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France to play Uruguay, Brazil in friendly games
France will travel to South America in June to play friendly games against Uruguay and Brazil. The French Football Federation said Friday that coach ...
Brazil nightclub owner blames country for fire
The owner of a nightclub in southern Brazil where more than 230 people died in a fire last weekend deflected blame to "the whole country," as well as ...
Mexico breaks up alleged border sex-slavery cult
Mexican officials broke up a bizarre cult that allegedly ran a sex-slavery ring among its followers on the U.S. border, Mexican immigration ...
Brazil police: Outdoor flare started club fire
Penny-pinching by a band known for its onstage pyrotechnic displays may have cost more than 230 people their lives at a nightclub in southern Brazil, ...
Santa Maria mourns its dead, calls for justice
The young law student sat alone in a pew, clutching a shirt on which she'd written the names of friends she'd lost in a weekend nightclub fire in this ...
No alarm, only 1 exit in Brazil nightclub fire
The nightclub Kiss was hot, steamy from the press of beer-fueled bodies dancing close. The Brazilian country band on stage was whipping the young ...
Neglect, errors to blame in Brazil nightclub fire
There was no fire alarm. There were no sprinklers or fire escapes. And when a band member tried to put out a fire that had been started by ...
Arrests made in Brazil fire, funerals begin
Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people.
Brazil nightclub fire kills more than 230 people
The bodies of the young college students were found piled up just inside the entrance of the Kiss nightclub, among more than 230 people who died in ...
Brazil and EU want to retake stalled negotiations
Brazil and the European Union have agreed to resume stalled free trade negotiations between the EU and South America's Mercosur trade bloc.
Rio de Janeiro's favelas find a place on city maps
Look at most maps of Rio de Janeiro. The beaches are easy to spot, as are the iconic ocean-front neighborhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. In the ...
Brazilian website creates fake girlfriends
Want to make your ex-girlfriend jealous? Need to show your friends you are in a serious relationship when you aren't? A Brazilian website says it has ...
Brazil host England for first time in 29 years
Brazil will host England in an international friendly in June — the first match to be played in a renovated Maracana stadium and just days before the ...
Weather medium suspends deal with Rio City Hall
Meteorologists in Rio de Janeiro will have to go back to predicting weather the old-fashioned way — through traditional scientific methods — after the ...
Shooter kills 2 at Brazil pre-Carnival party
Brazilian police are searching for a gunman who fired into a crowd at a pre-Carnival street party, killing two and wounding 10 other people.
Brazil: Indigenous squatters resist eviction
Police in riot gear surrounded a settlement of indigenous people next to Rio de Janeiro's storied Maracana stadium on Saturday, preparing to evict ...
Britain to ask extradition of ex-Caribbean leader
Britain is preparing a formal extradition request to Brazil for the jailed former premier of Turks & Caicos Islands, a British Caribbean territory.
Messi wins record 4th world's best player award
Lionel Messi won the FIFA Ballon d'Or award on Monday as an expected reward for his astonishing 91-goal year for Barcelona and Argentina in 2012.
Belarus consul drowns on Rio beach
Belarus' consul in Rio de Janeiro has drowned while swimming at a beach in the Brazilian city. An official with Rio's health secretariat said Monday ...
Cat used in Brazil prison smuggling try
Guards thought there was something suspicious about a little white cat slipping through a prison gate in northeastern Brazil. A prison official says ...
Messi aims for historic 4th world player award
Lionel Messi can break another footballing record on Monday by being named the world's best player for an unprecedented fourth time. The Barcelona and ...
Brazil to play Italy in friendly in March
World Cup host Brazil will play Italy in a friendly in Switzerland next year ahead of the teams' Confederations Cup match in June. Hugh Quennec, ...
Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables ...
Spain tops FIFA rankings, Brazil sinks to No. 18
World Cup and European champion Spain has completed a full year atop the FIFA rankings, and Brazil has plummeted to No. 18. The 2014 World Cup host ...