AP - Current and former police officers may have committed up to 30 murders during the recently ended police strike in Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia, law enforcement officials there said.
2012-02-15 10:09
Brazil police may have killed 30 during strike (AP)
2012-02-14 17:29
Police strike ends in Rio de Janeiro (AP)
AP - A police strike in Rio de Janeiro ended Monday just days before the city explodes in chaos for the world's biggest Carnival bash.
2012-02-14 00:01
Brazil editor killed in rough border town (AP)
AP - The editor-in-chief of a newspaper that crusaded against corruption in Brazil's rough border region with Paraguay was shot dead, police said Monday, just days after another slain journalist's body was found in a different state.
2012-02-13 09:21
Brazil jet makes forced stop after pilot attack (AP)
AP - A Brazilian airliner safely made a forced landing after a passenger had a "psychotic attack," entered the cockpit and assaulted a pilot, crew members and passengers who tried to subdue him, witnesses said.
2012-02-13 09:21
Carnival goes to the dogs with Rio pet parade (AP)
AP - Most pre-Carnival street parties in Brazil are all about samba, but the moves on display at Sunday's Blocao parade were focused more on wagging and strategic sniffing than on fancy footwork.
2012-02-12 16:41
Police in Brazil's Bahia end strike before carnival (Reuters)
Reuters - Police in Brazil's Bahia state voted on Saturday to end a strike that unleashed a crime wave claiming more than 150 lives, raising hopes for peaceful carnival celebrations but leaving concerns about security ahead of the 2014 World Cup.
2012-02-12 16:41
Police strike ends in Brazil's 3rd-largest city (AP)
AP - A police strike in a northeastern Brazilian state has ended, though a similar action in Rio de Janeiro continued but was having little effect Sunday just days before Carnival celebrations draw some 800,000 tourists to the city.
2012-02-11 23:58
Rio calm in 2nd day of police strike (AP)
AP - Few police officers have adhered to a strike just days before this city's world-famous Carnival kicks off, official said Saturday.
2012-02-11 23:58
Brazil's Lula treated for fatigue from chemotherapy (Reuters)
Reuters - Brazil's popular former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was hospitalized on Saturday for exhaustion resulting from chemotherapy, complicating his swift recovery from throat cancer and casting doubts on when he might return to political life.
2012-02-11 23:58
Former President Silva hospitalized in Brazil (AP)
AP - Brazil's popular former president has been hospitalized.
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