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Stories for February 7th 2011

• Monday, February 7th 2011 - 14:06 UTC

  Rio do Janeiro police take hold of favelas in early operation with no shots fired

  

  Rio do Janeiro police with the support of the Navy, other security agencies and armoured personnel vehicles in an flash operation on Sunday occupied nine “favelas,” or shantytowns dominated by drug gangs and did so “without a single shot,” officials said.

• Monday, February 7th 2011 - 14:01 UTC

  Chilean wine exports recover in 2010 and reach 1.5 billion US dollars

  

  Last year was a great year for Chilean wine exports. Despite the drop in wine exports that followed the 2008 financial crisis, in 2010 the wine industry reported sales of 1.5 billion US dollars, a 12.4% increase over 2009.