Brazil vows to stem Amazon loss Posted: 9 months ago by keroberos32
Brazil has agreed emergency measures to stem deforestation as government figures revealed a sharp increase in the rate of clearances in the Amazon.
It's about time
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Brazil Registers 28 Deaths From Lightning In 2008 Posted: 7 months ago by punthe
Brazil has registered 28 lightning-related deaths so far in 2008. This is an increase of 64% from last year.
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Largest Dinosaur Model Revealed in Brazil Posted: 2 years ago by Arrch8
Scientists revealed a replica of a dinosaur skeleton found in Brazil. It is the biggest dinosaur yet described however they have not been able to put the bones together for scientific descriptions.
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Brazil finds prehistoric "Sea Warrior" crocodile Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
A fossil of a new marine crocodile species found in Brazil shows the reptiles survived the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
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16-Year-Old Says He Murdered 12 In Brazil Posted: 7 months ago by DemureArt
A 16-year-old boy has admitted to the murders of 12 people in southern Brazil, according to a police investigator who described a chillingly calm confession.
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Brazil Vs. Argentina Rivalry (NSFW) Posted: 1 year ago by 86Apex
Funny advertisements making fun of Brazil and Argentina....
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Brazil to pay for sex-change ops Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Brazil's public health care system will cover the cost of sex-change operations, the government said, after a federal court ruled the procedure was a constitutional right.
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Pororoca: surfing the Amazon Posted: 2 years ago by ubikuor
Twice a year, between the months of February and March, the Atlantic Ocean waters roll up the Amazon river, in Brazil, generating the longest wave on the Earth. The phenomenon, known as the Pororoca, is caused by the tides of the Atlantic Ocean wich meet the mouth of the river. This tidal bore generates waves up to 12 feet high which can last for over half an hour.
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Mapinguary: The Amazonian Sasquatch Posted: 1 year ago by VooDooPeacock
Is this vicious South American cryptid just a legend, or are sighting actually of a surviving giant ground sloth?
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Brazil's Noah's Ark Posted: 2 years ago by Ziaphra
Species threatened with extinction clinging to survival in an area barely the size of Manhatten.
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Two hundred feared dead in Brazil air crash Posted: 1 year ago by sholom22
A Brazilian passenger jet crashed and burst into flames at a Sao Paolo airport on Tuesday, leaving as many as 200 people feared dead in what would be Brazil's deadliest air disaster.
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Picasso Painting Stolen in Brazil Museum Heist Posted: 10 months ago by KateHadson
Paintings by Paolo Picasso and Candido Portinari, the most valuable pieces in the Sao Paolo Museum of Art collection, were thieved. These paintings had not gone to auction therefore it was difficult to estimate their value.
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Scientists discover new reefs teeming with marine life in Brazil Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists announced today the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast of Brazil's Bahia state. The newly discovered area is also far more abundant in marine life than the previously known Abrolhos reef system, one of the world's most unique and important reefs.
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Brazillian Extreme Street Football (Soccer) Posted: 7 months ago by 2manyusernames
Did I mention Extreme? These guys are amazing. If we ever decide disputes by football/soccer, Brazil will be The World Power. Dupe from here
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Balloons found, but no sign of high-flying priest Posted: 6 months ago by AutumnLotus
Rescuers in Brazil have reached a cluster of brightly coloured party balloons floating in the ocean off Brazil's coast but failed to find the Roman Catholic priest who was using them in a bid to set a flight record. Update on this post.
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Two spheres have fallen to Earth in Australia and Brazil Posted: 6 months ago by deepchill
You heard about the first one here.. Now, another one.
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Whale found deep in Brazil rain forest Posted: 11 months ago by melgesevad
An 18-foot minke whale ran aground on a sandbar in the Amazon jungle some 1,000 miles from the ocean, Brazilian media reported Friday.
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Inmate had $170,000, guns, TV, fridge in cell Posted: 4 months ago by bevissimo
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Officials in northeastern Brazil say they confiscated the equivalent of more than $170,000 and two pistols from an imprisoned drug trafficker whose jail cell was equipped with a plasma TV set, a refrigerator and gym equipment.
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Penguins Taking Vacations on Brazil Beaches. Posted: 1 week ago by muppet
The sheer quantity of young penguins that have washed up on Brazil's sun-drenched beaches this year has confounded nearly everyone who comes in contact with them.
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Human stem cells help blinded rats Posted: 2 years ago by afeldman
Human embryonic stem cells can partly restore vision in blinded rats. What are we waiting for? Oh yah, our current government doesn't support stem cell research.
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Stolen Picasso Painting Found In Brazil Posted: 9 months ago by dollyllama
Brazilian police recovered paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari that were stolen last month from the country's premier modern art museum, officials said Tuesday.
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