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Brazil boosts flood aid for 308K left homeless (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 05:35 PM PDT AP - Brazil intensified efforts to get food and other aid to people isolated by severe flooding as waters kept rising in some areas Monday, including a jungle river nearing its highest level in more than 50 years.

Brazil Achieves Press Freedom Milestone (OneWorld.net) Posted: 11 May 2009 11:46 AM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, May 11 (OneWorld.net) - Brazil's highest court has abolished a law limiting freedom of press that was used repeatedly to crack down on critical journalists, reports an international media rights advocacy group.

The Embassy of Brazil to Present Second Annual Documentary Film Festival May 15-17 (PR Newswire) Posted: 11 May 2009 08:38 AM PDT PR Newswire - II Reel Time Brazil to Feature North American and U.S. Premieres; Guest Appearances by Leading Brazilian Directors and Special Guests

Floods ease in Brazil, but 300,000-plus homeless (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 11:27 PM PDT AP - Floodwaters receded some in inundated towns across northern Brazil on Sunday, but the number of homeless rose above 300,000 and two people were missing after an overloaded canoe overturned in swift waters.

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