Brazil Nightclubs

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  Brazil Top Court Reinstates Jail Terms For 2013 Fire That Killed 242

  A Brazilian supreme court judge ordered Monday the immediate imprisonment of four people convicted for their role in a nightclub fire that killed 242 people more than a decade ago.

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  Footballer Dani Alves Set For Rape Trial In Spain

  Former Brazil football star Dani Alves will go on trial Monday in Barcelona for allegedly raping a woman at an upscale nightclub

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  Dani Alves Must Remain In Custody For Alleged Sexual Misconduct: Court

  On January 2, a young woman alleged that Alves had raped her in the bathroom of a nightclub in Barcelona at the end of December.

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  At Least 14 People Killed In Shootout In Brazil Nightclub

  At least 14 people were killed in an early Saturday shootout at a nightclub in Fortaleza, in northeastern Brazil, officials said.

• Brazil nightclub owners, band detained 30 more days after fire

  A judge in southern Brazil ordered 30 more days of detention on Friday for the owners of a nightclub and band members involved in a fire that killed 236 in the college town of Santa Maria last weekend.

• Crackdown on nightclubs in Brazil after Santa Maria fire tragedy

  Cities across Brazil are cracking down on nightclubs to ensure that they comply with fire regulations after a weekend blaze destroyed a club in the southern university town of Santa Maria, killing 235 people.

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  Towering inferno: Brazil nightclub fire douses FIFA ball

  International soccer body dismisses links between the tragedy in Santa Maria and concerns about the World Cup.

• Brazil detains band, club owners after deadly nightclub fire

  Brazilian police investigating a nightclub fire that killed 231 people detained on Monday the owners of the club and two band members whose pyrotechnics show authorities say triggered the blaze.

• Grief turns to anger after Brazil club fire; band in custody

  Relatives of the 231 people who died in a Brazilian nightclub fire demanded answers on Monday as to how it could have killed so many people, while police questioned the club's owner and members of the band whose pyrotechnics show allegedly caused the tragedy.

• Funerals begin for 233 people killed in Brazil blaze

  The bodies of the young college students were found piled up just inside the entrance of the Kiss nightclub, among more than 230 people who died in a cloud of toxic smoke after a blaze enveloped the crowded locale within seconds and set off a panic.

• Brazil nightclub fire killed 232 people as deadly smoke blocked exit

  A fast-moving fire roared through a crowded, windowless nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, filling the air in seconds with flames and a thick, toxic smoke that killed more than 230 panicked partygoers, many of whom were caught in a stampede to escape.

• Fire in a nightclub in southern Brazil, 232 people dead

  A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving at least 200 injured, police and firefighters said.

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  Robinho arrested over sexual assault

  Brazil and Manchester City forward Robinho was arrested on Tuesday by police investigating an alleged rape at a nightclub in northern England.