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The photo of a group of people praying at a gas station has turned into a viral in the social networks amid the supply crisis prompted by the truckers' strike. The image was made the Sunday before the end of the truckers' strike, at a gas station on Conselheiro Rosa e Silva Avenue, in the Tamarineira neighborhood, city of Recife. The group gathered to ask God for gasoline and all people belonged to a local church. According to one of the owners of the post, the people gathered that day to pray for the Brasil: "We met here to pray and more, more people beginning to arrive. We were praying for the strike to end fast and at least one tank truck would come in to meet our needs", said the owner. After the pray, the people continued the meeting with a worship and singing gospel musics.

A wave of forgotten elderly people is taking over the beaches of Brazil. The retired Maria Elena Pérez, 54, said she self lost on the beach of Ingleses, where she's staying, and that her family went visit the island of Florianópolis, without her. To make matters worse, the woman was robbed and ran out of money. A tourist found Maria walking lost and crying in Gaivotas street and took the woman to a store for get help. She doesn't remember of the hotel where her family is staying. Maria told the Zero Hora that she is a resident of São Miguel de Tucumán, in the north of Argentina, and that she's in Brazil by the second time. According to Anderson Pompeu, store's owner where she asked for help, Maria knows the husband's smartphone number, but don't get to conclude calls and no one answers. "The luck was which a employee don't finished their lunch and she can eat what was left," Anderson said. When the store closed, at 7:00 pm, she...

A man who tried to rob a gas station on Sunday morning (8), in São João de Meriti, city of Rio de Janeiro state. He had the body burned after throwing alcohol (etanol) on him by an employee, who reacted to the assault. Luís Romário Fernandes had 87% of the burned body. He was on probation after being arrested for crimes such as drug trafficking and theft. According to experts, his body began to catch fire after he made the shot. The spark did the alcohol burn. All the action lasted less than two minutes. The owner of the gas station says that the clerk handed the money in his pocket: BRL 40. The bandit threatened him. "If you don't give me the rest, I'll out of the car, You'll suffer," according to Lecir Gouvêa do Amaral, owner of the store. After this, the attendant returned and threw alcohol on Luís Romário, who shot, missing the target. Then, the flames have taken account of the car and of your body.