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Brazil's Rousseff faces final impeachment battle

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BRASILIA: Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff enters her final battle to win back power on Thursday, when senators open an impeachment trial expected to remove her from office for good. That would formally end 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest economy. During a trial expected to last several days, the former Marxist guerrilla, 68, will take the stand to defend herself against charges that she fiddled state accounts. She denounces the impeachment drive as a "coup" by her rivals, led by her replacement, former vice president Michel Temer. "In the Senate, I will argue not only for democracy and respect...