News http://newshourly.net/brazil/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:04:04 +0100 Brazilian state's death toll tops 100 as police strike (Reuters) http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1501326.html wiadomosci_en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:04:03 +0100 http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1501326.html Partial collapse of building kills 1 in Brazil (AP) http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1501327.html wiadomosci_en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:04:03 +0100 http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1501327.html Standoff continues between Brazil troops, police (AP) http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1501328.html Soldiers maintain their blockade of the Bahian state legislature building, where up to 300 striking police officers and their families are holed up, in Salvador, Brazil, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012. About one-third of Bahia's 30,000 police went on strike a week ago and murders in the capital's metropolitan area immediately spiked, reaching double normal rates before 2,000 troops were sent in Sunday to patrol the city in armored personnel carriers. The striking police officers are demanding pay raises and amnesty for what a judge ruled an illegal work stoppage. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - As many as 300 striking police officers and their relatives held out Tuesday as heavily armed soldiers blockaded a state legislature building in northeastern Brazil.


]]> Soldiers maintain their blockade of the Bahian state legislature building, where up to 300 striking police officers and their families are holed up, in Salvador, Brazil, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012. About one-third of Bahia's 30,000 police went on strike a week ago and murders in the capital's metropolitan area immediately spiked, reaching double normal rates before 2,000 troops were sent in Sunday to patrol the city in armored personnel carriers. The striking police officers are demanding pay raises and amnesty for what a judge ruled an illegal work stoppage. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - As many as 300 striking police officers and their relatives held out Tuesday as heavily armed soldiers blockaded a state legislature building in northeastern Brazil.


]]> wiadomosci_en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:04:03 +0100 http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1501328.html Brazil: Standoff between striking police, soldiers (AP) http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1500721.html Brazilian Army soldiers control a protester during a police strike, in Salvador, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Murder rates in the northeastern city of Salvador have more than doubled since the start of a police strike, media reports said Sunday. Salvador is renown for its Carnival celebrations, and some commentators have voiced fears that this week's violence could scare away tourists — a major source of income.(AP Photo/Lucio Tavora-Agencia A Tarde)AP - Striking state police and their supporters have clashed with Brazilian soldiers outside the state legislature in the northeastern city of Salvador.


]]> Brazilian Army soldiers control a protester during a police strike, in Salvador, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Murder rates in the northeastern city of Salvador have more than doubled since the start of a police strike, media reports said Sunday. Salvador is renown for its Carnival celebrations, and some commentators have voiced fears that this week's violence could scare away tourists — a major source of income.(AP Photo/Lucio Tavora-Agencia A Tarde)AP - Striking state police and their supporters have clashed with Brazilian soldiers outside the state legislature in the northeastern city of Salvador.


]]> wiadomosci_en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:22:03 +0100 http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1500721.html Crime erupts as police strike in Brazil's Bahia: reports (Reuters) http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1500139.html wiadomosci_en Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:38:07 +0100 http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1500139.html Report: 78 killed in police strike in Brazil state (AP) http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1500140.html wiadomosci_en Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:38:07 +0100 http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1500140.html Murders spike during police strike in Brazil (AP) http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1499287.html wiadomosci_en Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:13:02 +0100 http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1499287.html Police strike hits Brazilian city hard (AP) http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1498768.html wiadomosci_en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:35:06 +0100 http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1498768.html Olympics, World Cup preparation bring evictions (AP) http://newshourly.net/brazil/news_1498174.html In this photo taken Jan. 31, 2012, a man pushes a cart with goods to recycle past a graffiti that reads in Portuguese 'We must resist' in the Favela do Metro shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Residents of communities like Metro, located on the surroundings of the Maracana stadium, are being pushed out of their homes to make way for new roads, Olympic venues, and other projects as part of preparations to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - Like most Brazilians, Evandro dos Santos' devotion to soccer borders on the religious. Even when he wasn't watching a game, he loved hearing the roar of the crowd in nearby Maracana stadium — this nation's temple to the sport.


]]> In this photo taken Jan. 31, 2012, a man pushes a cart with goods to recycle past a graffiti that reads in Portuguese 'We must resist' in the Favela do Metro shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Residents of communities like Metro, located on the surroundings of the Maracana stadium, are being pushed out of their homes to make way for new roads, Olympic venues, and other projects as part of preparations to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - Like most Brazilians, Evandro dos Santos' devotion to soccer borders on the religious. Even when he wasn't watching a game, he loved hearing the roar of the crowd in nearby Maracana stadium — this nation's temple to the sport.


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