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Saturday Jan 14 | WaterWorld

Casal spending US$19mn on water projects

Brazil's Alagoas state water utility Casal will invest 33.2mn reais in 2012 on water and sanitation projects, company president Alvaro Jose Menezes told BNamericas.

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Fri Jan 13, 2012

Malaysian National News Agency

Brazil Has 14 Of World's 50 Most Violent Cities: Study

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 14 -- Of the 50 most violent cities in the world, 14 are in Brazil, a Mexican think-tank said Friday.

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Daily Mail

The jail in danger of collapse .. because prisoners have dug so many escape tunnels

A Brazilian prison complex is facing collapse after inmates dug a labyrinth of tunnels beneath its foundations during multiple escape bids.

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Mon Aug 29, 2011

Reuters

Brazil's OGX sees gas potential in offshore field

OGX, controlled by Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista, has made repeated oil discoveries in the shallow waters off Brazil's coast and expects to begin its first crude production by October.

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