Sao Paulo, April 6 (IANS/EFE) Some 2,700 Brazilian troops seized control Saturday of the Mare slum complex, Rio de Janeiro’s last major drug-gang stronghold. The previously announced operation began at 5:00 a.m. when armored cars and tanks rolled into the main “favelas,” or shanty towns, that make up the complex, home to roughly 120,000 people. After […]
Melbourne, March 23 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Sunday that small pieces of debris were spotted in the southern Indian Ocean, while adding that it was too early to confirm their linkage to the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight. Abbott announced the latest update on the ongoing search before leaving Papua New Guinea Sunday […]
