41.   Police in various Brazilian states have participated in walkouts recently seeking higher pay.

42.   Shuji Takano, assistant foreign exchange manager at ABN-Amro Bank, said news that the Brazilian state suspended debt payments prompted some investors to sell dollars.

43.   Shuji Takano, assistant foreign exchange manager at ABN-Amro Bank, said news that a Brazilian state suspended debt payments prompted some investors to sell dollars.

44.   Smaller outbreaks of the disease, which causes severe headaches and joint pains, have been reported in seven other Brazilian states.

45.   The Brazilian state of Goias filed a lawsuit Monday against more than a dozen U.S. tobacco companies, seeking billions of dollars on behalf of sick smokers.

46.   The Brazilian state of Rio initiated a suit in July, now pending in a Texas court.

47.   The institute recently licensed alligator farms in five Brazilian states to commercialize sale of the highly-valued skins.

48.   The government advised all Brazilian states that advertising cannot exploit women as sex objects.

49.   The government said each Brazilian state will establish how many refugees it wishes to host.

50.   The scant overnight rainfall in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul prompted traders to rethink their positions.