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| RIO DE JANEIRO – Iconic Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, 104, was hospitalized on Wednesday at Samaritan Hospital, in Botafogo, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. According to a spokesman for the hospital, Niemeyer was admitted at about 7 pm and his prognosis is good.
Oscar Niemeyer – 2008 (Photo: Dida Sampaio/AE/Veja)
| BRASILIA – CCTV footage from a subway station in the Brazilian capital shows a woman pushing another off the platform and onto the rails. The 28-year-old victim was talking on a cellphone near the yellow security line when the other woman, 32, approached from behind and shoved her onto the tracks. Metro said the incident took place last Sunday.
Woman Shoves Another on to Metro Track (Photo: G1 DF)
| BRASILIA – An exhibition of works by the Brazilian artist Flavio de Carvalho opened this week in Brasilia. The show, “Flavio de Carvalho: The Modernist Revolution in Brazil,” brings together various facets of one of the forerunners of the modernist movement in Brazil.
Mario de Andrade (Image: Flavio de Carvalho/G1)
| BRASILIA – Thursday, the National Postal Museum in Brasilia opened an exhibition of master engravings produced between the 15th and 18th centuries. The “Masters of Engraving in the Collection of the National Library Foundation” exhibit runs through April 22nd.
National Postal Museum Brasilia (Photo: blog.correios.com.br)
| BRASILIA – Iran's ambassador to Brazil said Thursday, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to visit Brazil this year and meet the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Just last week, political commentators in Brazil were rejoicing that Brazil had been spared the embarrassment of hosting Ahmadinejad during his recent tour of Latin America.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Photo: nypost.com)
| BRASILIA – Data released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) show that life expectancy at birth in Brazil reached 73.5 years in 2010. The mortality tables were published in the Official Gazette on Wednesday.
Brazilians Living Longer (photo: beltina.org)
| Brasilia – The House of Representatives approved on Tuesday, in extraordinary session, bill 3443/2008 amending legislation that deals with money laundering in Brazil. The main change is the decoupling of the crime of laundering from the source of the money being washed.
Brazilian Congress (photo: amatra13.org.br)
BRASILIA, Brazil - In August, Brazilian courts ordered at least 17,122 telephone lines to be monitored, according to a statement on Monday by the National Council of Justice (CNJ). The number is slightly lower than the number from the same month last year, when the courts ordered 17,417 wiretaps.
Wiretap listening post (photo: newsweekcentral.com)
