2010年11月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Brazil


Federal troops and police prepare Rio slum offensive (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:38 PM PST

Reuters - Backed by armored personnel carriers and 800 soldiers, police prepared a major offensive on Friday to occupy one of Rio de Janeiro's largest slums where heavily armed drug traffickers bunkered up after days of violence.

Amid violent flareup in Rio, Brazil defends its security strategy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:07 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - With more than two dozen killed in a week across Rio de Janeiro in gang-related violence, reporters pressed the visibly weary Rio State Security Secretary José Mariano Beltrame on the efficacy of an aggressive two-year-old security program: Are criminals being effectively vanquished or just changing their addresses?

Rio braces for more violence in drug crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:34 PM PST

Riot policemen pass by a burnt truck during operations inside Vila Cruzeiro shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Residents of Rio's slums braced for more violence Friday as hundreds of soldiers and police joined a widening crackdown on drug gangs that has killed at least 31 people in six days.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)AFP - Residents of Rio's slums braced for more violence Friday as hundreds of soldiers and police joined a widening crackdown on drug gangs that has killed at least 31 people in six days.


Korea group to bid for Brazil train as delay seen (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:28 AM PST

Reuters - A group of 22 companies led by South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries plans to bid for the right to build and operate a high-speed rail link in Brazil, even as the government might delay the process.

Rio police, backed by military, surround gang turf (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 05:31 AM PST

Policemen run for cover from shooting as another one aims his weapon during an operation against drug traffickers in Vila Cruzeiro slum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday Nov. 25, 2010. Police in Rio entered a heavily fortified slum Thursday in an effort to apprehend drug gang leaders they blame for days of widespread violence in the city.(AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Police searched homes and secured the perimeter of a Rio de Janeiro shantytown Friday that has long been a stronghold for drug gangs and a symbol of the their ability to rule vast areas of the seaside city with impunity.


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