AN alligator that killed an 11-year-old girl who was bathing in a creek was shot dead by searchers with the girl still in its jaws.

Grammy Award-winning singers Beyonce and Alicia Keys are filming a music video in a Rio de Janeiro slum.

9, 2010 BRASILIA, Brazil - A German man who went to Brazil for a woman he met on the Internet has been camping out in an airport for more than a month after thieves took all his money and possessions, authorities said Tuesday.

The Brazilians call it "frango" and the Iraqis call it "dajjaj," but more than ever before, they're referring to the same chickens.

An alligator that killed an 11-year-old girl bathing in a creek in northern Brazil was shot dead by searchers with the victim still in its jaws, reports said Monday.

Singer Beyonce attends her fragrance launch after party for 'Beyonce Heat' - Catch the Fever at 15 Union Square West on February 2, 2010 in New York City.

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Workers in Rio de Janeiro's sambadrome and samba school workshops worked around the clock this weekend to prepare for the city's biggest party.

Walking on a dusty field of cut rice that was once rainforest, researcher Flavio Wruck explains how farming, the Amazon's biggest killer, can be turned into its best defender.

A row has erupted in Brazil over the choice of a young girl to be "queen" of a top samba school during Rio de Janeiro's famous Carnival -- a role usually handed to sensuous women.

Brazil will join a worldwide campaign against HIV/AIDS organized by the Universal Postal Union , the Brazilian authorities said Wednesday.

Pele once again lifted the World Cup trophy while the soccer world's most prestigious award was on display here on Saturday.

Brazilian health officials have kicked off an AIDS awareness campaign and will hand out 55 million condoms during the annual Carnival festival that begins next week.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reaffirmed Friday that his government has not made any final decision regarding the purchase of new fighter jets.

Rio de Janeiro, Feb 2 : Twelve children were killed and 25 injured when a school bus collided with a truck in central Brazil.

She is the Shirley Temple of samba, a 7-year-old named to a coveted Carnival role normally reserved for barely clad models who have undergone more plastic surgeries than little Julia Lira has seen birthdays.

Brazil's defence ministry is expected soon to make an announcement confirming the selection of the Dassault Rafale to meet its air force's 36-aircraft F-X2 fighter requirement.

A Brazilian general's comment that gay soldiers should not be allowed to command troops sparked fierce criticism Thursday from gay rights groups and a national lawyers' organization that champions human rights.

Sailors from Brazil's navy recover debris from the missing Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean on June 8, 2009.

U.S. President Barack Obama will pay an official visit to Brazil in the middle of this year to expand U.S. relations with Latin America, the Brazilian official news agency Agencia Brasil said Tuesday.