31.   A fight between rival gangs in prison in a northern Brazilian state left five inmates dead, police said Friday.

32.   A major electricity blackout hit at least five Brazilian states on Monday, dramatically hampering commerce in six key cities.

33.   A major power blackout hit at least five Brazilian states on Monday, dramatically hampering industry and commerce in six key cities for more than two hours.

34.   Authorities in a southern Brazilian state ordered work stopped Friday on a plantation where chemical conglomerate Monsanto is growing a new genetically altered soybean.

35.   Global Telecom operates mobile phone networks in the Brazilian states of Parana and Santa Catarina.

36.   From the lab it was distributed to Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and five other Brazilian states as well as to Argentina.

37.   In currency dealings, the dollar dipped early Wednesday on reports that the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais could not honor a Eurobond debt payment which comes due Wednesday.

38.   In currency dealings, the dollar dipped early Wednesday on reports that the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais would not honor a Eurobond debt payment, due later Wednesday.

39.   Indians in full war paint and armed with bows and arrows expelled thousands of residents from nine towns in a Brazilian state, officials said Thursday.

40.   Less serious outbreaks of the disease were reported in five other Brazilian states.