Topic: Sao Paulo
AFP Global Edition | 2009-12-24 18:10:14
<div><p>People who die of swine flu contract a "rapidly fatal" form of the disease and tend to die of lung injury, although it strikes different people in different ways, an autopsy study showed Thursday.</p><p>In the first study of its kind, researchers in Brazil examined 21 patients aged ...
AP News | 2009-12-19 10:46:56
<div id="subtitle">Brazilian swimmer Cesar Cielo sets 50-meter freestyle world record in Sao Paulo</div><div><p>Olympic champion Cesar Cielo of Brazil broke the world record in the 50-meter freestyle on Friday, clocking 20.91 seconds during a meet in Sao Paulo.</p><p>Frederick Bousquet ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-12-14 17:10:28
<div><p>In rags and bare feet, they walk through Sao Paulo's dilapidated city center like ghosts.</p><p>Some beg for change that goes straight to purchasing the drug that has wasted away their bodies as surely as it has their personalities, their futures and their sense of self-worth.< ...
AP News | 2009-12-09 00:28:03
<div id="subtitle">Human rights group: Police killed 11,000 in past 6 years; many execution-style</div><div><p>Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch.< ...
