Brazil: Police and soldiers fighting

WHP CBS 21 Monday 6th February, 2012

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Striking state police and their supporters have clashed with Brazilian soldiers outside the state legislature in the northeastern city of Salvador. Troops surrounded the building Monday as the strike that has paralyzed the city moved into its sixth day. Brazilian television broadcast images of soldiers firing rubber bull...

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