Ship carrying 185 people sinks in AmazonRIO DE JANEIRO - A ship carrying 185 people sank Tuesday in the Amazon River near the Brazilian city of Manaus. Brazilian Jobless benefits Web site adds insult to injury with passwords such as ’shameless’RIO DE JANEIRO — It’s a shameless thing to do in an economic crisis. Jobless benefits Web site in Brazil adds insult to injury with ‘bum,’ ’shameless’ passwordsRIO DE JANEIRO — It’s a shameless thing to do in an economic crisis. Jobless people seeking information about their benefits on the Brazilian Labor Ministry’s Web were forced to type in passwords such as “bum” and “shameless.” 2 ships ending search for Air France black boxes; French submarine continuesRIO DE JANEIRO — Two ships using U.S. listening devices to search for the black boxes of Air France Flight 447 were ending their hunt Friday, an American commander said. Artist brothers live over the edge, install ‘living space’ on building wall in BrazilRIO DE JANEIRO — Two brothers in Rio are living over the edge — literally: sleeping, working and eating on the side of a building 33 feet (10 meters) up in the air. Twenty-seven-year-old Tiago Primo and his 20-year-old brother Gabriel spend 12 hours a day in the bed, hammock, chair and dining table they’ve attached to a bright red-and-yellow wall as part of an art exhibit in Rio’s old center. Brazil: 2 artist brothers live over the edge, install ‘living space’ on building wallRIO DE JANEIRO — Two brothers in Rio are living over the edge — literally: sleeping, working and eating on the side of a building 33 feet (10 meters) up in the air. Flight 447: Dispute between Brazil, Senegal over which nation was in control of flightRIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s air force released a recording Friday it said proves it handed over control of Air France Flight 447 to Senegalese authorities before it crashed — but African officials denied that. French investigators say speed sensors not direct cause of Air France Flight 447 crashLE BOURGET, France — A French investigator says speed sensors were a factor but were not the cause of the crash of Air France flight 447. French: Air France Flight 447 did not break up in flight, fell to sea verticallyLE BOURGET, France — A French investigator says Air France Flight 447 did not break up in flight but plunged vertically into the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil officials identify 21 more victims of Air France crashRIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian officials say they’ve identified the remains of 21 more people who were aboard an Air France jet when it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean last month. Air France black box beacons starting to fade along with hopes of finding crash causeRIO DE JANEIRO — Signals from the black boxes of Air France Flight 447 are fading, weakening along with hopes of resolving what experts are calling one of history’s most challenging plane crash investigations. Brazil ends search for victims of Air France flightRIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian air force and navy have ended their search for survivors of Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic nearly four weeks ago, officials announced Saturday. Sounds detected in Atlantic but no ‘pings’ from Flight 447 black boxes, French officials sayPARIS — French military ships searching for the black boxes of Flight 447 have detected sounds in the Atlantic depths but they are not from the Air France plane’s flight recorders, French officials said Tuesday. Experts: Autopsies on Air France victims suggest jet broke apart in the skiesSAO PAULO — Autopsies have revealed fractures in the legs, hips and arms of Air France Flight 447 victims, injuries that — along with the large pieces of wreckage pulled from the Atlantic — strongly suggest the plane broke up in the air, experts say. Brazil official to AP: Jet crash bodies show fractures; expert says could mean midair breakupSAO PAULO — Bodies recovered in the Air France disaster show multiple fractures in the legs, hips and arms, a Brazilian official said Wednesday. Experts said such injuries suggest the plane broke up in the air. More bodies from Air France crash recoveredRIO DE JANEIRO - Seven more bodies were recovered Tuesday from the sea from the Air France plane crash earlier this month, bringing the total of bodies recovered up to 50, a Navy spokesman said. Speed monitors switched on all Air France long-haul jets; US Navy locator begins searchPARIS — Air France has finished replacing air speed monitors on all its long-haul Airbus aircraft even though the cause of the Flight 447 disaster remains a mystery, a pilots’ union official said Monday. Doomed Air France jet sent message on rudder safety device before crashing into AtlanticRIO DE JANEIRO — A burst of last-minute automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 includes one about a problem with a rudder safety device but that does not explain what sent the jet plunging into the Atlantic Ocean, an aviation expert said. Burst of 24 messages from downed Air France flight offers few clues for investigatorsRIO DE JANEIRO — A burst of automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 offers few concrete clues into what made the plane crash into the Atlantic en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris two weeks ago, an aviation expert said Saturday. Official: Burst of 24 automatic messages from Air France plane before crash inconclusiveRIO DE JANEIRO — With black boxes yet to be found from the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, investigators are relying on physical evidence found so far and a burst of 24 automatic messages sent from the plane in the minutes before it disappeared. Brazil: Race to gather black boxes, debris from airliner gains urgency; 6 more bodies foundRECIFE, Brazil — The search for bodies and debris from Air France Flight 447 took on renewed urgency as experts questioned how much longer efforts would prove fruitful, even as six more bodies were pulled from the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil Supreme Court refuses to block return of boy to US father, but appeal pendingSAO PAULO — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed a bid by a political party to stop a 9-year-old boy from being taken to the United States to live with his father. But the boy’s return to the U.S. is likely to be delayed by further legal appeals. 13 more bodies found at Air France crash siteRIO DE JANEIRO - Thirteen more bodies have been recovered from an area in the Atlantic Ocean where a France jet crashed last week, bringing the total number of bodies found to 41, officials said. 41 bodies recovered from Air France crash site (Lead)RIO DE JANEIRO/PARIS - Recovery teams have pulled an additional 17 bodies out of the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, bringing the total number of bodies retrieved after last week’s Air France plane crash to 41. 41 held in Brazil anti-militia operationRIO DE JANEIRO - At least 41 people, including 19 police officers, have been arrested in Brazil in an operation against bands of paramilitary personnel who are vying with drug traffickers for the control of the “favelas” or the slums in Rio de Janeiro. Airlines replacing speed monitors after Air France disaster; families provide DNA for IDsRECIFE, Brazil — A French nuclear submarine reached the crash zone of Air France Flight 447 on Wednesday to comb the Atlantic depths for black boxes that should help determine what brought the Airbus down in the sea off Brazil with 228 people on board. Brazil flies bodies to mainland; Pilot union says suspect speed monitors are replacedRECIFE, Brazil — Brazilian helicopters began ferrying bodies of Air France crash victims to shore for identification Tuesday while a pilots’ union said the airline was rapidly replacing speed sensors like those suspected of feeding false information to the doomed jet’s computers. Investigators: Recovered tail piece could provide clues to Air France 447 crash in AtlanticRECIFE, Brazil — The recovery of Air France Flight 447’s tail section could provide key clues as to why the airliner with 228 people on board went down in the Atlantic and where best to search for the black boxes, experts said. Search crews recover the vertical stabilizer from tail section of Air France jetlinerRECIFE, Brazil — Search crews recovered the vertical stabilizer from the tail section of an Air France airliner that went down in the Atlantic, Brazil’s air force said Monday — a key find that could help locate the black boxes and determine why the jet crashed. Brazil: Vertical stabilizer of Air France jet found, could be key clue to crashRECIFE, Brazil — Search crews recovered the vertical stabilizer from the tail section of an Air France airliner that went down in the Atlantic, Brazil’s air force said Monday — a key find that could help locate the black boxes and determine why the jet crashed. |
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