Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• Brazil sets task force to probe killings in Amazon (AP)
• Police chief in Rio resigns over judge's slaying (AP)
• Brazil plans to start removing troops from Haiti (AP)

Brazil sets task force to probe killings in Amazon (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:07 PM PDT AP - Brazil says it has created a special task force to investigate unsolved cases of violence against land rights and environmental activists in the Amazon jungle state of Para.

Police chief in Rio resigns over judge's slaying (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:48 PM PDT AP - The head of Rio de Janeiro state's police has resigned, saying he was responsible for nominating the police chief who was arrested this week along with seven other officers in the killing of a judge.

Brazil plans to start removing troops from Haiti (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:25 AM PDT AP - Brazil wants to gradually reduce its peacekeeping force in Haiti, the government said Tuesday.

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