2011年2月28日星期一

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Car runs down bicycling demonstrators in Brazil (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:26 PM PST

AP - A motorist has run his car through a crowd of about 100 pro-bicycle activists in southern Brazil, hitting and injuring at least 16. Police in the city of Porto Allegre say the man is being questioned.

Cut powerline electrocutes Brazil parade, 16 dead (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:47 PM PST

A member of Unidos da Tijuca samba school works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A high-voltage electric cable crashed onto a carnival float fatally electrocuting 16 people, in the latest tragedy to hit Brazil's Mardi Gras celebrations now only days away, officials said Monday.(AFP/Vanderlei Almeida)AFP - A high-voltage electric cable crashed onto a carnival float fatally electrocuting 16 people, in the latest tragedy to hit Brazil's Mardi Gras celebrations now only days away, officials said Monday.


Carnival accident kills 16 in Brazil (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 07:28 AM PST

A member of Unidos da Tijuca samba school works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A high-voltage electric cable crashed onto a carnival float fatally electrocuting 16 people, in the latest tragedy to hit Brazil's Mardi Gras celebrations now only days away, officials said Monday.(AFP/Vanderlei Almeida)AP - At least 16 people were electrocuted when a power line fell atop a packed pre-Carnival street parade in rural Brazil, police said Monday.


At least 16 dead at carnival in Brazil: media (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:18 AM PST

A member of Unidos da Tijuca samba school works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A high-voltage electric cable crashed onto a carnival float fatally electrocuting 16 people, in the latest tragedy to hit Brazil's Mardi Gras celebrations now only days away, officials said Monday.(AFP/Vanderlei Almeida)AFP - At least 16 people were killed at a carnival in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais when one of the floats was hit by a broken high-voltage electric cable, local media reported.


Brazil's TAM orders 32 A320 planes: Airbus (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 05:22 AM PST

The Airbus (from left) A320, A340 and A380 line up on the tarmac at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport. Brazil's largest airline TAM has ordered 32 single-aisle A320 airliners, including 22 of the new fuel-efficient A320neo version, European aircraft manufacturer Airbus said.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)AFP - Brazil's largest airline TAM has ordered 32 single-aisle A320 airliners, including 22 of the new fuel-efficient A320neo version, European aircraft manufacturer Airbus said Monday.


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