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Rio gov't building walls around slums (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2009 04:37 PM PDT AP - Rio's state government will build seven miles (11 kilometers) of concrete walls around some of the biggest slums in an effort to halt deforestation of the jungle surrounding the metropolis, officials said Tuesday.

Pigeons fly cell phones into Brazilian prison (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2009 04:27 PM PDT AP - Inmates have devised an innovative way to smuggle in cell phones into a prison farm in Brazil: carrier pigeons.

Brazil confident that this time, it can weather economic crisis (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 31 Mar 2009 01:15 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Lolita Morinigo has lived through sharp ups and downs in the Brazilian economy over the past 24 years as the owner of two clothing stores here.

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