Saturday 13 August 2011

Brazil Judge Patricia Acioli shot dead


Mother of three Patricia Acioli was shot by masked men on motorbikes near her home in the city of Niteroi, across a bay from Rio de Janeiro,
They had fired at least 16 shots, killing the 47-year-old instantly, reports said. Her funeral service was held on Friday in Niteroi.
The judge's family said she had received several death threats, but had not had a police escort.
Her killing prompted  Brazils  Supreme Court to demand a swift investigation by federal police.
"Cowardly crimes against magistrates are an attack on the independence of the judiciary, the state and Brazilian democracy," said Cezar Peluso, president of the Supreme Court. 

Monday 11 July 2011

boy attracts metal objects

An 11-year-old boy in Brazil's northeastern city of Mossoro is drawing attention with his purportedly magnet-like qualities.
The Globo TV network has broadcast images of Paulo David Amorim demonstrating how forks, knives, scissors, cooking pans, cameras and other metal objects seem drawn to his body and remain stuck on his chest, stomach and back.
The boy's father tells Globo that he decided to test his son after learning of a boy in Croatia with a similar ability. Junior Amorim says he was surprised to find "a fork and knife stuck to his body."
The youth says classmates call him "magnet boy."