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Rio policing meets RoboCop

There will be a RoboCop style to the face of policing in Rio when football fans turn up for the World Cup in Brazil next month.

The world's top five aerial trams

Aerial trams and cable cars take visitors up mountains, over rivers and above cities, and sometimes these cable cars are the destination themselves.

Rio de Janeiro: Sex motels revamp

Brazil: The world of Ipanema

Ipanema Beach's 2700 metres of smooth sand exudes the alluring free-spiritedness that defines the marvellous Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.

It's goodbye to London, hello samba Olympics

Rio Fashion Week: SS 2010 collections

Rio Fashion Week photos from the summer 2010/2011 collections.

Brazilian bandits steal silicone breast implants

Police suspected of killing at least 30 in Brazil