Brazil mudslides kill at least 16

Sunday, January 12, 2003

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Mudslides touched off by torrential rains killed at least 16 people early Saturday in a mountain resort city outside Rio de Janeiro, civil defense authorities said.

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