Hundreds arrested in Brazil transport protests

SAO PAULO: Hundreds of people were detained across Brazil overnight Friday in fresh clashes between police and youths protesting an increase in mass transit fares on the eve of the Confederations Cup. The worst violence was in Sao Paulo, Brazil's economic capital and most populous city, where 232 people were detained following running battles in the city center, a police spokesman said. Most of those held were later released. Twelve police were hurt...