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BRASILIA – Brazil's population, which reached 190.7 million people in 2010, is growing at the slowest pace on record (1.12% per year) and unevenly across the national territory with the highest rates concentrated in the North and Central West.
Census 2010 (photo: educadora560.com.br)
BRASILIA – Almost unheard of in most of Brazil, food and beverage vending machines are soon set to debut in airports across the country. Infraero, the government-owned company that runs all the airports in Brazil, inked a deal on Friday with three private companies to provide the machines in 12 of the nation's largest airports.
Vending Machines (photo: G1 Business)
SALVADOR, Bahia – A school bus driver in western Bahia, is accused of putting itching powder on the seats of his bus affecting about 50 students on Friday. The driver was reportedly upset with the children over games that they played on the bus and had threatened to harm them if they didn't behave.
Children Scratching (photo: paraiba.com.br)
| HOLLYWOOD, California – In October, after winning a contest, the Brazilian actress Carolina Monte Rosa recorded an episode of the television series “Mad Men” (HBO), one of the most critically acclaimed hits on American television, reported iparaiba.com.br.
Carolina Monte Rosa (photo: iparaiba.com.br)
CURITIBA, Parana – Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo was in Sao Miguel do Iguaçu, in Western Parana, to launch the first drone aircraft into the service of the Federal Police (PF). The drones, in testing since early October, will patrol the border region of Paraguay and Argentina. Two drones were put into service this morning and will patrol the border region around the clock.
Brazilian Unmanned Aircraft (photo: voarnews.blogspot.com)
KANSAI, Japan – Police in the central region of Japan arrested a 25-year-old Brazilian woman who arrived on a flight from Sao Paulo. Officers found 13 kilos of cocaine hidden in a laptop computer that she had in her possession as she entered the country.
Cocaine Seized (photo: tvcanal13.com)
CAMPO GRANDE, Mato Grosso do Sul – A man was arrested by agents of the Department of Border Operations (DOF) after throwing a bag with $100 thousand reals (about $56 thousand USD) in cash out the window of a car. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon on a backwoods road near the border with Paraguay in Japora, 296 miles from the state capital, reported.
R$100,000 cash (photo: DOF/G1)
CUIABA, Mato Grosso – A male emu was spotted crossing the MT-060, known as Transpantaneira Highway in the Pantanal region, with 23 chicks in tow. The animals were spotted by a crew from TV Central America, affiliated with G1, who stopped to record the scene.
Emu with chicks (Photo: TVCA/G1 Moto Grosso)
| SAO PAULO – The Canadian company Bombardier unveiled a replica of the Sao Paulo Monorail which will, when opened in 2013, link Vila Prudente to Hospital Tiradentes, in the East Zone of the state capital. The model will be displayed through tomorrow at the Business Fair on Rails, held at the Expo Center North.
Sao Paulo Monorail (photo: terra.com.br)
RECIFE, Pernambuco – A man suspected of involvement in the assault on a tourist catamaran on the south coast of Pernambuco, which occurred last Wednesday, was identified by the Civil Police (PC). According to investigators he was the owner of the car that transported the four robbers after the robbery. The court issued an arrest warrant for the man.
Boat Robbers Getting Away (photo: g1.globo.com)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – Police arrested a man suspected of hunting wild animals and selling exotic meats to restaurants. The suspect was caught red-handed in Araruama in the Lakes Region of Rio. The case was filed by the Civil Police (PC) on Tuesday.
Cavy (photo: Wikipedia)
CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil – A pair of rare macaws was photographed Monday afternoon making love on a frond of a coconut tree in Plaza Ramez Tebet, in downtown Tres Lagoas, 240 miles from the Mota Grosso do Sul state capital, Campo Grande. The photograph was posted on the G1 MS news website.
Two Rare Birds 'Doing it' (Photo: Laila Rebecca / Hojems)
SAO PAULO – The cuisine chef at the Grand Hyatt Hotel was arrested this morning after the Civil Police (PC) found about 100 kilos of food beyond the expiration date at the property, located in the South Zone of the city of Sao Paulo.
Grand Hyatt Sao Paulo (photo: hotelchatter.com)
GOIANIA, Goias – Senseless soccer violence claimed the life of 17-year-old student Pamella Munike Valpato who was shot in the head on Sunday night, in the Vila Maua neighborhood of Goiania. Police said that the target of the shooting was the boyfriend of the victim who, minutes before the crime, had been involved in a fight between supporters of rival teams Goias and Vila Nova. The boyfriend was not hit.
Pamela Munike Valpato (Photo: G1 Goias)
| BRASILIA – The two Boeing 737 VC-96 presidential aircraft were officially retired last year. The American-made jetliners served the nation for 34 years, through Military dictatorship and democracy, ferrying seven Brazilian presidents on official business around the country and the world. Last Friday, one of the jets made its last flight from Brasilia to the Aerospace Museum (MUSAL) of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) in Rio de Janeiro where it will be put on display.
BAF Boeing 737 jets (photo: terra.com.br/FAB release)
FLORIANOPOLIS, Santa Catarina – The pregnant woman who fell from the 10th floor of a highrise apartment building in the capital last week while cleaning windows gave an interview to TV-RBS last Friday, reported the newspaper Diário Catarinense. The young woman, who says she has no memory of the accident, believes her survival was a miracle that she wants to share.
Daiane Marciel (photo: Diario Catarinense)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – More than five thousand bikers from various parts of Brazil and the world toured the main points of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday morning, attracting the attention of many people. The tour is part of the gathering "Rio Harley Days".
Harley Days Rio (photo: g1.globo.com)
MANAUS, Amazonas – A video posted on youtube.com four days ago, and viewed over 37,000 times since, of 31-year-old Stanley William base jumping off the Black River Bridge has prompted the government of Amazonas to ban the practice.
Stanly William base jumps the Ponte Rio Negro (video: youtube.com)
