2009年10月19日星期一

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Rio hunts chopper attackers, fearful for Olympic image (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 03:01 PM PDT

A police armoured car stands by near the Sao Joao slum access in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 18. Hundreds of police Monday hunted criminals who shot down a helicopter over Rio slums as officials tried to convince the world they can quell rampant violence before the 2016 Olympics.(AFP/File/Helio Cardoso)AFP - Police Monday scoured Rio for criminals who shot down a helicopter as Brazil tried to prove it can quell rampant violence in the city before hosting the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.


Brazil vows to fight gangs, Rio death toll hits 21 (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:21 PM PDT

A police officer aims a weapon during an operation at the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Police in Rio de Janeiro say they found two more bodies in a slum wracked by violence just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Brazil's president promised Monday to battle drug traffickers who launched a weekend of bloody chaos that killed 21 people in Rio de Janeiro just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games.


Button takes F1 world title as Webber wins in Brazil (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 04:56 AM PDT

Bristish Formula one drive Jenson Button (right) of Brawn/GP celebrates with his father after winning the F1 Grand Prix, at the Interlagos racetrack in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Button was crowned world champion Sunday when he finished fifth in an incident-filled Brazilian Grand Prix won by Australian Mark Webber.(AFP/Vanderlei Almeida)AFP - Briton Jenson Button was crowned world champion Sunday when he finished fifth in an incident-filled Brazilian Grand Prix won by Australian Mark Webber.


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