MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 11th 2018
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Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 08:23 UTC
Brazil criminal gang breaks into top security jail and let 100 inmates escape
Heavily armed men blew down the front gate of a maximum security prison in northeastern Brazil early Monday and with guns blazing, enabled more than 100 inmates to escape while killing a policeman, authorities said.
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Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 08:15 UTC
Lula waiting for Supreme Court decision before giving up his presidential candidacy
Brazil's imprisoned former president Lula da Silva will not yet bow out of next month's presidential race, waiting first to hear a Supreme Court decision on an appeal of his ban from running, his legal team said. His decision takes his leftist Workers' Party (PT) close to the limit on registering a candidate for the October 7 election, with a court having set Tuesday as the deadline for the PT to name a replacement nominee.
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Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 08:13 UTC
Argentina raises 17% price of biodiesel used in domestic fuel mixes
Argentina raised the price of biodiesel used in domestic fuel mixes in response to a sharp devaluation in the Peso currency and new taxes on primary exports, the government said in its official gazette on Monday.
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Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 04:39 UTC
British Airways: Hackers access details of 380,000 passengers
UK media are reporting the information includes credit card details, residential addresses and email details but the airline said the hackers had not accessed itineraries or passport details.
