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Violence-marred match hurts Brazil football image
Brazilian authorities on Thursday began investigations into allegations that security personnel beat members of a visiting Argentine football club at ...
ThyssenKrupp takes $4.66B hit in Americas unit
German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp AG says it is taking a €3.6 billion ($4.66 billion) hit on the value of its Steel Americas unit. The Essen-based ...
Chavez back in Venezuela after Cuba treatment
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived back home early Friday after 10 days of medical treatment in Cuba, but his failure to attend a regional ...
Brazil remembers famed architect with vigil, samba
The city where architect Oscar Niemeyer was born 104 years ago said goodbye Friday with a public vigil, flowers and, yes, samba. After a viewing in ...
Rituals, dances and carnivals win UN protection
The frenetic music and vibrant colors of the Frevo, a Brazilian carnival dance, have been immortalized by UNESCO as a world heritage treasure.
Ex-premier of Turks and Caicos arrested in Brazil
The former jet-setting premier of the Turks and Caicos islands has been arrested in Brazil after having disappeared a couple years ago.
Transgenders break into Brazil's modeling sector
Walking the catwalk in a Brazilian bikini is a nerve-racking experience for even the most seasoned of models, but for Felipa Tavares it's nothing ...
Brazil mourns architect Niemeyer's death
Hundreds of mourners lined up in the vast open plaza at the heart of Brasilia, Brazil's modernist capital, to honor internationally renowned architect ...
Federer hopes to play 2016 Games in Rio
Roger Federer says he won't play as often in the next few years and hopes to compete in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The 31-year-old Federer ...
Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, dies at 104
Architect Oscar Niemeyer, who recreated Brazil's sensuous curves in reinforced concrete and built the capital of Brasilia on the empty central plains ...
Class of 2012: Young Europeans trapped by language
Maria Menendez, a 25-year-old caught in Spain's job-destroying economic crisis, would love to work in Germany as a veterinarian. Germany, facing an ...
IOC: 'Time is ticking' for Rio Olympic organizers
With concern mounting about the pace of progress for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, the IOC warned Brazilian organizers Tuesday that "time is ...
Brazilians protest against stadium privatization
Hundreds of people have held a protest march against the privatization of Brazil's iconic Maracana Stadium. Organizers say at least 800 people, ...
HRW commends Brazilian bid to curb police killings
Human Rights Watch on Thursday praised a resolution by Brazil's Human Rights Defense Council that outlined steps to help reduce extrajudicial killings ...
Scolari to lead Brazil through 2014 World Cup
Luiz Felipe Scolari is back in charge of Brazil's national soccer team, and he said Thursday he knows that anything but a sixth World Cup title at the ...
Messi, Ronaldo, Wambach up for FIFA awards
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta are the finalists for FIFA's world player of the year award. They were picked from a list of 23 ...
FIFA: Brazil still has 'plenty of work to do'
FIFA leaders believe there's still a lot left to be done in Brazil to successfully stage the 2013 Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup.
Brazil deforestation hits record low
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has dropped to its lowest level in 24 years, the government said Tuesday. Satellite imagery showed that ...
Pirelli unveils covered-up calendar for 2013
After taking it all off for 39 straight years, the notoriously racy Pirelli calendar has buttoned up, delivering a 2013 edition Tuesday — in ...
Column: Can Formula One get any better than 2012?
One of the most enthralling seasons of racing in recent memory finished with one of the most exciting races ever. Surely, Formula One cannot get much ...
Vettel wins F1 title again; Button takes Brazil GP
Sebastian Vettel found himself spinning around on the track just after the start, watching helplessly as other cars whizzed past him. His Formula One ...
Vettel wins 3rd straight F1 title in Brazil
Sebastian Vettel captured his third straight Formula One championship title Sunday, overcoming a first-lap crash to finish sixth in a Brazilian Grand ...
New trail spurs interest in ex-Atlanta rail route
Since a new urban trail opened last month in an old rail corridor in Atlanta, it has drawn a steady stream of joggers, dog-walkers and cyclists to ...
Alda, Lear honored at 40th International Emmys
Producer Ryan Murphy paid tribute at the International Emmy Awards to television legends Norman Lear and Alan Alda, whose cutting-edge, socially ...
Brazilian soccer star on trial for killing lover
A former Brazilian soccer star charged with orchestrating the murder of his ex-girlfriend went on trial Monday in a case that includes allegations the ...