Nine people of 11 on a small plane survived a crash landing on a river in Brazil's Amazon rain forest after native Indians notified authorities, who dispatched a rescue mission, the government said on Friday.

Leaders of conservation groups from the United States and South America are requesting that international donors end their support for a road that would connect Amazonian towns in Brazil and Peru.

A Brazilian C-98 Caravan military transport plane takes off in Amazon area,Brazil, October 29, 2009.

At least nine of the 11 people aboard a Brazilian military transport plane that crashed deep in the Amazonian jungle have been found alive and well by tribesmen.

A Brazilian C-98 Caravan military transport plane takes off in Amazon area,Brazil, October 29, 2009.

A police officer looks at the body of a dead man on the ground in the Fumace slum in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Oct.

The Portuguese Liga returns to action this weekend, here in brief, are five of the most intriguing transfers to keep an eye on.

A famous singer of the Golden Era of the Brazilian Song, Deo recorded 136 78 rpm albums with 263 songs.

FC Barcelona, winners of Spaina s La Liga, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League, began to bolster their already deep roster with the signings of Brazilian defenders Maxwell Scherrer Cabelino Andrade and Henrique Adriano Buss , for the 2009-2010 season.

Here's Folha Online - Especial - 2009 - Gripe SuA na . A quick, rough translation of some of the headlines: Trucker dies in SA o Broja, Rio Grande do Sul, with symptoms of swine flu.

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants health ministers in Brazil and Argentina to work together so that both clubs in the Copa Libertadores final are reassured over swine flu fears.

Brazilian football club Cruzeiro says it wants to postpone this week's Copa Libertadores match against Estudiantes because of the swine flu outbreak in Argentina.

The Brazilian international shone in Serie A last season and subsequently drew admirers from some of Europe's biggest clubs.

Argentine club Estudiantes prepared Friday to host next week's first-leg match in the final of the Copa Libertadores despite a swine flu outbreak that is blamed in the deaths of at least 44 people in the country.

Bricks marked with swastikas on a crumbling building in Brazil have helped historians trace an astonishing plan by Adolf Hitler for a Nazi empire in South America.

A report in The Sun this morning claims that after missing out on Glen Johnson who is set for a move to Liverpool, Chelsea have "swung their attention to 25million Brazilian Maicon Douglas." Antony Kastrinakis writes: "Inter will accept 25m for the 27-year-old defender and are even willing to part with idol Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 27, for another 50m." ...

Results from the fifth round of the Brazilian first-division football championship (home teams listed first Thursday's Games Gremio 3, Nautico 0 Santo Andre 3, Santos 3 Saturday's Games Corinthians 2, Coritiba 0 Sunday's Games Palmeiras 2, Vitoria 1 Atletico Paranaense 0, Atletico Mineiro 4 Sport 4, Flamengo 2 Avai 0 Sao Paulo 0 Fluminense 1, ...

Cruzeiro forward Kleber has claimed Liverpool are attempting to sign him. The Brazilian striker ruled out moving to Anfield on Sunday, but performed a u-turn by insisting negotiations were taking place and, according to local reports, the Reds would pay 7million euros for his services.

Caracas 1, Gremio 1 Cruzeiro 2, Sao Paulo 1 Thursday, May 28 Defensor Sporting vs.

Brazilian club Botafogo sold midfielder Maicosuel to Germany's Hoffenheim for a reported fee of $7.5 million .