deal with Brazil's Gol worth up to $6bn.
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Education holds back booming Brazil
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Rajan Datar takes a helicopter ride above Brazil's capital Brasilia which was built in just three years during the 1960s.
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