Brazil lawmakers red-faced over mystery underwear

BRAZIL: Mystery underwear found during a parliamentary session earlier this month is causing a lot of red faces in the Brazilian Congress, a report said Thursday.

The red and white panties, described by O Globo daily as "rather large" and "not a G-string," were inadvertently dropped by one of five deputies who arrived late for a vote on cyber crimes on May 15.

Kicked toward a trash can by a security guard, they were discreetly picked up by the deputy speaker, who, fearing the incident might be recorded by security cameras, hid it in his pocket, the report said. AFP