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Brazil Investigates Possible Corruption Related To Dam Collapse

The country's mining secretary says the state will investigate potential collusion between the mining company Vale SA and auditors to misrepresent the safety of the dam, which burst in January.

Brazil has opened a corruption probe into the Vale SA dam collapse that killed at least 180 people in the southeastern part of the country.

Alexandre Vidigal de Oliveira, the country's mining secretary, that the government is looking

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