State media: Striking police end standoff in Brazil

 February 09, 2012 07:33   cnn.com

Hundreds of striking police officers ended a standoff at a state legislature building in eastern Brazil early Thursday, state media reported.

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Drifter convicted over serial stabbings in Mich.

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Joplin graduates 'inspire' Obama

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White supremacist Dennis Mahon gets 40 years for Az. bombing

Dennis Mahon, 61, convicted over a 2004 bombing that wounded a black city official in suburban Phoenix; no hate crime charge

End of Alzheimer's starts today

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2010 census missed 1.5 million minorities

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