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| SAO PAULO – On Thursday, a G1 Network reader photographed a skateboarder riding the Wave Monument, located in the center median of Avenida 23 de Maio, in Sao Paulo. Reader Paulo Victor dos Santos uploaded the photograph to the G1 Sao Paulo website which published it late on Thursday.
Skateboarder on Monument to the Waves (Photo: Paulo Victor dos Santos/G1 SP)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – Monday morning, police in Campos, in northern Rio de Janeiro state, seized a large quantity of drugs hidden inside four tombs in the Caju Cemetery. Local police noticed men who appeared to be lookouts as well as suspicious traffic between the cemetery and a nearby shantytown, or favela.
Drugs recovered from Tombs (Photo: campos24horas.com.br)
| SAO PAULO – The story of a Brazilian woman who says she is pregnant with quadruplets, has created controversy in Taubate, Sao Paulo, where she lives and beyond. The woman's former doctor, who took care of her until the end of last year, has expressed his doubts about the purported pregnancy. The woman's lawyer, however, insists that she is pregnant.
Maria Veronica Vieira (Photo: G1 SP/VNews)
| SAO PAULO – Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that it commenced operations at the newest Microsoft Technology Center (MTC), this time in Brazil. In an event in Sao Paulo, the company that invented the Windows operating system opened the 1,300 square meter (14,000 square foot) center in the city's United Nations Tower. The site includes a simulation center for technology partners, corporate clients, NGOs and students.
United Nations Tower Sao Paulo (Photo: skyscrapercity.com)
| CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil – Images of a giant anaconda being photographed underwater created a stir this week on Facebook Brazil. After the amazing images were posted and shared, many Facebook users posted comments doubting the authenticity of the photographs.
Giant Anaconda Underwater (Photo: Daniel De Granville/Natura/G1)
| GOIANIA, Brazil – On Sunday morning, police caught a couple engaging in sex in a graveyard for the second time in four months. Police, acting on an anonymous tip from a woman who was visiting the grave site of a relative, arrested the suspects after observing them in the act of coitus.
Illustration Only (Photo: dilsonbarbosa.com.br)
| ANTARCTIC STATION COMANDANTE FERRAZ – Brazilian scientists on Thursday officially opened a new weather monitoring station located in the interior of the continent. The Criosfera 1 will gather information on the impact of climate change in Antarctica.
Brazil's Criosfera 1 South Pole (Photo: Marcelo Arévalo/jornalwebminas.com.br)
| SALVADOR, Brazil – This week, police in southwestern Bahia reportedly are investigating the relationship between a drug dealer and many addicts who bear a similar tattoo. Police in Itapetinga, 394 km (245 miles) southwest of Salvador, say that dozens of users are all tattooed with a drug dealer's nom de guerre on their body in exchange for money and drugs, according to G1 Bahia.
Human Billboard (Photo: G1 BA)
| FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil – As temperatures soared in this South Atlantic capital city and tourist mecca, the beautiful, idle people hit the sandy beaches to play.
Girl on Florianopolis beach (Photo: Fabrício Escandiuzzi/terra.com.br)
| VITORIA, Brazil – A week after Miss Brazil 2010, Deborah Lyra, was released from hospital, video showing the immediate aftermath of her head-on crash has surfaced. The G1 network received the video, which shows the crash scene and rescue of the beauty queen, from merchant Zelio Muratori who recorded the images.
Debora Lyra Accident Scene (Photo: Zelio Muratori/G1 ES)
