■ Brazil
Three more bodies found
Rescue crews recovered three bodies from a minibus entombed under tonnes of earth and rubble, bringing to six the number of dead retrieved from the collapse of a subway station construction site in Sao Paulo. Near midnight, rescuers removed the body of another man from inside the vehicle, said a fire department spokesman. Last Friday, a 40m-wide circular hole lined with concrete gave way without warning, swallowing pedestrians, dump trucks and a minibus driving by the site. Several nearby homes were damaged and must now be torn down.
■ Brazil
A hair-raising experience
In a new twist in Rio de Janeiro's crime annals, scissor-wielding thieves clipped off the long, flowing locks of a 22-year-old Brazilian woman as she rode in a city bus. The thieves also stole her handbag and her mobile phone before escaping, she told reporters on Wednesday after the incident the previous night. Sales assistant Mirna Marchetti's hair was dark, straight and reached down to her waist. She said she had not cut it for four years. Police suspect the thieves hope to sell the hair to a hairdresser. Beauty salons in Rio can charge more than 500 reais (US$250) for top-quality hair extensions, salon owner Rosangela Castro said.
■ Colombia
Nestle plant destroyed
A pickup truck carrying 300kg of explosives destroyed most of a dairy plant owned by Swiss food giant Nestle in southern Colombia, in an attack that police attributed to leftist rebels. No one was killed and only one person was injured in the attack that occurred on Wednesday evening in Doncello, 350km south of Bogota, said police commander Colonel William Urrego in Caqueta, where the blast took place. "Given the way the attack was carried out, there's no doubt it was done by the FARC," said Urrego, referring to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
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