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| CURITIBA, Brazil – On Thursday, one day after its introduction, a Body Scan machine at Foz do Iguaçu International Airport has assisted police in identifying a drug mule. Federal Police (PF) caught red-handed a 32-year-old Paraguayan man trying to board a flight to Spain with 60 capsules of cocaine hidden in his digestive tract.
Body Scan Image (photo: terra.com.br)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – Utility regulators in Rio de Janeiro today fined the city's gas company for an explosion last year that seriously injured two Americans. The Ohio couple was vacationing in Brazil and staying in the Copacabana neighborhood when the incident occurred.
Manhole Exploded (photo: Pedro Pantoja/Futura Press)
| FORTALEZA, Brazil – Businessman Roberto Lima received a traffic ticket in the mail Tuesday citing him for not wearing a helmet while driving a Fiat Uno sedan. The ticket arrived on Tuesday afternoon and the date of the violation is September 22, at 7:45 am, reported G1 Ceara.
Citation for not wearing helmet while driving Fiat (photo: G1 Ceara)
| CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil – A man was arrested last Thursday afternoon in Ponta Pora, 324 km (201 miles) from the capital, on the border of Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraguay, after running a police checkpoint in the Paraguayan city of Pedro Juan Caballero.
Seized Marijuana and M16 Ammo (photo: Reuters / PM)
| HAMAMATSU, Japan – Toyota unveiled on Tuesday the version of the Prius hybrid set to go on sale in Brazil during the second half of 2012, reported a G1 journalist who traveled to Japan at Toyota's invitation. The selling price for the car which combines an electric motor with a gasoline engine has not yet been set.
Brazilian Toyota Prius (photo: G1 Auto Sport)
| FORTALEZA, Brazil - The Federal Police of Ceará arrested a man on Monday afternoon with 15.5 kilos (about 34 lbs) of pure cocaine at the Pinto Martins International Airport in Fortaleza. According to the Federal Police, the suitcases had strong smell of camphor, often used to disguise the smell of drugs in order to evade detection by drug-sniffing police dogs.
Cocaine seized in Fortaleza (photo: G1 Ceará)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – The ferryboat Gavea I, carrying 907 passengers across Guanabara Bay from Niteroi slammed into a pier near the passenger terminal in Rio de Janeiro early Monday afternoon. A spokesman for the company that runs the passenger line said that about 25 people were wounded in the accident.
Gavea I Rio de Janeiro (photo: G1 Rio)
| SAO PAULO – A disc jockey died on-air Monday morning during his daily show on Educadora FM Iacanga, in the interior of the state, 392 km (244 miles) from the capital. Jeltro Pereira Barbosa, 68, known as Delporã on the radio, had a history of heart problems and had survived triple bypass surgery.
Delporã died on air (photo: educadorafmiacanga.com.br)
| SAO PAULO – A baby fur seal that was found six months ago on a beach in Peruibe, on the southern coast of the state, will be returned to sea on Monday. Worn down from an infection, she underwent rehabilitation at the Municipal Aquarium of Santos. Marine biologists believe that the pup, after becoming sick and weak, was separated from her pod and dragged ashore by currents.
Pia the Seal (photo: G1 Sao Paulo)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – On Saturday night in Rio, Cariocas lit the iconic floating Christmas tree—the largest in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. At 279 feet tall, weighing 542 tons, and decorated with 3.3 million light-bulbs, the tree is one of the city's main seasonal tourist attractions.
