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| UpdatedCuritiba, the venue for Australia's clash with Spain, looks set to be removed from the 2014 FIFA World Cup schedule.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, socceroos, soccer, sport, brazil
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Retired England captain John Terry will not return for England at the World Cup according to manager Roy Hodgson.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, soccer, sport, england, united-kingdom, brazil
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| UpdatedA worker has been killed constructing a stadium as Brazil rushes to complete venues before the FIFA World Cup.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, soccer, sport, brazil
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| UpdatedReports from Brazil indicate the country is not in good shape for the soccer World Cup and 2016 summer Olympics.
Topics: olympics-summer, venues, brazil, australia
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter (R) welcomes Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff on January 23, 2013 at the FIFA heaquarters in Zurich, as they meet for updates on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, taking place from June 12 to July 13.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, soccer, sport, brazil, switzerland
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| UpdatedFIFA chief Sepp Blatter has played down spats with 2014 World Cup host Brazil despite warnings over slow preparations.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, soccer, sport, brazil
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An aerial picture of the Arena de Baixada stadium - under construction - in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, on December 14, 2013.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, soccer, sport, brazil
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| UpdatedThe behind-schedule stadium that will host Australia's group match against Spain could be excluded from the World Cup.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, soccer, sport, brazil
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Socceroos manager Ange Postecoglou has backed Robbie Kruse to bounce back from his ACL injury better than ever.
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The iconic statue of Jesus overlooking Rio de Janeiro, one of the city's most recognisable landmarks, has lost a thumb tip to lightning, local newspapers reported.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, brazil
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Topics: travel-and-tourism, brazil
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| UpdatedThe Socceroos' final match before the World Cup in Brazil will be against world number 16 Croatia.
Topics: socceroos, soccer-world-cup, soccer, sport, brazil
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| UpdatedPhotographer Nacho Doce describes time spent on assignment in a sprawling slum, dubbed "New Palestine", on the outskirts of Sao Paul in Brazil.
Topics: poverty, media, photography, brazil
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| UpdatedReferee Ben Williams and linesmen Matthew Cream and Hakan Anaz will make up Australia's contingent of whistle men for the 2014 World Cup.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, soccer, sport, australia, new-zealand, brazil
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| UpdatedThe family of Brazilian man Lucio Rodrigues, who died after an alleged one-punch attack in Sydney last year, has called for justice.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, sydney-2000, brazil
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| UpdatedThe family of a Brazilian man who died after an alleged one-punch attack in Sydney last year has called for justice.
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, sydney-2000, brazil
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Protesters have clashed with police in Rio over forced expulsions to make way for stadiums for this year's World Cup.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, soccer, olympics-summer, sport, brazil
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| UpdatedThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed deep unease at the poor state of Brazilian jails, after 60 inmates died in 2013.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, death, human, brazil
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| UpdatedIn the wild the Brazilian three-banded armadillo is classed as "vulnerable", but a million furry versions of the creature picked as the 2014 World Cup mascot are taking shape in a Chinese factory.
Topics: sport, soccer-world-cup, asia, china, brazil
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| UpdatedFIFA president Sepp Blatter has criticised and later complimented Brazil's preparations ahead of the World Cup.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, soccer, sport, brazil
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Topics: community-and-society, brazil
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| UpdatedUS intelligence leaker Edward Snowden plans to seek political asylum in Brazil in exchange for helping investigate US spying on the country, according to a Brazilian newspaper report.
Topics: security-intelligence, defence-and-national-security, world-politics, brazil, united-states, russian-federation
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| UpdatedA worker has died after falling off the roof of a stadium in Brazil that's being built for next year's soccer World Cup.
Topics: workplace, disasters-and-accidents, soccer-world-cup, brazil
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| UpdatedFord says it will open two new plants in China and a third in Brazil next year, as part of its largest expansion in manufacturing in 50 years.
Topics: automotive, company-news, manufacturing, united-states, china, asia, brazil
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| UpdatedFour police officers will face assault charges over the Taser death of Brazilian student Roberto Laudisio Curti in Sydney.
The 21-year-old died within minutes of being tasered up to 14 times, sprayed with capsicum spray and held on the ground by police in March last year.
Mr Curti had suffered a psychotic episode and ran through the city after taking a third of an LSD tablet.
It has been recommended Senior Constables Eric Lim and Damien Ralph be charged with common assault, and Senior Constable Scott Edmondson and Constable Daniel Barling with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Mr Curti's family, who reside in Brazil, says the charges are "a step in the right direction" but do not go far enough.
Topics: assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, police, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, brazil