2012年1月28日星期六

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazilian bikinis burgeon to fit the fat (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 09:56 AM PST

In this photo taken Jan.  23, 2012, women stand at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  A growing number of bikini manufacturers have woken up to Brazil's thickening waistline and are reaching out to the ever-expanding ranks of heavy women with new plus-size lines. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Tall and tan and young and ... chunky?


Hope fades for survivors in Rio building collapse (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 07:54 AM PST

A firefighter stands in the rubble of a building that collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday Jan. 27, 2012. The building collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least 9 people and at least 16 are still missing. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - Firefighters pulled more bodies from the rubble of three collapsed buildings in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, raising the death toll to at least 17 as hopes faded for finding anyone alive almost three days after the disaster.


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