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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 ...
Brazil's Niemeyer getting worse, doctors say
The hospital that's treating famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer says the 104-year-old has gotten worse. Rio de Janeiro's Samaritano Hospital ...
UMaine: 3 plane crash victims were frat brothers
A small plane that spiraled downward and burst into flames after striking a pickup truck shortly before takeoff was carrying two University of Maine ...
Sao Paulo could face gang war with truce collapse
A tenuous six-year truce between police and gang members is over in Sao Paulo — that much seems clear to shopkeeper Vanuza Alves da Silva, who has ...
Microsoft to invest $100 million in Rio IT hub
Microsoft says it is investing $100 million in a new technology center in Rio de Janeiro. The center is to house an advanced technology laboratory, ...
Brazil's Truth Commission to investigate church
The Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses committed by Brazil's former dictatorship will also look into the role Catholic and evangelical ...
Brazil to distribute oil revenues more evenly
Brazil's House of Representatives has approved a controversial proposal to share profits from the country's growing oil production sector more evenly ...
Architect Niemeyer back in Rio hospital
Celebrated Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has been admitted to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro for dehydration. The Hospital Samaritano said in a ...
French, Brazilian defense ministers discuss planes
French Defense Minister Jean Yves Le Drian arrived in Brazil on Monday to promote the sale of Rafale jet fighters to the South American nation.