2008年10月6日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Brazil

Brazil ruling party steady in local election (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 10:08 PM CDT

Residents line up to vote in Sao Paulo October 5, 2008. Nearly 130 million voters were being called out for the elections, which are to select mayors and councillors for the country's 5,563 towns and cities. (Rodrigo Paiva/Reuters)Reuters - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's ruling Workers' Party appeared to have held its ground in local elections on Sunday but did worse than expected in Sao Paulo, the country's largest city.

Shootings sour municipal elections in Brazil (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 09:58 PM CDT

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva poses for a photograph after casting his ballot during municipal elections in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. Brazil's ruling party is hoping to ride popular president Lula da Silva's coattails to significant gains in municipal elections Sunday that are considered a key test ahead of 2010's general ballot.(AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - Isolated shootings in Brazil soured Sunday's municipal elections that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's allies hope will give them a leg up on 2010's presidential vote.

Shootings, hundreds of arrests mar Brazilian local elections (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 06:17 PM CDT

Brazilian army soldiers stand guard amid scattered electoral propaganda leaflets near a polling center at Alemao shantytown. The shooting deaths of at least seven people and the arrests of 808 others -- including 101 candidates -- marred local elections held Sunday across Brazil that were expected to give a big boost to the country's ruling coalition and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)AFP - The shooting deaths of at least seven people and the arrests of 808 others -- including 101 candidates -- marred local elections held Sunday across Brazil that were expected to give a big boost to the country's ruling coalition and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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