Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• Brazil economist: Rio slum poised for improvement (AP)
• Piranhas take toes at river beach in west Brazil (AP)
• Botero bronze, Brazil artists hit auction records (Reuters)

Brazil economist: Rio slum poised for improvement (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST AP - One of the Rio shantytowns taken over by police this week has a population that is younger, less educated and more cut off from state services than other slums — characteristics that present a big opportunity for future financial growth, a leading economist said Wednesday.

Piranhas take toes at river beach in west Brazil (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 02:10 PM PST AP - Thousands of flesh-eating piranhas have infested a river beach popular with tourists in western Brazil and have bitten at least 15 unwary swimmers, authorities said Wednesday.

Botero bronze, Brazil artists hit auction records (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:01 PM PST Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) A towering bronze sculpture by Fernando Botero and works by several Brazilian artists set auction records during Christie's Latin American sale, the auction house said on Wednesday.

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