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Crime soars in Brazil's Bahia state as police strike
The Brazilian government has deployed the army in the northeastern state of Bahia where a police strike has sparked a wave of violence. | Official figures suggest the murder rate has more than doubled...

Brazil Police Strike: 78 Killed In Salvador In 5 Days
| RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian media report 78 people have been murdered in and around the northeastern city of Salvador since the start of a state police strike there five days ago. | The local ...

Crime erupts as police strike in Brazil's Bahia: reports
| SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A police strike in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia sparked a wave of murders and other violence in World Cup host-city Salvador, local media reported, just two weeks ...

Banyana to warm up in Brazil
International matches in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this month will prepare the SA women's football team for the Cyprus Women's Cup, according to Banyana Banyana coach Joseph Mkhona. | A squad of 22 players w...

Report: 78 killed in police strike in Brazil state
| RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian media report 78 people have been murdered in and around the northeastern city of Salvador since the start of a state police strike there five days ago. | The local ...

Report: 78 killed in police strike in Brazil state
| RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilian media report 78 people have been murdered in and around the northeastern city of Salvador since the start of a state police strike there five days ago. | The local A Tard...

The rule is legs OR chest Selena! Miss Gomez barely contains her modesty in revealing outfit
| Her face epitomises the look of fresh-faced innocence so it's not hard to see why Selena Gomez has made her name as a Disney child star. | But it seems the former Wizards of Waverly actress is keen ...

Report says 78 people killed in northeastern Brazil since start of police strike 5 days ago
| RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian media report 78 people have been murdered in and around the northeastern city of Salvador since the start of a state police strike there five days ago. | The local A...

Report: 78 killed in police strike in Brazil state
| RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian media report 78 people have been murdered in and around the northeastern city of Salvador since the start of a state police strike there five days ago. | The local A...

Report: 78 killed in police strike in Brazil state
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian media report 78 people have been murdered in and around the northeastern city of Salvador since the start of a state police strike there five days ago. | The local A Tarde d...

Report says 78 people killed in northeastern Brazil since start of police strike 5 days ago
| RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian media report 78 people have been murdered in and around the northeastern city of Salvador since the start of a state police strike there five days ago. | The local A Tarde...

Report: 78 killed in police strike in Brazil state
| RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian media report 78 people have been murdered in and around the northeastern city of Salvador since the start of a state police strike there five days ago. | The local A Tarde...

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Murders soar in Brazil city as police strike
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