Brazil Chief in Hospital
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From Reuters
BRASILIA, Brazil — President Joao Baptista Figueiredo was admitted to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday night because of persistent back pain and may require surgery, a presidential spokesman said Thursday. Figueiredo, 66, has needed physiotherapy since he suffered a slipped disc in a riding accident in August.
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