  27 prisoners escape from Brazilian jail through sewage system February 4, 2013 - 10:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Twenty-seven prisoners have escaped from a jail in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. The inmates fled through the prison's sewage system, BBC News reported. Prison officials say they have already re-captured four of the escapees, and are confident none of the others has so far been able to leave the sewer tunnels. Police are questioning the guards who were on duty at the Vicente Piragibe prison when the escape happened. The recaptured escapees will also be questioned before being transferred to another penitentiary. Overcrowding is a major problem in many of Brazil's prison. Local media quoted one unnamed prison official saying that Vicente Piragibe housed about 1,700 inmates and sometimes only had 10 prison guards on duty. Partner news  Top stories The international conference, backed by Russia and the U.S., aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament. Bağış said Istanbul’s unique status as a “peaceful coexistence of all cultures and religions” makes it a vital player in the EU.   Partner news |  Latest news International Arts Education Week ongoing in Armenia  Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova noted the program as a unique event reporting the achievements in the field.WB to support electronic control system launch in Prosecutor’s Office Armenia’s Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan met World Bank Country Manager for Armenia Jean-Michel Happi.Armenian-French decentralized cooperation conference due in fall Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan met with French ambassador Henri Reynaud.Google reportedly mulls buying map-software provider Waze Google has a widely used mapping tool and could adopt Waze’s technology to add social features to the software. |
