New data by Israel-based emergency response organization Hatzalah shows terror-related deaths have fallen while rocket-inflicted injuries have spiked. picked by muppet 8 months ago

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 picked by keroberos32 8 months ago

Switching from gasoline to ethanol — touted as a green alternative at the pump — may create dirtier air, causing slightly more smog-related deaths, a new study says. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A fossil of a new marine crocodile species found in Brazil shows the reptiles survived the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Yet another list of unusual deaths. There are some really interesting and tragic descriptions in here. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

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. picked by DemureArt 5 months ago

Deaths from skin cancer and heatstroke could soar and Britain could be blighted by malaria, salmonella and a host of other heat-loving diseases as global warming takes its toll, officials have warned. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

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. picked by Arrch8 2 years ago

Doctors ignored warnings about contaminated blood that may have led to the deaths of more than 2,000 patients, it has been claimed. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Funny advertisements making fun of Brazil and Argentina.... picked by 86Apex 1 year ago

Amid a citywide building boom, 13 people have died in construction accidents this year, one more than the total for all of 2007. These include the 7 people who died in a crane accident. A city inspector was arrested after it was found he falsely claimed he had inspected the crane. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

A Cambodian cow was taken into police custody for causing traffic accidents that resulted in the deaths of at least six people this year. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Australia is seeing a massive increase in the number of crocodile deaths caused by ingesting cane toads which secrete a toxin. The death of the crocodiles, being the top predators, could have unpredictable and drastic changes to the environment. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

You heard about the first one here.. Now, another one. picked by deepchill 5 months ago

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. picked by bevissimo 3 months ago

Cylone Gonu has killed at least 12 people in this Arabian Peninsula sultanate. picked by punthe 1 year ago

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. picked by melgesevad 10 months ago

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. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Apparently there is a problem with brain eating amoeba that may be getting gradually worse over the years . . . 6 deaths in 2007. picked by T420 11 months ago

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. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago