He has provided Brazils' embassy in Tegucigalpa to Mel Zelaya, the ousted president of Honduras, who was deposed late in June.

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Uniteds reach is getting broader with the recent launch of the Star Alliance, a partnership with Lufthansa, SAS, Air Canada, Thai Airways and Brazils Varig.

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But every Christmas, one of the nurses used to give me chocolate brazils... so I used to suck the chocolate off and give the nuts back to the other nurses.

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