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Brazil Volkswagen workers down tools after layoffs

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 04:24

Workers at Volkswagen`s Brazilian plant at Sao Bernardo do Campo near Sao Paulo began an open-ended strike Tuesday to protest 800 layoffs, their union said.

World Cup protests spark violence in Brazil

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 08:42

Demonstrators and police clashed in Sao Paulo on Saturday during the first in a planned series of anti-World Cup protests across Brazil called by radical activist group Anonymous.

Flood kills 12, destroys town in Brazil

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 07:16

The death toll from flooding that destroyed a small town in southeastern Brazil reached 12, as four more bodies were found, authorities said Tuesday.

At least 10 dead in south Brazil violence: police

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 21:38

At least 10 people were killed overnight around the Brazilian city of Campinas in a surge of violence that began with the murder of an off-duty policeman, police and media said on Monday.

Most expensive Brazil World Cup stadium has leaking roof

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 14:00

The most expensive of the 12 stadiums built or revamped for the 2014 World Cup has a leaking roof less than eight months after it was finished, the stadium`s operators said on Tuesday.

Judge halts work on Brazil World Cup stadium

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 09:22

Work has stopped at Brazil`s Arena da Amazonia World Cup stadium after death of two workers in separate incidents Saturday, Xinhua reported Monday.

Goalie Rogerio Ceni to play 23rd season

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 15:18

Record-breaking former Brazil international goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni will next year extend his professional career to a 23rd season with Sao Paulo.

Sao Paulo accident venue ready mid-April: FIFA

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 00:19

The Sao Paulo stadium scheduled to host the opening match of the World Cup but scene of a fatal accident last week will be ready in April, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Thursday.

FIFA to extend deadline for three World Cup stadiums

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 17:03

World football`s governing body, FIFA is set to extend the construction deadline for three of Brazil`s 12 World Cup 2014 venues.

Two killed in Brazil World Cup stadium accident

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 10:38

At least two construction workers were killed on Wednesday after a part of the ceiling in Brazil`s Itaquerao stadium collapsed.

9 killed in Brazil prison riot

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 23:05

A riot in an overcrowded prison in northeastern Brazil left nine inmates dead and 20 injured, officials said on Thursday.

Six dead in Sao Paulo building collapse: Firefight

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 21:44

At least six people were killed early on Tuesday when a commercial building under construction collapsed in eastern Sao Paulo, Brazilian firefighters said.