Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• Carnival goes to the dogs with Rio pet parade (AP)
• Brazil jet makes forced stop after pilot attack (AP)
• Police strike ends in Brazil's 3rd-largest city (AP)
• Police in Brazil's Bahia end strike before carnival (Reuters)

Carnival goes to the dogs with Rio pet parade (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2012 02:27 PM PST AP - Most pre-Carnival street parties in Brazil are all about samba, but the moves on display at Sunday's Blocao parade were focused more on wagging and strategic sniffing than on fancy footwork.

Brazil jet makes forced stop after pilot attack (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:35 AM PST AP - A Brazilian airliner safely made a forced landing after a passenger had a "psychotic attack," entered the cockpit and assaulted a pilot, crew members and passengers who tried to subdue him, witnesses said.

Police strike ends in Brazil's 3rd-largest city (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2012 05:07 AM PST AP - A police strike in a northeastern Brazilian state has ended, though a similar action in Rio de Janeiro continued but was having little effect Sunday just days before Carnival celebrations draw some 800,000 tourists to the city.

Police in Brazil's Bahia end strike before carnival (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2012 05:44 PM PST Reuters - Police in Brazil's Bahia state voted on Saturday to end a strike that unleashed a crime wave claiming more than 150 lives, raising hopes for peaceful carnival celebrations but leaving concerns about security ahead of the 2014 World Cup.

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