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Brazil: Football king's mother abducted PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tom Phillips and Thais Viallela   
Tuesday, 09 November 2004
The kidnapping of a national football star's mother shows the dark underbelly of Brazil's beautiful game and its ransom-fuelled snatch squads.

 
Rio drugs boss murder threatens return to chaos PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tom Phillips and Thais Viallela   
Tuesday, 12 October 2004
The assassination of a renowned Rio drugs lord throws Brazil's tourism capital into further violence with some areas on a war footing.

 
Defending Guantanamo's detainees against Bush PDF Print E-mail
Written by Richard Powell   
Monday, 19 July 2004
Steven Macpherson Watt, the lawyer battling the Bush administration over the detainment of ‘enemy combatants’ at Guantanamo Bay, speaks about his uphill fight for justice.

 
Hawaii: The dark side of paradise PDF Print E-mail
Written by William Starr Moake   
Thursday, 01 July 2004
Paradise isn't what it used to be. There's a dark side to America's 50th state that tourists seldom see, but the growing pains are all too obvious to its inhabitants.

 
Jail riots kill up to 80 as gangs rebel PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tom Phillips   
Sunday, 20 June 2004
Prisoners are beheaded and burned as violence from warring drug factions spreads across Rio de Janeiro's prisons.

 
Vying for peace in Brazil's real-life City of God PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tom Phillips   
Wednesday, 28 April 2004
A special report from the centre of Rio's ongoing drugs feud as police forces battle to stop all-out war.

 
Rio kids caught in drugs war crossfire PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tom Phillips   
Friday, 16 April 2004
Parents at an upmarket school in Rio's embattled Rochinha district want its owners to relocate so their children are not killed in the raging drugs war that surrounds it.

 
Brazil drugs battle leaves three dead PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tom Phillips   
Monday, 12 April 2004
An attempted invasion of Rio de Janeiro's largest favela by rival drug traffickers on Good Friday left at least three civilians dead and wounded scores of others.

 
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