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Incredible boy with no feet plays football for Barca

31 July 2012 Meet Gabriel — an 11-year-old boy, born without feet — has fulfilled a lifelong dream by training at the Barcelona academy in Rio de Janeiro. The youngster, with hugely impressive football skills despite his malformation, was featured on Brazilian TV earlier this year and Gabriel said it was his dream to train

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Inside Story – Battling Rio’s drug gangs

Dozens of people have been killed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s second largest city, in a massive week-long crackdown on drug gangs. Authorities say the violence started when jailed gang leaders ordered their followers to attack police stations. But it could also be part of major clean-up operation as Brazil prepares to host the 2014

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