Brasilia
BRASILIA - Brazilian citizens currently own 14 million guns - 7.6 million of which are illegal - according to a report presented by Justice Minister Luiz Paulo Barreto.
BRASILIA - The Brazilian government has made an official offer of asylum to an Iranian woman - Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani - who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery and killing her husband.
BRASILIA - A 54-year-old Brazilian man locked up his daughter in a self-made prison, raped her for over 15 years and fathered her seven children, police said.
BRASILIA - An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale Monday struck Acre in western Brazil, Xinhua reported.
BRASILIA - Indias Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday met Chinese President Hu Jintao and conveyed his condolences for the quake victims in China before the two leaders sat down for wide-ranging talks in the Brazilian capital.
