rostitutes in the Brazilian city of Salvador are going on the air with their own radio station. The Association of Prostitutes of Bahia state has won government permission for the project - it is scheduled to begin later this year.

The station will not be used to generate business, but instead will feature programs about the trade and will discuss issues such as human rights, social questions, and sexual abuse.

The Brazilian Health Ministry will hand out 25 million free condoms during the country's Carnival holidays in an effort to encourage safe sex.

The government's anti-AIDS program will distribute the condoms at health clinics and in public squares and dances, reports Reuters.

A freak accident killed a Brazilian policeman in the city of Belo Horizonte on Monday.

Thiago Ribeiro Trindade, 23, went into a car parts shop to buy a light. When he placed his backpack on the counter, it exploded and killed him.

A women in Brazil has been arrested for hiring people to kill two women to get a job with the man she loved.

According to police, Carolina Farias Santos paid a friend about $1,300 to kill Monica Tamer, an employee at the company Santos formerly worked for. Santos said she had fallen in love with a man while working a temporary stint filling in for Renata Borelli, who was on maternity leave.

A women in Brazil has been arrested for hiring people to kill two women to get a job with the man she loved.

According to police, Carolina Farias Santos paid a friend about $1,300 to kill Monica Tamer, an employee at the company Santos formerly worked for. Santos said she had fallen in love with a man while working a temporary stint filling in for Renata Borelli, who was on maternity leave.