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Tieng Anh Vui
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has unveiled a series of reforms in an attempt to end days of nationwide anti-government protests.
In a televised address she said she would draft a new plan to benefit public transport and that all oil royalties would be used in education.
She also said that thousands of doctors would be drafted it from overseas to improve the national health service.
Earlier she held an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the protests.
The demonstrations began over transport fare rises in Sao Paulo, but quickly grew into rallies across the country against corruption and other issues.
On Thursday night more than a million people took to the streets in protest and there was violence in various cities in which dozens were injured and two people died.
In her address - pre-recorded was broadcast nationally on TV and radio - Mrs Rousseff said she was listening to the demonstrators' concerns.
She promised to meet the leaders of the peaceful protests saying she needed "their contribution, their energy and their ability".
Mrs Rousseff defended hosting next year's football World Cup saying Brazil had always been welcomed in international events.
"We will treat our guests with respect and make a great World Cup," she said.
Answering criticism of the cost of hosting the event, she said the World Cup will be paid for by companies that are making use of the sporting arenas.
"I would never allow this money to come out of the taxpayers' money, harming essential areas such as health and education," she said.
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