2009年5月25日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Brazil

Jailbirds turn to toy helicopter to smuggle phones (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 12:32 PM PDT

In this photo released by Brazil's military police, a remote-controlled model helicopter is shown in Sao Paulo, Sunday, May 24, 2009. Police say they have foiled a plan to use a remote-controlled model helicopter to smuggle cell phones into a maximum security penitentiary. Police said in a statement released Monday that the helicopter was found inside the trunk of a suspicious looking car stopped near the Presidente Venceslau maximum security penitentiary in Sao Paulo state. (AP Photo/Military Police)AP - A plot to smuggle cellular phones into a prison yard using a remote-control model helicopter has been foiled after Brazilian police discovered the high-tech toy in the trunk of a car outside a maximum-security lockup.

Amazon hit by climate chaos of floods, drought (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 05:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2005 file photo is seen the Anama Lake after a drought affected the levels of parts of the Amazon River, 168 km from Manaus, Brazil. In 2005, the water level of the Amazon dropped by several feet because of a months long drought, halting travel and harming the important fishing industry. In 2009, communities along the river are adding new floors to their stilt houses, trying to stay above rising floodwaters that have killed 44 people and left 376,000 homeless. (AP Photo/Luiz Vasconcelos,Interfoto,File)AP - Across the Amazon basin, river dwellers are adding new floors to their stilt houses, trying to stay above rising floodwaters that have killed 44 people and left 376,000 homeless.

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