2010年2月10日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Brazil


Girl, 7, gets OK to be samba queen in Rio Carnival (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 04:53 PM PST

Julia Lira, Viradouro's samba group drum corps queen, right, receives a kiss from her father Marco Lira as she poses for photographers before a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. A family court judge ruled Wednesday that the 7-year-old should be allowed to samba before a crowd of thousands as a Carnival drum corps queen, a coveted role normally reserved for sultry models. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - A family court judge ruled Wednesday that a 7-year-old girl should be allowed to samba before a crowd of thousands as a Carnival drum corps queen, a coveted role normally reserved for sultry models.


Brazil heat wave kills 32 elderly people (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 04:19 PM PST

AP - Thirty-two elderly people died in a southeastern Brazilian city this week because of a heat wave that has pushed temperatures to unseasonably high levels, a health official said Wednesday.

Heatwave roasts Rio, kills 32 in southern Brazil (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 01:14 PM PST

Locals and tourists enjoy the beach in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, on February 8. The worst heatwave to hit Rio de Janeiro in 50 years turned the city into a pre-Carnival furnace Wednesday, and killed 32 elderly people further south, officials said.(AFP/File/Vanderlei Almeida)AFP - The worst heatwave to hit Rio de Janeiro in 50 years turned the city into a pre-Carnival furnace Wednesday, and killed 32 elderly people further south, officials said.


Chopper crashes during Sao Paulo rush hour, 1 dead (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 11:32 AM PST

A firefighter looks on at a TV helicopter after it crashed in the Jockey Club horse racing complex in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010.  The Record TV helicopter crashed near a busy highway in Brazil's largest city, killing the pilot and seriously injuring the cameraman onboard who was covering morning traffic and police response to a bank robbery. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)AP - A TV news helicopter pilot steered his crippled, out-of-control aircraft away from a busy highway before crashing in a grassy field during rush hour Wednesday, losing his own life but avoiding greater casualties. A cameraman onboard was seriously injured.


Brazil justice minister resigns to run for office (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 09:46 AM PST

AP - Brazil's justice minister has resigned to run for governor of a southern state in elections later this year.

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