Striking Brazil police accused of sowing panic

<p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/striking-brazil-police-accused-sowing-panic-170646885.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6Nmfv16uoX8BLdGV81iatQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_GB/News/AFP/photo_1328720344754-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Brazilian soldiers patrol the streets of Salvador as the police strike enters its eighth day" align="left" title="Brazilian soldiers patrol the streets of Salvador as the police strike enters its eighth day" border="0" /></a>The Brazilian government accused striking police in Bahia state of sowing panic amid fears that the strike over pay may spread and fuel a wave of violence only days before the start of Carnival.</p><br clear="all"/>

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