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RIO DE JANEIRO, June 4 (UPI) -- Brazil's rainforest is being destroyed at a higher rate this year despite government efforts to curtail the cutting down of trees in the Amazon, officials said.
Satellite photos released by Brazilian environmental agencies showed that 430 square miles were destroyed in April and the depletion was accelerating, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday.
Deforestation in Brazil had declined for three straight years, said environmental officials -- who blame illegal logging for most of the destruction in the world's largest rainforest.
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ATLANTA, Nov. 23 (UPI) --
TV chef and author Paula Deen was startled, but not injured when someone accidentally hit her in the face with a ham at a charity event in Atlanta Monday.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 23 (UPI) --
Crude oil prices fell below $78 per barrel Monday as equities rose on Wall Street and the dollar traded lower against the euro and the yen.
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