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  1. Brazil: A Cellphone Carrier Is ThwartedRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Jul 4 | NowPublic

    Use of pigeons and remote control helicopters are just two of the creative ways that prisoners are using to smuggle illegal stuff into Brazilian prisons.

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Brazil, Maranhao, Brazil, Sorocaba, Brazil

  2. News BriefsRead the original story

    Saturday Jul 4 | Tulsa World

    John Demjanjuk moved one step closer to another trial after German prosecutors said Friday that doctors had deemed the 89-year-old fit to go to court on charges of being accessory to murder at the Sobibor Nazi death camp.

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    Related Topix: Ohio, South America, World News, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Brazil, Sorocaba, Brazil, Maranhao, Brazil

  3. Brazil prison guards nab pigeon with cell phoneRead the original story

    Friday Jul 3 | Post-Bulletin

    Prison guards foiled a new attempt to smuggle a cell phone into a Brazilian prison by carrier pigeon -- this one wearing a tiny backpack -- and said Friday that the practice is becoming almost commonplace.

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    Related Topix: Prison, Cell Phones, Electronics, South America, World News, Brazil, Maranhao, Brazil, Sorocaba, Brazil

  4. Brazil: A Cellphone Carrier Is ThwartedRead the original story

    Friday Jul 3 | New York Times

    For the second time in four months, prison guards foiled an attempt to smuggle a cellphone into a prison by carrier pigeon, the authorities said Friday.

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  5. Brazil PF Plans $756M Oil Investments

    Wednesday Jun 24 | Institutional Investor News

    Brazilian pension fund, Petros is planning to invest $756 million in deep-water offshore oil projects, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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    Related Topix: South America, Brazil, World News, Maranhao, Brazil

  6. Plot foiled to smuggle mobiles into prison by kiteRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Jun 23 | Daily Times

    Two Brazilian teenagers were arrested on the weekend for allegedly plotting to smuggle cellphones into a prison using a kite, reports said.

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    Related Topix: Prison, South America, Brazil, World News

  7. Four generations of family die in plane crash

    May 24, 2009 | Daily Express

    FOUR generations of a British banker's family were wiped out when 14 people died in a plane crash at an exclusive coastal resort.

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    Related Topix: Air Accidents, South America, World News, Brazil, Lins, Brazil, Maranhao, Brazil, Bahia, Brazil, Salvador, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil

  8. America's Next Top Model: The Girls From IpAnemiaRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 28, 2009 | TVgasm

    Ola! e boa vinda! That means "Hello and welcome" in Portuguese! I'm so glad you've joined me once again, because it probably means that you are enjoying my semi-rare and mildly stimulating insights into the cosmic fabulosity of this show.

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    Related Topix: Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, South America, World News, Brazil, Drama

  9. Joyce's long-lost "Visions of Dawn"

    Apr 13, 2009 | Chicago Reader Online

    Last year Brazilian singer, guitarist, and composer Joyce released Ao Vivo , a live record of material spanning her four-decade career.

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    Related Topix: Joyce, Latin, South America, World News, Brazil, Jazz, Michael Brecker, Claus Ogerman, Maranhao, Brazil

  10. Pigeons Sneaking Cell Phones Into Brazilian Jail

    Apr 6, 2009 | Switched.com

    Prison has a way of transforming a two-bit criminal into frickin' MacGyver , so we weren't extremely surprised by this example of inmates thinking on the fly .

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    Related Topix: Prison, South America, World News, Brazil, Maranhao, Brazil

  11. Doe a Deer, a Female DeerRead the original story

    Apr 5, 2009 | Wizbang

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    Related Topix: Rush Limbaugh

  12. BrazilRead the original story

    Apr 2, 2009 | The University of North Carolina Press

    Brazil, the largest of the Latin American nations, is fast becoming a potent international economic player as well as a regional power .

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    Related Topix: South America, Brazil, Maranhao, Brazil, North Carolina

  13. Pigeons fly cell phones into Brazilian prisonRead the original story

    Apr 2, 2009 | Lincoln Daily News

    Inmates have devised an innovative way to smuggle in cell phones into a prison farm in Brazil: carrier pigeons.

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    Related Topix: Prison, South America, World News, Brazil, Maranhao, Brazil, Sorocaba, Brazil

  14. Phone-smuggling pigeons and a Twitter traveller? Almost sounds like April Fool's Day.Read the original story

    Apr 1, 2009 | Total Telecom

    With the return of phone-smuggling pigeons from Brazil and a man used Twitter to travel to New Zealand, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was April Fool's Day.

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    Related Topix: Oceania, New Zealand, World News, South America, Brazil

  15. Prison guards discover pigeons carrying mobile phone componentsRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 1, 2009 | Guardian Unlimited

    The pigeons are believed to be fitted with mobile parts in prison then released to fly back.

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    Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics, Prison, South America, World News, Brazil, Maranhao, Brazil, Sorocaba, Brazil

  16. Pigeons fly cell phones into Brazilian jailRead the original story

    Mar 31, 2009 | San Francisco Chronicle

    Inmates have devised an innovative way to smuggle in cell phones into a prison farm in Brazil: carrier pigeons.

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    Related Topix: Prison, South America, World News, Brazil, Maranhao, Brazil, Sorocaba, Brazil

  17. Brazilian prisoners using pigeons to fly mobile phones to themRead the original story

    Mar 31, 2009 | The London News.Net

    London, Mar 31 : Brazilian prisoners, who no longer have access to communication with the outside world, were discovered to be using carrier pigeons to get mobile phones delivered to them.

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    Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, South America, World News, Brazil, Prison, Sorocaba, Brazil, Maranhao, Brazil

  18. Wing wing: pigeons take mobiles into Brazil jail

    Mar 31, 2009 | Australian Broadcasting Corporation

    To smuggle mobile phones into prison, Brazilian inmates have turned to a much older form of communication - carrier pigeons.

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    Related Topix: Prison, Cell Phones, Electronics, South America, World News, Brazil, Sorocaba, Brazil, Maranhao, Brazil

  19. Pigeons fly mobile phones to Brazilian prisonersRead the original story

    Mar 30, 2009 | Telegraph.co.uk

    Brazilian inmates have turned to carrier pigeons in their quest for communication with the outside world. 9 comments

    Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics, South America, World News, Brazil, Prison, Sorocaba, Brazil, Maranhao, Brazil

  20. Analysis: Brazil's Most Improved M&AsRead the original story

    Mar 29, 2009 | Institutional Investor News

    Pinheiro Guimaraes and Motta Fernandes Rocha are the most improved mergers and acquisitions practices in Brazil over the past five years.

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    Related Topix: South America, Brazil, World News, Maranhao, Brazil