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Brazil mudslides kill dozens

Rio de Janeiro state's government has confirmed 94 deaths from floods and mudslides that swept away homes and cars in the city of Petropolis. But even as families prepared to bury their dead, it was unclear Thursday how many bodies remained trapped in the mud.

Romania's Cirstea advances to US Open women's singles 2nd round

Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea progressed to the women's singles second round of the US Open tournament, the last Grand Slam of the year, after beating 29th -seeded Veronika Kudermetova of Russiah 7- 6 (5) 3-6 6-0 on Tuesday. Cirstea, 31, world number 39, prevailed over 24-year-old Kudermetova, world number 31, in about two hours (2 h 02 min).

Turkish athletes bag silver, bronze medals at 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

Turkey's Nihat Türkmenoğlu and Bahattin Hekimoğlu won a silver and bronze medal in archery at the 2020 Paralympic Games on Aug. 30.

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Türkmenoğlu secured silver after a narrow loss to the Czech Republic's David Drahoninsky in the gold medal clash of the men's individual W1 class.

Ambassador Amoiridis – 31-year sentence to his wife for planning his murder in 2016

The Brazilian wife of the Greek ambassador to Brazil, Kyriakos Amoiridis, was sentenced to 31 years in prison for his murder at the end of December 2016, as broadcast by the BBC.

The body of the Greek ambassador was found in the trunk of his charred car in Rio de Janeiro.

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