Brazil's Lula vetoes parts of environment bill pushed by the opposition that could harm the Amazon
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva threw out 63 out of the controversial bill's 400 measures, the government said, though the significance of the vetoes will be clearer once the bill is published in the official gazette and goes into effect.
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