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Pics: A Continent Ablaze - South America Surpasses Record For Forest Fires
South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year up to September 11.
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Tropical Rainforest Doesn't Catch Fire, Amazon Is Burning Is A Lie: Brazil President
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said it is a "lie" that fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest, despite data from his own government showing the number of blazes is rising.
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Brazil's Burning Ban Takes Effect As Amazon Fires Rage
A 60-day ban on burning in Brazil takes effect Thursday after a global outcry over fires raging in the Amazon and data showing hundreds of new blazes in the rainforest.
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"Respond To Call Of Forest": G7 To Give $20 Million To Fight Amazon Fires
The G7 will give $20 million (18 million euros) to send firefighting planes to tackle the blazes engulfing parts of the Amazon, the presidents of France and Chile said Monday.
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Donald Trump, Boris Johnson Offer Help As Fires Scorching Amazon Grow
Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, official data showed Saturday, as thousands of troops were made available to help fight the worst blazes in years following a global outcry.
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After Global Outcry, Brazil Sends Army To Put Out Amazon Rainforest Fires
President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday authorized the deployment of Brazil's armed forces to help combat fires raging in the Amazon rainforest, as a growing global outcry over the blazes sparks protests and threatens a huge trade deal.
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Fire In Brazil Kills At Least 10 In Flamengo Youth Football Facility: Reports
The pre-dawn blaze in Rio de Janeiro hit a building that housed youth-category players aged 14 to 17.
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Gunmen Storm Brazil Prison, Kill Policeman And Let 92 Inmates Escape
Heavily armed men blew down the front gate of a maximum security prison in northeastern Brazil early Monday and with guns blazing enabled 92 inmates to escape while killing a policeman, authorities said.
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1 Dead, 3 Missing As Blazing Building Crashes In Brazil
A 22-story abandoned office building occupied by hundreds of squatters was engulfed in flames and collapsed in the centre of Sao Paulo early Tuesday, shooting a massive black cloud of smoke into the sky and red-hot chunks of debris into nearby structures.
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Brazil nightclub owners, band detained 30 more days after fire
A judge in southern Brazil ordered 30 more days of detention on Friday for the owners of a nightclub and band members involved in a fire that killed 236 in the college town of Santa Maria last weekend.
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Crackdown on nightclubs in Brazil after Santa Maria fire tragedy
Cities across Brazil are cracking down on nightclubs to ensure that they comply with fire regulations after a weekend blaze destroyed a club in the southern university town of Santa Maria, killing 235 people.
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Grief turns to anger after Brazil club fire; band in custody
Relatives of the 231 people who died in a Brazilian nightclub fire demanded answers on Monday as to how it could have killed so many people, while police questioned the club's owner and members of the band whose pyrotechnics show allegedly caused the tragedy.
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Funerals begin for 233 people killed in Brazil blaze
The bodies of the young college students were found piled up just inside the entrance of the Kiss nightclub, among more than 230 people who died in a cloud of toxic smoke after a blaze enveloped the crowded locale within seconds and set off a panic.
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Pics: A Continent Ablaze - South America Surpasses Record For Forest Fires
South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year up to September 11.
-
Tropical Rainforest Doesn't Catch Fire, Amazon Is Burning Is A Lie: Brazil President
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said it is a "lie" that fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest, despite data from his own government showing the number of blazes is rising.
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Brazil's Burning Ban Takes Effect As Amazon Fires Rage
A 60-day ban on burning in Brazil takes effect Thursday after a global outcry over fires raging in the Amazon and data showing hundreds of new blazes in the rainforest.
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"Respond To Call Of Forest": G7 To Give $20 Million To Fight Amazon Fires
The G7 will give $20 million (18 million euros) to send firefighting planes to tackle the blazes engulfing parts of the Amazon, the presidents of France and Chile said Monday.
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Donald Trump, Boris Johnson Offer Help As Fires Scorching Amazon Grow
Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, official data showed Saturday, as thousands of troops were made available to help fight the worst blazes in years following a global outcry.
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After Global Outcry, Brazil Sends Army To Put Out Amazon Rainforest Fires
President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday authorized the deployment of Brazil's armed forces to help combat fires raging in the Amazon rainforest, as a growing global outcry over the blazes sparks protests and threatens a huge trade deal.
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Fire In Brazil Kills At Least 10 In Flamengo Youth Football Facility: Reports
The pre-dawn blaze in Rio de Janeiro hit a building that housed youth-category players aged 14 to 17.
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Gunmen Storm Brazil Prison, Kill Policeman And Let 92 Inmates Escape
Heavily armed men blew down the front gate of a maximum security prison in northeastern Brazil early Monday and with guns blazing enabled 92 inmates to escape while killing a policeman, authorities said.
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1 Dead, 3 Missing As Blazing Building Crashes In Brazil
A 22-story abandoned office building occupied by hundreds of squatters was engulfed in flames and collapsed in the centre of Sao Paulo early Tuesday, shooting a massive black cloud of smoke into the sky and red-hot chunks of debris into nearby structures.
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Brazil nightclub owners, band detained 30 more days after fire
A judge in southern Brazil ordered 30 more days of detention on Friday for the owners of a nightclub and band members involved in a fire that killed 236 in the college town of Santa Maria last weekend.
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Crackdown on nightclubs in Brazil after Santa Maria fire tragedy
Cities across Brazil are cracking down on nightclubs to ensure that they comply with fire regulations after a weekend blaze destroyed a club in the southern university town of Santa Maria, killing 235 people.
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Grief turns to anger after Brazil club fire; band in custody
Relatives of the 231 people who died in a Brazilian nightclub fire demanded answers on Monday as to how it could have killed so many people, while police questioned the club's owner and members of the band whose pyrotechnics show allegedly caused the tragedy.
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Funerals begin for 233 people killed in Brazil blaze
The bodies of the young college students were found piled up just inside the entrance of the Kiss nightclub, among more than 230 people who died in a cloud of toxic smoke after a blaze enveloped the crowded locale within seconds and set off a panic.
