Brazil Police, Gangs Continue Shootouts
Police kept up running gunbattles with criminals across Sao Paulo on Thursday, the latest in a week of gang violence that has cast a shadow over election-year politics. With the death toll hitting 170, critics are blaming President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for failing to deliver on his promises to improve the lives of the poor, long been ruled more by heavily armed organized crime groups than by authorities. Full Story