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| PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – American pop star Madonna will perform at Olympic Stadium in Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul state. Folha de Sao Paulo confirmed by telephone with Paulo Cesar Verardi, club owner at the site, that the controversial performer will appear on December 9th.
Madonna (Photo: Folha de Sao Paulo)
| SAO LUIS, Brazil – A city worker in north-east Brazil was attacked on Friday by a 5 meter (16.5 foot) anaconda snake while cleaning a creak in the city of Imperatriz, Maranhão state. “I was pulled by the snake. Luckily, my colleagues were nearby and pulled me out with the snake and everything,” the worker told a reporter from TV Mirante.
16-foot Giant Anaconda (Photo: TV Mirante/G1 MA)
| PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Federal Police (PF) in southern Brazil arrested a 55-year-old Spanish man trying to board a flight bound for Lisbon. According to the PF, agents at Salgado Filho International Airport in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, found 2.8 kg (6.17 lbs) of pure cocaine hidden in the man’s baggage.
Cocaine & Cash Hidden in Luggage (Photo: terra.com.br)
| FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil – Police in southern Brazil have a drug-sniffing dog they’ve named ‘Dog’ Marley, after musician Bob Marley
’Dog’ Marley (Photo: Santa Catarina Civil Police/G1 SC)
| CUIABA, Brazil – Police in Central-West Brazil seized 60 kg (132 lbs) of pure cocaine allegedly dropped from a small plane on Wednesday, in the rural town of Sapezal, 473 km (294 mi) from the Mato Grosso state capital, Cuiaba. In addition to the drugs, police also seized firearms, ammunition and CB radios.
Cocaine dropped from the sky (Photo: G1 MT/Civil Police)
| FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil – The best job ever has got to belong to photographer and weather reporter Fabrício Escandiuzzi who spent the South American Summer 2012 reporting on the weather and snapping photos on the beaches of this Southern Brazil capital city.
Best Butt I've Ever Seen! (Photo: Fabrício Escandiuzzi/Special for terra.com.br)
Click on ‘Read more’ to see a slideshow featuring a few of Fabrício’s exquisite photos taken on the beaches of Florianopolis, Brazil, in the South Atlantic Ocean.
| RIO DE JANEIRO - Thor de Oliveira Fuhrken Batista, son of Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista, allegedly hit and killed a cyclist in Rio de Janeiro Saturday night. The businessman tweeted Sunday afternoon: “Unfortunately there was a fatal accident. However, Thor was not reckless.”
Thor de Oliveira Fuhrken Batista’s car after accident (Photo: Nicson Olivier/G1 RJ)
| SAINT CATHERINE, Egypt – Two young Brazilian girls on a bus full of pilgrims were kidnapped by Bedouins in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, according to the Foreign Ministry in Brasilia. The bus was traveling near Mount Sinai when the girls were taken.
Egypt’s Sinai Dangerous for Brazilians (Photo: G1 SP)
