Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• Rio starts demolishing slums in high-risk areas (AP)
• U.S. and Brazil sign defense pact, no decision on jets (Reuters)
• More bodies pulled from Rio mud, 205 dead (Reuters)
• US, Brazil sign defense agreement (AFP)
• Brazil rancher goes on trial for US nun's murder (AP)

Rio starts demolishing slums in high-risk areas (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:27 PM PDT AP - The threat of new mudslides forced officials to begin evicting 2,600 families from at-risk areas Monday as they embarked on a slum demolition program on Rio de Janeiro's hills.

U.S. and Brazil sign defense pact, no decision on jets (Reuters) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:02 PM PDT Reuters - The United States and Brazil signed an agreement on Monday meant to bolster military ties, but Brazil's Defense Minister Nelson Jobim did not offer any hint about a key defense contract sought by U.S.-based Boeing Co.

More bodies pulled from Rio mud, 205 dead (Reuters) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:39 PM PDT Reuters - Rescuers pulled more bodies from a collapsed hillside slum near Rio de Janeiro on Friday, abandoning hope of finding survivors from a mudslide that buried more than 100 people after the heaviest rains in four decades.

US, Brazil sign defense agreement (AFP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:29 PM PDT AFP - US and Brazilian defense chiefs on Monday signed a military cooperation agreement designed to bolster security ties, despite strain over Iran and a fighter jet contract.

Brazil rancher goes on trial for US nun's murder (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:39 AM PDT AP - A rancher accused of ordering the murder of U.S. nun and Amazon defender Dorothy Stang is back on trial in northern Brazil.

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