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| SAO PAULO – After stealing a car, getting in an accident and exchanging gunfire with police, two thieves took what some might think unusual action, in Santos, last Saturday. Surrounded, they fled into the bush, but, wounded and lost, they called the fire department and asked for help, reported G1.
Stolen Car used in Escape (Photo: Tatyana Jorge/TV Tribuna/G1)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – Visibly pregnant, model Alessandra Ambrósio posed nude for an advertising campaign for the jewelry brand Vivara. The photo-shoot occurred at the Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro.
Pregnant Nude Alessandra Ambrósio (Photo: Facebook/Folha)
| VITORIA, Brazil – A cab driver in South-East Brazil says that nine children have been born in his taxi cabs during his 50 years behind the wheel. Juracyr Zardin, 70, says that the latest baby to be born in his cab was delivered on Wednesday, in Vila Velha, in Espirito Santo state.
Brazilian Cabbie Juracyr Zardin (Photo: G1)
| BRASILIA – Federal Police, for the first time in the Federal District, seized cocaine in liquid form. The drugs came from Peru and were being taken to Africa, according to police.
Liquid Cocaine (Photo: G1)
| RIO DE JENEIRO – Police on Tuesday arrested four people suspected of pasting advertisements promoting prostitution on public telephone booths in Copacabana. The small posters featured images of naked women – usually faceless – along with pornographic solicitations, reported RJTV.
Prostitution Ads (Photo: RJTV)
| MANAUS, Brazil – Miner Roque Veigas, 45, who was lost in the Amazon jungle since early March, was found alive on Monday. He and another man were in the jungle researching gold mining areas near the municipality of Apuí (453 km from Manaus), on the border with Para state. He was missing for 37 days.
Roque Veigas (Photo: Ivanir Valentim/TV Amazonas)
| CURITIBA, Brazil – Federal Highway Police (PRF) in southern Brazil seized 20,000 ecstasy tablets during a routine inspection on Monday morning. Police said that the ecstasy seizure, near the town of Cascavel, Parana, was the largest ever in the state and one of the largest in the country.
20,000 Ecstasy tablets (Photo: PRF/terra.com.br)
| BRASILIA – The Brazilian government hopes that Iran officially recalls the diplomat accused of molesting girls in a country club swimming pool in the capital. If the Iranian embassy does not formalize his departure, the Foreign Ministry intends to declare him persona non grata, an extreme measure in diplomatic relations.
Brazil and Iran Flags (Photo: crossed-flag-pins.com)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – The most famous hotel in Rio de Janeiro, the Copacabana Palace, will be renovated this year and will be selling historic items. The second major renovation since the iconic hotel opened in 1923, will see bedside tables, dressers, sofas and lamps offered for sale to the general public.
Copacabana Palace Hotel (Photo: Folha de Sao Paulo)
