Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• Gates, ahead of Latam trip, to sign Brazil accord (Reuters)
• Rio rescuers scour for new mudslide victims; 180 dead (Reuters)
• Slum disappears in Rio mudslide; 200 feared dead (AP)
• Big-business Brazil taps into its young entrepreneurs (The Christian Science Monitor)
• 200 feared dead in Brazil mudslides (AFP)
• Up to 200 people buried in Brazil mudslide (AFP)

Gates, ahead of Latam trip, to sign Brazil accord (Reuters) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:48 PM PDT Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates will sign a defense accord with Brazil and then travel to South America next week, looking to strengthen ties in a region being courted by Iran, China and Russia.

Rio rescuers scour for new mudslide victims; 180 dead (Reuters) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:18 PM PDT Reuters - Rescue workers using heavy machinery dug for bodies and survivors on Thursday after a torrent of mud dislodged by heavy rain ravaged a hillside slum near Rio de Janeiro, burying dozens of residents.

Slum disappears in Rio mudslide; 200 feared dead (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 03:18 PM PDT AP - They are all gone. The Evangelical church where worshippers were praying. A daycare center where kids were playing. The pizza parlor where a family was eating.

Big-business Brazil taps into its young entrepreneurs (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:25 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Genesis Institute in Rio de Janeiro looks nothing like the high-tech offices that grew amid the boom in Silicon Valley.

200 feared dead in Brazil mudslides (AFP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:30 PM PDT AFP - Some 200 people were feared dead after being buried in mudslides near Rio de Janeiro, officials said Thursday, bringing new tragedy to Brazil following massive floods which have already killed more than 150.

Up to 200 people buried in Brazil mudslide (AFP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:35 AM PDT AFP - As many as 200 people were buried in mudslides near Rio de Janeiro after record flooding in the region, local fire chief Pedro Machado told AFP Thursday.

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