INDONESIA: Villagers brave volcano alert
MOUNT MERAPI (AP): Indonesia's Mount Merapi belched out plumes of black smoke and red-hot clouds of deadly gases yesterday, 24 hours after scientists ordered the evacuation of villagers from its slopes amid warnings that a major eruption was imminent....
BRAZIL: 52 KILLED IN WAVE OF ATTACKS - Gangs unleash mayhem on cops
SAO PAULO (AP): A NOTORIOUS criminal gang unleashed a second wave of attacks against police yesterday, bringing to at least 52 the number of people killed in the deadliest assault of its kind in the history of Brazil's largest state, authorities said....
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