Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• Girl, 7, gets OK to be samba queen in Rio Carnival (AP)
• Brazil heat wave kills 32 elderly people (AP)
• Heatwave roasts Rio, kills 32 in southern Brazil (AFP)
• Chopper crashes during Sao Paulo rush hour, 1 dead (AP)
• Brazil justice minister resigns to run for office (AP)

Girl, 7, gets OK to be samba queen in Rio Carnival (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 04:53 PM PST AP - A family court judge ruled Wednesday that a 7-year-old girl should be allowed to samba before a crowd of thousands as a Carnival drum corps queen, a coveted role normally reserved for sultry models.

Brazil heat wave kills 32 elderly people (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 04:19 PM PST AP - Thirty-two elderly people died in a southeastern Brazilian city this week because of a heat wave that has pushed temperatures to unseasonably high levels, a health official said Wednesday.

Heatwave roasts Rio, kills 32 in southern Brazil (AFP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 01:14 PM PST AFP - The worst heatwave to hit Rio de Janeiro in 50 years turned the city into a pre-Carnival furnace Wednesday, and killed 32 elderly people further south, officials said.

Chopper crashes during Sao Paulo rush hour, 1 dead (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 11:32 AM PST AP - A TV news helicopter pilot steered his crippled, out-of-control aircraft away from a busy highway before crashing in a grassy field during rush hour Wednesday, losing his own life but avoiding greater casualties. A cameraman onboard was seriously injured.

Brazil justice minister resigns to run for office (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 09:46 AM PST AP - Brazil's justice minister has resigned to run for governor of a southern state in elections later this year.

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