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Electrical blackouts impacting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were caused by hackers targeting control systems, according to the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes.

A passenger in silhouette watches an Air France aircraft at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport September 25, 2002 in Roissy, France.

Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS says.

Fishing nations must cut the amount of Atlantic bluefin tuna they catch and protect porbeagle and thresher sharks, European fisheries commissioner Joe Borg said on Friday ahead of international talks.

A series of power outages affecting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were the result of cyber attacks, 60 MINUTES has learned.

Remember Evanescence? You know,A the one with that gothA female lead singer with the haunting voice? Well, they're back, and with a bang.

The loan matures in 25 years and has a grace and disbursement period of five years.

MasterCard Worldwide, Credicard, Citibank's credit card administrator for the Brazilian market, and Redecard have announced the launch of MasterCard PayPass contactless payment technology in Rio de Janeiro for public transportation and other quick service merchants.

With nominations in five categories including album of the year, the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Calle 13 is a favourite to win a Latin Grammy in Las Vegas - which might have producers of the international awards ceremony on edge.

Become a slum lord in Shakespeare's England. Monte Cristo has announced that new content will be available for free to Cities XL Planet Offer subscribers.

Bradley Brooks RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Published on Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009 12:47PM EST A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral.

Reporting from Sao Paulo, Brazil - Who could resent the attention being showered on electric cars? Stylish and clean, they're the darling of the renewable-energy crowd, which is hailing the scheduled rollout of several e-powered models next year as a major blow against global warming.

Rio de Janeiro, Nov 4 : At least 1,819 places on Brazilian highways have been identified by the police where minor girls and teens offer sex to truck drivers, says a new report.

Pinheiro Neto Like their foreign counterparts, the recession has forced Brazilian lawyers to adapt to a market with fallen demand for lending and capital markets practices.

Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and industrial societies, has died.

Donatella Versace andA CiaraA were just two of the countless personalities that dazzled crowds during the recentA Oi Fashion Rocks weekendA in Rio de Janeiro.

What does Great Yarmouth have in common with Rio de Janeiro and New Orleans? Norfolk's premier resort is rightly proud of its beaches but none has quite the magic ring of the Copacabana.

Check out a few brand new photos of Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner in Sao Paulo Brazil promoting the upcoming film "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer.

More than 1.5 million evangelical Christians joined Brazil's annual "March for Jesus" on Monday, an event sponsored by a church whose leaders recently returned after being imprisoned in the U.S. for money smuggling.

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.