Brazilian pries grandson from anaconda death grip

A 66-year-old Brazilian man wrestled with a 15-foot (5-metre) anaconda for nearly half an hour to free his grandson from the snake's crushing death grip, local media reported on Friday. Matheus Pereira de Araujo, 8, would likely be dead inside the belly of the 80 pound (35...

Brazilian wacks wife, fails

"A woman was released from the hospital a day after she was shot in the head six times in an attack police blamed on her ex-husband, Brazilian media reported Saturday. Patricia Goncalves Pereira, a 21-year-old housewife, was shot Friday after an altercation with her...

Woman shot six times in head lives

"A Brazilian woman who was shot six times in the head after an altercation with her ex-husband was out of the hospital and talking to the media on Saturday. "I know this was a miracle," 21-year-old housewife Patricia Goncalves Pereira told Globo TV. "Now I just want to...

155 feared dead in Brazil plane crash - Times of India

" crash [ 30 Sep, 2006 2315hrs IST AP ] RSS Feeds | SMS NEWS to 8888 for latest updates SAO PAULO: A Gol airlines jet that was missing with 155 people was discovered Saturday, crashed in the Amazon jungle region. Officials said they were unlikely to find survivors. The...

Brazil air force finds jetliner wreckage

"Brazilian air force pilots spotted the wrecked fusilage of a jetliner that crashed deep in the Amazon jungle on Saturday, and an aviation official said it was unlikely any of the 155 people aboard had survived. The president of Brazil's airport authority, Jose Carlos...