A logging truck enters a deforested area on the outskirts of Novo Progresso, Brazil.

SAO PAULO: Police in Brazil's Bahia state voted on Saturday to end a strike that unleashed a crime wave claiming more than 150 lives, raising hopes for peaceful carnival celebrations but leaving concerns about security ahead of the 2014 World Cup.

Join us for the first qualification flight of the Vega launch vehicle on Monday 13 February, with a launch window open from 11:00 to 12:30 CET .

This combo of file photos shows Venezuela's presidential opposition candidates on the ballot for the country's Feb.

Kirchner is thought to be referring to reports that the Royal Navy have sent either HMS Tireless or HMS Turbulent to the Falklands.

This diary was written during the Falklands Crisis on assorted scraps of paper and in an old Government-issue exercise book.

Few police officers have adhered to a strike just days before this city's world-famous Carnival kicks off, official said Saturday.

A member of the Beija-Flor samba school works on a decoration for a float that will take part in the carnival parades, if they go ahead.

Helm Bank SA, Colombia's best- performing stock in the past month, said its controlling stakeholders have no intention of selling amid takeover speculation that's driven the share up from a three-year low.

The 30m-tall vehicle, first conceived in the 1990s, will launch on what is termed a qualification flight from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.