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| LONDON – The Brazilian Navy has signed a contract worth £133 million ($208 million USD) with BAE Systems for the supply of three Ocean Patrol Vessels and ancillary support services. The contract also contains a Manufacturing License to enable further vessels of the same class to be constructed in Brazil.
Ocean Patrol Boats (Photo: defenseindustrydaily.com)
| FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil - There is no better place in the world than the beaches of southern Brazil to see beautiful women.
Brazilian butt lift workout
(Photo: Fabrício Escandiuzzi/Special for Terra)
| SAO PAULO – Rosana Ferreira, Miss Best Butt Brazil 2011, did a photo shoot wearing a gold bikini to celebrate the arrival of 2012. Rosana appears very sensual showing off her assets and toasting the new year with a glass of campaign.
Rosana Ferreira (Photo: terra.com.br)
| MANAUS, Brazil – On Monday afternoon, heavy rain in Manaus caused transportation officials to close the Rio Negro Bridge for about 40 minutes.
Rio Negro Bridge Closed (Photo: TV Amazonas/G1 AM)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – During a two-month operation that just concluded, Military Police (PM) in Rio seized over 7,000 motorcycles. According to police, the seizure is the main reason for the reduction in crime in the month of December. The motorcycles, most of them with illegal or stolen documents, were used in robberies.
PM in Rio (Photo: G1 RJ/RJ TV)
| SAO PAULO – Tuesday morning, Military Police (PM) raided the central Sao Paulo area known as Crackland, where addicts and dealers gather to consume and sell crack cocaine. Over 100 officers took part in the operation, according to Colonel Pedro Borges, which choked off traffic in the region.
Police Raid Crackland (Photo: terra.com.br/Paduardo/Futura Press)
| VITORIA, Brazil - Model Deborah Moura Lyra, 22, Miss Brazil 2010, was transferred from ICU to the inpatient unit of the Center for Integrated Health Care (CIAS) in Vitoria, capital of Espirito Santo, earlier on Monday. According to a medical bulletin, Lyra has "evolved in stable condition, satisfactory for recovery from the type of trauma she suffered."
Debora Lyra Miss Brazil 2010 (Photo: top-beautiful-woman.blogspot.com)
| BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil – On Friday, guards at Presídio Sebastião Satiro Prison caught a prisoner returning from furlough stuffed with 50 balloons of narcotics. The man, Ildo Francisco Souto, 35, was taken to an area hospital where an x-ray image confirmed the presence of the balloons in the his digestive tract.
Swallowed Balloons of Narcotics (Photo: patoshoje.com.br)
| VITORIA, Brazil – Miss Brazil 2010, Debora Lyra, who was involved in a serious automobile accident on Tuesday, remains in the ICU of the Unimed Hospital in Vitoria. A medical update was released on Friday advising that Debora is stable, lucid, breathing without the aid of a respirator and feeding orally. Debora will undergo further testing and remain under clinical observation in the ICU.
Debora Lyra Miss Brazil 2010 (Photo: top-beautiful-woman.blogspot.com)
| SAO PAULO – Staff at the Primate Sanctuary in Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, hope that 2012 will be a special year for Jimmy the Chimpanzee, who has a new companion. Jimmy, who suffered maltreatment at the Niteroi Zoo in Rio de Janeiro, arrived at the sanctuary four months ago.
Jimmy the Chimp (Photo: G1 SP)
