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FILE - In this June 2, 2014, file photo, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff waves to children at a ceremony where FIFA President Sepp Blatter presented the 2014 World Cup trophy to Rousseff at the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. President Rousseff has taken to the nation's airwaves Tuesday June 10, 2104, to deliver a pre-taped address trying to rally the nation behind the World Cup that begins this week. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres,File) (AP)

Brazil leader defends World Cup in speech

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This April 7, 2014, photo, shows a view of the Mane Garrincha stadium, in Brasilia, Brazil. The cost of building Brasilias World Cup stadium has nearly tripled, largely due to allegedly fraudulent billing, government auditors say. The spike in costs has made it the worlds second-most expensive soccer arena, even though the city has no major professional team. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (AP)

High cost, corruption claims mar Brazil World Cup

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Pope Francis is greeted by frenzied crowds in Brazil

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A demonstrator wearing a gas mask walks past a a bank covered by the words in Portuguese "Fascist government" at a protest against an increase in price for public transportation in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 13, 2013. (AP/Nelson Antoine)

Brazilian officials reverse transit fare hikes

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Brazilian demonstrators out in full force

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A demonstrator wearing a gas mask walks past a a bank covered by the words in Portuguese "Fascist government" at a protest against an increase in price for public transportation in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 13, 2013. (AP/Nelson Antoine)

Protests explode across Brazil

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Chilean miners told to keep slim to squeeze out

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Carlos Eduardo Silva dos Santos, 24, peers out from under a wall where he is trapped as rescue workers try to free him after heavy rains in the Guarabita neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. The heaviest rains in Rio de Janeiro's history triggered landslides Tuesday that killed at least 95 people as rising water turned roads into rivers and paralyzed Brazil's second-largest city. (AP Photo/Jadson Marques, Agencia O Globo) (AP)

At least 200 buried, feared dead in Rio mudslide

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