Brasile - Inglese

Brazilian police honour fallen comrades with 600 crosses on Copacabana beach

[Times - World]

<b>Rio de Janeiro</b> Police calling for more pay placed nearly 600 crosses on Copacabana beach yesterday in memory of comrades killed in action since 2004. The solemn ceremony as Carnival festivities got under way was part of a campaign for better working conditions that has thrown the force into disarray in recent weeks. About 50 officers offered to resign this week and 11 were dismissed in the fallout from another protest last weekend. Sergio Cabral, the Rio Governor, pledged that security for the estimated 700,000 Brazilian and foreign tourists would not be compromised. <i>(Reuters)</i>