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Brazil is witnessing some of its largest protests in decades, after some 240,000 people protested Monday. Tens of thousands continue to take the streets. The demonstrations were initially sparked by an increase in bus fares in São Paulo, but the uprising soon spiraled nationwide amid outrage over government corruption, inequality, failing public services and police brutality against demonstrators. Protesters have also condemned the high level of government spending on the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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The Florida trial of George Zimmerman is wrapping up its first week of testimony. The neighborhood watch volunteer is charged with second-degree murder for the killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American teenager, last year. The prosecution's star witness, 19-year-old high school student Rachel Jeantel, testified over the course of two days on her phone conversation with Martin right before he died. A reluctant witness, Jeantel came under aggressive questioning from Zimmerman's attorneys, who raised issues of her comprehension of English and manner of speaking.

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In part two of TechNewsDaily's four part documentary on Google Fiber, we look at the impact the super fast Internet is already having on the city's growing startup community.

Engineering students from Rice University begin a project to bring electricity to a small isolated village in El Panama, Nicaragua. Another team of Engineers help a small village in Ghana build a bridge to make life easier.