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At least 10 dead in Brazil landslides
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
andslides caused by torrential rains in southeast Brazil have left at least 10 people dead, rescue services in Minas Gerais state said on Sunday.
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35 dead in bus-truck collision on highway in Southeastern Brazil
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
At least 35 people were killed in a tragic collision between a passenger bus and a truck on a highway in southeastern Brazil during the early hours of Saturday, near the town of Lajinha, in Minas Gerais state
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6 killed, 30 injured in Brazil after major cliff wall collapses on tourist
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], January 9 (ANI): At least six people died, and over a dozen remain missing following a cliff wall collapse on Furnas Lake in Brazil, reported Sputnik.
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Brazil's mining giant agrees to pay USD 7 billion for dam disaster
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's southeast state of Minas Gerais and mining giant Vale on Thursday signed an agreement that commits the company to pay nearly USD 7 billion in recompense for a dam disaster in 2019 that killed hundreds and polluted a vast region.
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Toll from bus accident in Brazil rises to 17
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of people killed as a result of a bus plunging downhill from a bridge in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais has grown to 17, while 23 people sustained injuries, Brazilian broadcaster G1 reported on Saturday.
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Toll from flooding in Brazil reaches 57
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Jan 27 (Sputnik/ANI): The death toll from the heavy rain floods in Brazil's south has climbed to 57, including 48 people killed in the most affected state of Minas Gerais, the state's civil defense office said on Monday.
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Another international title eludes Messi as Argentina lose to Brazil in Co
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Minas Gerais [Brazil], July 3 (ANI): An international accolade once again eluded Lionel Messi as Brazil defeated Argentina 2-0 in the semi-finals of Copa America on Tuesday (local time).
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Authorities fear another dam collapse in Brazil
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Minas Gerais [Brazil], Mar 24 (ANI): Risks of another collapse of a Vale-owned dam are high at the Barao de Cocais municipality here as the highest level of threat has been sounded.
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Death toll touches 58 in Brazil dam collapse
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Brumadinho [Brazil], Jan 28 (ANI): The dam collapse here has left 58 people dead, as 305 people remain missing from the January 25 tragedy.
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Brazil dam collapse: Death toll mounts to 50
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Minas Gerais [Brazil], Jan 27 (ANI): As many as 50 people were on Saturday confirmed to have been killed by the collapse of a dam at an iron mine in the southwestern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
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Brazil: 3 dead, 200 missing after mining dam collapse
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Belo Horizonte [Brazil], Jan 26 (ANI): Three people have died while around 200 are missing after a mining dam, at an iron ore mine, collapsed here on Friday.
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Brazil presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro stabbed while campaigning
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], Sep 07 (ANI): Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was on Thursday stabbed in the abdomen during his campaign event in the state of Minas Gerais.
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