Little has been done to improve the safety of public gathering places since a nightclub fire killed 242 people earlier this year in southern Brazil, relatives of the victims have said.
May 23 2013, 1:14 pm
Read MoreThe number of new guns legally sold in Brazil shot up in the last eight years, growing from 5,161 in 2004 to a record 31,500 in 2012, a media report said.
May 13 2013, 2:33 pm
Read MoreOn his first foreign trip as pontiff, Pope Francis will tour a Rio de Janeiro slum in July and meet juvenile offenders, the Vatican said.
May 9 2013, 6:23 pm
Read MoreBrazil`s communications minister said Thursday that the 12 stadiums to be used for the 2014 soccer World Cup will serve as springboards to greater high-speed Internet access nationwide.
May 4 2013, 12:02 am
Read MoreFive Brazilian police officers have been arrested for their suspected role in the murders of journalist Rodrigo Neto de Faria and press photographer Walgney Carvalho, the daily Folha de Sao Paulo said.
April 29 2013, 10:41 am
Read MoreA former Brazilian police officer was sentenced to 22 years behind bars for the murder of the lover of footballer Bruno Fernandes, who received a similar sentence for being the mastermind behind the killing.
April 29 2013, 10:50 am
Read MoreA team of archaeologists has claimed that they have found 22,000-year-old stone tools at a site in Brazil.
April 26 2013, 2:38 pm
Read MoreDefence Ministry has issued a tender expected to be worth over Rs 12,000 crore to replace IAF`s Avro planes with 56 new aircraft which will be produced by the Indian private sector firms.
May 9 2013, 9:07 pm
Read MoreProsecutors in Brazil will open an investigation against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over allegations of corruption for the first time.
April 7 2013, 2:04 pm
Read MoreProsecutors have filed charges against eight people in connection with a deadly nightclub fire in southern Brazil that killed 241 people earlier this year.
April 3 2013, 9:50 am
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