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An activist covered in mud, holds a sign reading " VALE SA, Killer !" during a protest against the Brazilian mining company Vale SA, in front of the Se Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 1, 2019. Photo by Nacho Doce/Reuters

World Feb 02

Deadly Brazil dam collapse was disaster waiting to happen

By Anna Jean Kaiser, Associated Press

January 27, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, Jan. 27, government employees prepare to head back to work while the deadlock for funding a border wall continues, and a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the deadliest in the…

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Search for Brazil dam survivors renews amid growing despair

Brazilian officials on Sunday suspended the search for potential survivors of a dam collapse that has killed at least 40 people amid fears that another nearby dam owned by the same company was also at risk of breaching.

By Marcelo Silva de Sousa, Peter Prengaman, Associated Press

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