2010年12月4日星期六

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil army takes on peacekeeping duties in favelas (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 02:25 PM PST

Brazilian riot police Special Force members check the place after exploding the bunker of a drug lord at the Vila Cruzeiro shantytown, on December 1. The Brazilian army will take on peacekeeping duties in the Rio slums where police conducted a bloody crackdown on drug gangs last month, Defense Minister Nelson Jobin said Saturday.(AFP/File/Antonio Scorza)AFP - The Brazilian army will take on peacekeeping duties in the Rio slums where police conducted a bloody crackdown on drug gangs last month, Defense Minister Nelson Jobin said Saturday.


Israel 'saddened' as Brazil recognises Palestinian state (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 05:13 AM PST

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (left) shakes hands with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas during talks in the West Bank city of Bethlehem in March 2010. Israel says it is disappointed by Brazil's decision to recognise a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, saying it flew in the face of efforts to negotiate a peace deal.(AFP/File/Musa al-Shaer)AFP - Israel on Saturday said it was disappointed by Brazil's decision to recognise a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, saying it flew in the face of efforts to negotiate a peace deal.


Rio slum crackdown: 118 arrests, 518 guns seized (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:58 PM PST

Brazilian police walk through the destroyed bunker of a drug baron in the Vila Cruzeiro shantytown in Rio de Janeiro. The nearly two-week crackdown on drug gangs in two major slum districts in Rio de Janeiro netted 118 arrests and 518 weapons seizures, the state-owned Agencia Brasil news agency said.(AFP/File/Antonio Scorza)AFP - Rio de Janeiro's nearly two-week crackdown on drug gangs in two major slum districts netted 118 arrests and 518 weapons seizures, the state-owned Agencia Brasil news agency said.


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