Brazil murder rate similar to war zone, data shows (Reuters)

BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - More than 150 Brazilians were murdered each day last year on average, putting Brazil on a par with some war zones in terms of its homicide rate, the Justice Ministry said on Monday. Some 55,000 Brazilians died of homicide in 2005 -- a few thousand more civilians than in three years of war in Iraq " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Iraq , according to leading estimates. Brazil, a continent-sized nation of 185 million people starkly divided into rich and ...