Brazil's Lula seeks spending waiver for rain-ravaged Southern state where 85 have died
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CANOAS, Brazil - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked Congress on Monday to recognize a state of public calamity for the heavy rains that have killed at least 85 people in the country's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul.
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