Rio de Janeiro

A mudslide struck a small luxury hotel on an island southwest of Rio de Janeiro early Friday due to heavy rain, killing at least 15 people.

Much of that destruction was to make way for cities like Salvador, Recife, Rio de Janeiro and S? o Paulo.

Both of these conventions came out of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Chinese firms are among the front-runners to build a $19 billion "bullet" train line between Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

The action often takes place in Rio de Janeiro, where Globo is based, among families which are smaller, whiter and richer than average.

Unlike the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, where gun-toting adolescents rule, the poor parts of Contagem were not abandoned by the state.

But Arslanian said there was no indication of problems with the plane before it left Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night en route to Paris.

He made this very clear today in the press conference given to Brazilian journalists, in Rio de Janeiro.

By then it will also be clear whether work for the Olympic games to be held in Rio de Janeiro two years later is on track.

Towers in the Guanabala bay Nankou's two as if bread mountain peaks (Austria storehouse Kashan) is Rio de Janeiro's symbol.

Explanation: As the Sun rose, a nearly full Moon set in this serene seaside vista captured last Monday from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The famous Copacabana song may have been about a New York nightclub but almost everyone has heard of this amazing beach in Rio de Janeiro.

One of my favorite pictures of the month is from our visit one night to Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The plane went down in the mid Atlantic while on a flight between Rio de Janeiro and Paris.

The concept of "sustainable development" was generated from the Earth Summit of the United Nations held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992.

The project, off Rio de Janeiro, is expected to attract up to $40bn in total investment and should serve both miners and oil companies.

A Brazilian judge known for her work against organised crime has been shot dead in Rio de Janeiro state.

An Air France Airbus A330 jet crashed at sea on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris last week, killing all 228 people on board.

Cristo Redentor, or Christ the Redeemer, opens his arms wide as if to embrace all of Rio de Janeiro.

The official flag of the Olympics has arrived in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, the host city of the next Games.

A giant sculpture of the head of a 14-year-old girl has been unveiled on the famous Botafogo beach, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.

Police accused a local trafficker of torturing kidnap victims with the reptiles, which are native to parts of Rio de Janeiro.

A gunman has shot dead at least 11 children at a school in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.

One of the most beautiful New Year's Eve celebrations takes place on Copacabana, a beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

IT WAS a moment that residents of Rio de Janeiro thought would never come.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazils second largest city, stretches itself lazily along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

Rio de Janeiro , Brazil's second largest city, stretches itself lazily along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean .

Sava at this time has been a penniless, they could only stay in Rio de Janeiro's Tom Jobim Airport.

The Economist contacted Mr Havelange's office in Rio de Janeiro regarding these matters, but he declined to speak to us.

The Rio de Janeiro carnival is the best known worldwide but every big city has its own celebrations.

Relaxing somewhere beautiful, like St. Barts, Rio de Janeiro, or Sedona, might be more your speed.

Delhi, Guangzhou and Rio de Janeiro are all likely to rise rapidly up the table between now and 2025, PwC says, as are Istanbul and Cairo.

There are cities that are simply irresistible, like Rio de Janeiro where sexiness is in the air, or Venice .

A football fan in Rio De Janeiro, said, "I am here to support them. This will be a unique opportunity to meet some of the players. "

Brazilian Air Force plane spotted the rafts from the Concordia floating about 300 miles off the coast of Rio de Janeiro three hours later.

AS SOON as Carnival was over, Rio de Janeiro started to look forward to its next big spectacle : a visit on March 20th by Barack Obama.

Police in Brazil moved into Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro's biggest favela (slum), regaining control of the area from drug gangs.

M: I visited Rio de Janeiro , one of the most spectacular cities on the planet.

[RIO DE JANEIRO] Brazil and China have agreed to collaborate on developing technologies to tackle energy problems and climate change.

What do you think are the main differences between Rio de Janeiro and other touristics cities?

Michael Harris was a company geologist in Rio de Janeiro, according to a company spokesman.

The Rio de Janeiro-based miner is the world's biggest producer of iron ore and one of Brazil's largest companies.

Designed by the great architect Lucio Costa, the new city, Brasilia, replaced Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazif in 1960.

The delight on the faces of the representatives of the winner, Rio de Janeiro, equalled any beaming gold medal winner.

The only other blue macaw is in Rio de Janeiro.

Children play in a pool at the house of an alleged drug trafficker at the Complexo do Alemao slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were caught kissing in public on a busy street in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday.

Ruth Hins owns a grocery store and bakery in the Rio de Janeiro favela of Cantagalo, where she used to live.

Concorde airliner entered supersonic service with simultaneous take-offs from London to Bahrain and Paris to Rio de Janeiro.

That may help alleviate problems like highways blocking access to waterfront in cityscapes from Ahmedabad to Rio de Janeiro.

Police in Rio de Janeiro have taken control of one of Brazil's largest and most lawless slums.

FOR two centuries the mountains behind Rio de Janeiro have been the perfect Brazilian getaway.

In Rio de Janeiro, public transportation proved to be the issue.

Chris Spice, British Basketball's performance director, says the aim is to qualify on merit for the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro.

The father of Brazilian international Adriano, Almir, has been found dead in his apartment in Rio de Janeiro.

The members of the International Olympic Committee decided that the host city for the 2016 summer games will be Rio de Janeiro.

Mr Batista, who runs his empire from Rio de Janeiro through holding company EBX Group, grew up with mining and exploration.

Heavy rain has led to massive mudslides hitting several towns near Rio de Janeiro.

My teammates made fun of me because they are saying I left the favelas of Rio De Janeiro only to get robbed in Italy!

Ships are working to disperse the slick off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state.

Police took DNA samples from the relatives of Brazilian victims in a Rio de Janeiro hotel.

Last week, the neighboring state of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo state authorities said 24 were killed in the floods.

She worked on a kibbutz in Israel and in 1971 sailed across the Atlantic in the first race from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro.

The qualifying draw for the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil is underway at a star-studded ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.

Evidence of credit-fuelled property booms is visible in luxury homes in Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro and Chinese cities.

Brazilians and foreigners alike dance to hedonistic excess at the Rio de Janeiro carnival.

The flight was headed from Rio de Janeiro to Paris when it encountered turbulence and then lost radio contact.

Rio DE janeiro, Brazil take-off aircraft from Charles DE gaulle international airport flight to Paris.

The Rio de Janeiro State Traffic Police is also helping, working alongside the Operation Dry Law enforcers on public holidays.

RIO de JANEIRO - When the Portuguese wine maker Joao Santos first viewed his company's new vineyard in Brazil, he wag crestfallen.

One occurred when The Economist recently visited the research laboratory in Rio de Janeiro of Petrobras, Brazil's oil giant.

Soldiers aim their weapons during an operation against drug traffickers at the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

One concerns Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), the first big public institution to use racial quotas.

In the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, Tzu Chi delivered 123 pairs of glasses to January's flood victims.

Baku in Azerbaijan, Rio de Janeiro and Prague are also bidding for the 2016 games alongside Tokyo, Madrid, and Doha in Qatar.

18 pm local time, Rio de Janeiro mountains again be storms, heavy rains hampered the work of relief and continue the search.

Boys play football (soccer) on the shore of Lake Rodrigo de Freitas on the south side of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A million tourists join millions of Rio de Janeiro residents in the world's most fantastic party spanning several days and nights.

Officials say the violence involved gang members who'd been expelled from other areas of Rio de Janeiro.

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next year.

It was soon joined by cables from Sierra Leone, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro.

Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are all in the running for the summer games.

It reminds me Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in a very nice sense.

Seven hundred thousand tourists swarmed the coastal city of Rio De Janeiro for Carnival.

What Rio de Janeiro famous places do you know ?

More than 8, 000 costumes for the Rio de Janeiro carnival have been destroyed in a fire.

Flight 447 ploughed into thunderstorms and heavy turbulence four hours into its overnight flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

In June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to convene the World Conference on environment and development as a turning point.

The plane flew into storms and heavy turbulence after takeoff from Rio de Janeiro en route to Paris.

That's a similar proportion to London's plan, though slightly higher than that of Chicago or Rio de Janeiro.

The technology is currently being trialled at a clinic in Rio de Janeiro.

In Brazil more than 100 people were killed after hours of torrential rains triggered mudslides in Rio de Janeiro state.

The Portuguese discovered Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara Bay on January 1, 1502 and its name translates as 'January River'.

Above, a dancer fearlessly performs atop an intimidating float during Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday.

Here, in an undated photo, he jumps near Rio de Janeiro.

Officials from the Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro also visited and took care of the bereaved families who went there.

Suppose you have a new opportunity: a supplier in Rio de Janeiro has found your Web site, and might want to do business with you.

Fireworks explode around a Christmas tree during the lighting ceremony at Rodrigo de Freitas Lake in Rio de Janeiro December 4, 2010.

At a memorial service in Rio de Janeiro relatives paid tribute to the victims of Air France 447.

All two hundred twenty-eight people on the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris were killed.

The jet disappeared from radar screens while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

Brazilian children play in a Rio de Janeiro favela.

The lightweight Lua language (developed at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil) includes a register-based VM.

Police in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil say they have arrested the city's most wanted drug gang leader.

Held in Rio de Janeiro in two matches, Italy defeated Thailand 1-0 to force teams to Paraguay 5-0 to win the U. S. team.

Eduardo was born in Rio de Janeiro and moved to Croatia when he was 15 and took nationality there in 2002.

It is a weekday and business is brisk in Uruguayana commercial district of Rio de Janeiro.

Brazilians walk past a mural painted in homage to Alberto Santos -Dumont (1873-1932) at the Santos -Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro.

In Brazil the forested mountains behind Rio de Janeiro received a third more rain in just 24 hours than in the whole of last January.

Brazil's richest man, Eike Batista, is building a $2. 6 billion superport north of Rio de Janeiro for massive tankers headed for China.

Rio de Janeiro state security department spokesman told AFP, police seized 40 tons of cannabis.

The new city, Brasilia , replaced Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil in 1960.

Competitors prepare to swim during the Travessia dos Fortes swimming competition in Rio de Janeiro April 5.

Top: RIO DE JANEIRO -- Residents try to cross the flooded streets in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan.

Maria Filo is a Brazilian fashion brand located in Rio de Janeiro.

In the hours before the flight took off from Rio de Janeiro, there were no signs of mechanical trouble.

A new pricing regime has also benefited the Rio de Janeiro-based company.

Brazil's Talita Antunes prepares to serve during a beach volleyball training match on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, on March 20, 2012.

In 2004 some were found at the house of a drug dealer in Rio de Janeiro.

Rio de Janeiro, starting from the 21 attacks on police stations and burned the vehicle emerged a series of violent incidents.

Our company's agent in Rio de Janeiro will meet you at the airport.

The plane went down while travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing all 228 people on board.

In addition to Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, several other states also suffered a flood disasters.

Then the human-vampire couple head off to sunny Rio de Janeiro for their honeymoon.

Here, a favela in Rio de Janeiro is transformed by dozens of images.

A worker climbs scaffolding around a century-old port warehouse undergoing renovation in Rio de Janeiro, on March 12, 2012.

Sava, a bus ride from Buenos Aires, Argentina came to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Niteroi Zoo, near Rio de Janeiro, first began receiving penguins for rescue in 1999.

A peanut vendor in Rio de Janeiro passes the time a day after general elections in Brazil, on Oct.

Four cities -- Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo -- are competing for the job.

Angry Birds Rio takes your favorite birds to Rio de Janeiro.

Illuminated in pink for breast cancer awareness, the statue of Christ the Redeemer is seen above Rio de Janeiro on Oct.

Beloved for its beaches and food, Rio de Janeiro is the happiest city in the world, according to a 2009 issue of Forbes.

A worker prepares a carnival float at the Viradouro samba school's warehouse in Rio de Janeiro January 28, 2008.

4 cities are vying to host the 2016 Summer Olympics: Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. The competition is fierce.

WHO, with the government of Brazil, is organizing the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health in Rio de Janeiro.

Resurrection in RioFavela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro.

A surfer waits for waves in the sea near Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro August 27, 2010.

But lately a new fashion accessory has found its way to the streets of Rio de Janeiro: black armbands.

The carnivals reached a peak around 1930 when the samba schools started to emerge in Rio de Janeiro.

Ipanema Beach in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, at night.

Every year in February Rio de Janeiro holds a carnival. It is like a big party .

Rio de Janeiro's metropolitan area produces 8 thousand tons of rubbish per day.

A native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Olympics, the first time the games will be held in South America.

Rio de Janeiro's hedonists revel in the world's most famous carnival.

More than 200 people on board the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris died.

Today, we open a new chapter in the history of Rio de Janeiro.

Gracyanne Barbosa, queen of Mangueira samba school's drum section, saunters her way through Rio de Janeiro's 2009 Carnival parade.

A city of eastern Brazil north of Rio de Janeiro.

THE coast of Rio de Janeiro is 290km and 70 minutes away as the helicopter flies.

Air France Flight 447 disappeared after taking off from Rio de Janeiro on its way to Paris.

A former driver, Pinto got a job scaring visitors in a commercial haunted house in Belo Horizonte, 210 miles north of Rio de Janeiro.

Ready for Rio: Brazilian performers give the world a taste of what to expect when the Games moves to Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Tourists take in the view above Rio de Janeiro, from the Sugar Loaf cable car station on February 15, 2012.

The Air France jet flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris went down with the loss of 228 lives.

Madrid topped the list with 90 percent public support, followed by Rio de Janeiro (77 percent) and Chicago (74 percent).

Rio de Janeiro is also due to host the Olympic Games in 2016.

Brazil took the gold medal at the Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro, thrashing the USA U-20 side 5-0 in the final.

Especially its Carnival, is the most famous in the world. So Rio de Janeiro is also called "the Capital of Carnival" .

Hit up Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

Sorry I live in rio de janeiro and don't speak other languages, just portuguese.

Many of their major cities, such as Shanghai, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro and St Petersburg, are vulnerable to rising sea levels.

Lunch time will be at hand in Rio de Janeiro, dinner time in Cape Town.

The Selecao hero also gave some advice to fellow countryman Adriano, who is in Rio de Janeiro for a period of rest and recuperation.

Rio de Janeiro 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic Games host city.

It's a long way from Darra to Rio de Janeiro.

In Rio de Janeiro, for example, there is a close contact between privilege and poverty which does not happen here.

Design competition jury from Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil and the Brazilian Association of Architects of the government staff.

He is a four-time U. S. national champion and won the Pan American Games title last year in Rio de Janeiro.

This is a jump I did in Rio de Janeiro.

Precautionary principle(Rio Declaration) -- The United Nations development conference(Rio de Janeiro and 1992)

Formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in a high traffic street of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Its arrival was symbolically marked last month by the award of the 2016 Olympics to Rio de Janeiro;

Rio de Janeiro Declaration on Environment and Development;

Rio de Janeiro Programme of Action to Combat Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs;

48- War of the traffic will mark many victims in Rio de Janeiro and innocent people may lose their lives;

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Declaration of the Guarantor Countries of the 1942 Rio de Janeiro Protocol;

The best time to visit Rio de Janeiro is in June and July

The Myth of Marginality: Urban Poverty and Politics in Rio de Janeiro

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Rio de Janeiro hopes to become the first city in South America to host the Summer Olympics

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