Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Daily Headlines: October 21, 2008

* U.S.: A study conducted for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California concluded that Los Angeles police officers are more likely to stop and search blacks and Latinos than whites.

* Brazil: Could the financial crisis get Barack Obama elected to the U.S. presidency? Brazilian president Luiz Inancio da Silva thinks so.

* Venezuela: President Hugo Chavez announced the construction of a naval base on the country’s biggest island in the Caribbean.

* Mexico: Twenty-one prisoners died during a riot at a jail near the U.S.-Mexico border.

Image- CBS News
Sources- Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, CNN, MSNBC

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