Brazil’s President Luiz Lula da Silva says a police operation to take control of a drug traffickers’ stronghold in Rio de Janeiro is just the start of an anti-gang offensive.
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Lula hails Rio police operation
Soldiers struggling to take control of a violent slum had managed to trap the traffickers inside, a spokesman said.
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Brazil Military Says It Cornered Rio Drug Gangs
Republicans rode a tide of voter discontent to take control of the House of Representatives and expand their voice in the Senate in elections Tuesday.
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G.O.P. Captures House, but Not Senate
With Republicans poised to take control of the House, and perhaps even the Senate, environmentalists are preparing for an all-out assault on the Obama administration’s environmental policies. Senior Republicans are ready to “declare war on the…
Afghanistan’s central bank has stepped in to take control of the troubled Kabul Bank.
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Troubled Afghan bank taken over
The man poised to take control of personal and business claims from those affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster said Sunday he plans to be more generous than any court would be in determining payments.
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Oil claims process to be ‘generous’
