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Rubber tapper Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva, left, and his wife Maria do EspÌrito Santo da Silva look at the camera in this undated photo in Brazil. Ribeiro da Silva, an activist who was fighting to protect the Amazon rain forest from loggers, was shot and killed with his wife, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday. The killings occurred just hours before Brazil's lower house of Congress passed legislation environmentalists warned will increase deforestation in the region. (AP Photo/O Liberal) NAO USAR NO BRASIL

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