Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• Lauded priest in Brazil accused of abusing boys (AP)
• Amazon defender quits ruling party in Brazil (AP)
• Community service for British tourists in Brazil fraud (AFP)

Lauded priest in Brazil accused of abusing boys (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - An Italian priest who ran an award-winning shelter for homeless children in Brazil has been charged with sexually abusing boys for years and allowing visiting foreigners to exploit the children, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Amazon defender quits ruling party in Brazil (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 02:46 PM PDT AP - A former Brazilian environment minister who is a famed campaigner to protect the Amazon rainforest from development says she is leaving the governing Workers Party and may run for president next year.

Community service for British tourists in Brazil fraud (AFP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 12:56 PM PDT AFP - Two young British tourists found guilty of attempted fraud for falsely declaring a robbery were given a community service sentence by a Rio de Janeiro judge on Wednesday.

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