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3 February 2013 Last updated at 12:59 ET

Memorials for Brazil fire victimsService in Santa Maria

Special services are being held in Brazil in memory of the 237 people who died in a nightclub fire in the city of Santa Maria a week ago.


File photo of Lino Oviedo from 2008Paraguay candidate Oviedo killed

Paraguayan politician Lino Oviedo, who was running for president in the upcoming elections, has died in a helicopter crash north of the capital.

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