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| CURITIBA, Brazil – A viewer of RPC-TV caught on cell-phone video the moment of impact when a motorcyclist collides with a truck, near the km 325 marker on BR-277 in Guarapuava. The accident happened on Saturday morning, as the rider wove back and forth dangerously. The rider died instantly.
Motorcycle collides head-on (photo: G1 Parana)
| SALVADOR, Brazil – About 300 canaries were seized in the municipality of Itanhem, 550 miles from the state capital, Salvador. During the raid, which police carried out last night and into this morning, four suspects were arrested and taken to the county jail.
300 Canaries (photo: G1 Bahia)
| CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil – Federal Highway Police (PRF) on Wednesday arrested a 47-year-old Bolivian woman carrying 21 beets which were hollowed out and stuffed with pure cocaine. The arrest was made at a highway checkpoint at the 600 km marker on the BR-262 in Mato Grosso do Sul.
Beets stuffed with Cocaine (photo: terra.com.br)
| BRASILIA – Rapid growth of world population, which recently exceeded 7 billion, creates the need to double food production by 2050, when world population is expected to reach 9 billion. Combining this phenomenon with higher urbanization and higher incomes in developing countries creates an even greater challenge in the production of meat and opens up a great business opportunity for Brazil.
Brazilian Livestock (photo: jcrs.uol.com.br)
| PORTO ALEGRE, Rio Grande do Sul – A cold-blooded killer entered a hospital in southern Brazil Monday afternoon and—apparently guided by somebody on a cellphone—maneuvered himself to the room where a patient was recovering from a Saturday night shooting and executed the man, reported Diario Gaucho.
Dom João Becker Hospital (photo: Diario Gaucho)
| BEIRUT – The Brazilian Navy frigate Union, which will lead the fleet of naval forces of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), docked in the port of Beirut Monday, sparking an “historic moment for Brazil,” according to Rear Admiral Luiz Henrique Caroli.
Fragata União (photo: bbc/Tariq Saleh)
| GOIANIA, Brazil – A week ago Sunday, very popular 17-year-old cheerleader Pamella Munike was gunned down after a Series B soccer game between rival teams Goias and Vila Nova. Yesterday, family and friends of the fetching young murder victim protested in the streets demanding punishment of the guilty. Investigators believe that the crime was committed due to a feud between fans of the rival teams.
Pamella Munike (photo: cratonoticias.wordpress.com)
| BRASILIA – Produced in the Amazon, often employing crude methods of refining and distribution, the crack trade in Brazil has consolidated an industry that moves U.S. $11.3 million worth of the drug daily. The Safety Committee of Congress heard testimony last week from the Federal Police indicating that Brazilians consume between 800 and 1,200 kilos of “rock” cocaine per day.
Federal Police inspect crack factory (photo: oglobo.com)
| MANAUS, Amazonas – Wardens of the Environmental Police Battalion seized meat from two dolphins and an alligator on Saturday near the community of Supia, located on the banks of the Solimoes River, near the city of Manacapuru, 42 miles from the capital. The animals were in the possession of two fishermen, one 67 years old and another 66, who were using the meat to fish for piracatinga.
Amazon Environmental Police (photo: G1 Amazonas)
