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CDC urges soccer fans to see a doctor before traveling to the World Cup in Brazil
Avid soccer fans who are planning to travel to Brazil for the FIFA World Cup, or the 2016 Summer Olympic Games or the Paralympic Games in Brazil should see their doctors at least four weeks before travelling, according to new advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Exclusive: How FBI Informant Sabu Helped Anonymous Hack Brazil
Exclusive documents obtained by Motherboard detail Hector Xavier Monsegur's leadership in attacks against Brazilian government and commercial websites.
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Olympic Games 2016: Sailing venue with floating corpses, dead dogs and toxic waste 'won't be cleaned in time', warn Rio bosses
The Rio bay where the Brazil Olympics’ sailing competitions will be held won’t be clean for the games in 2016, the city’s mayor has said. The city had promised to clean up the Guanabara Bay and reduce pollution by 80%, but the mayor admitted that it would not meet that target.
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Subway Workers Clash With Police Ahead of Brazil's World Cup
Brazilian police and striking subway workers clashed Monday in a central commuter station ahead of the World Cup opening match this week.
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Man has 10 plastic surgery ops so he can look Asian
A man obsessed with Korean culture has gone to extraordinary lengths to look Asian after having 10 plastic surgery operations to change his appearance. Xiahn, 25, who was originally known as Max, became fixated on Korean culture following a year of study in the country.
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The most venomous spider in the world, and other creepy crawlies at the World Cup
Brazil is a wonderful place for the World Cup, the quadrennial soccer tournament that begins there on Thursday, but it could prove problematic for traveling fans who suffer from two of the most common phobias: arachnophobia and ophidiophobia, which is even harder to pronounce when a viper is slithering toward you.
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I'm Taking My Daughters to the World Cup. Do I Tell Them About Brazil's Whole Sordid History?
Brazil's fraught racial and sexual history with soccer—and my family's fraught history with Brazil.
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2014 Fifa World Cup
'Jogo Bonito' or simply put 'The Beautiful Game' begins today in #Brazil. Whom are your supporting? #fifaworldcup14 #worldcup
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Brazil Is 'Totally Screwed'
The land of sun, sex, and soccer couldn’t be more down about the World Cup.
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World Cup 2014 opening ceremony: in pictures
All the colour and drama from the Fifa World Cup opening ceremony at the Arena in Sao Paulo.
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World Cup 2014: Tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades on the streets of Sao Paulo as tournament begins
The final hours of build up to the most eagerly but most nervously anticipated sporting event in decades began with tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades fired down the streets of Sao Paulo, as the promised and much feared protests materialised, where there was hope that they wouldn't.
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This Brazilian Soccer Team Plays for a Chance to Battle Their Prison Guards
For one week each year, the Geraldo Beltrão maximum security penitentiary in João Pessoa, Brazil holds a soccer tournament for the prisoners. Five-member teams from the various cells compete against each other on a barbed-wire-encircled sand court until there’s just one left standing.
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Doves released in World Cup opener die shortly after
In a case of “it seemed like a good idea at the time,” three doves were released just before the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Two died shortly afterwards. A reporter from The Guardian at the game noticed the doves crash land into the stands.
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Brazil's Home-Field World Cup Advantage? The Refs
Refereeing controversies are to World Cups what gaffes are to political campaigns: overly discussed and inevitable. This year’s tournament kicked off yesterday, and already it has its first. In the opening game between Croatia and Brazil—this year’s host and the most soccer-crazed nation on earth—the heavily favored Brazilians played unevenly.
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Brazil's recent fight against deforestation has been a huge success
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has dropped 70 percent since 2005. ll eyes are on Brazil right now because of the World Cup. But there's another Brazil story that deserves just as much attention — over the last decade, the country has made surprising strides in slowing the destruction of its rainforests.
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Dying to save the Amazonian rainforest
An environmental campaigner is killed every week in Brazil. Jonathan Watts and Karina Vieira travel to Lábrea in the heart of the Amazon to meet the people risking their lives
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How So Many Football-Loving Brazilians Ended Up Hating the World Cup
Brazilians may love football. But many of them are not welcoming the World Cup, costing their unequal country $11 billion, without a fight.
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Brazil's evicted 'won't celebrate World Cup'
Every four years, Brazilians decorate their streets in green and yellow, celebrating the arrival of the most anticipated sports tournament in the country. With the kick-off for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil less than one month away, the country's passion for football should be pulsating more than ever. But there are some signs to the contrary. "World Cup for whom?" read the words painted on a wall on a street in Sao Paulo.
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TelexFree co-owner Carlos Wanzeler takes refuge in Brazilian seaside city, while partner awaits trial in US prison
In this bustling port city, with its long sand beaches and rocky hills rising from the sea, Carlos Wanzeler is taking refuge from the US authorities who want to put him in jail. There are worse spots for a businessman on the run. Morning walkers stroll the boardwalk on the shoreline of the upscale Praia do Canto neighborhood, while rowers glide across sun-streaked water. As a boy, the TelexFree Inc. co-owner sold ice cream on these beaches to help support his family.
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Rio’s Real-Life Slumdog Millionaires
Brazil’s efforts to clean up the favelas for the World Cup have led to a surprising development: Due to property laws, many slum residents now own some of the city’s best real estate.
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