Brazilians protest mass transit fares

Thousands of youths clashed with riot police across central Sao Paulo late on Thursday in a fresh round of rowdy protests over higher mass transit fares. Police reported at least 60 arrests following running battles with demonstrators demanding a rollback of an increase in bus, metro and train ticket prices from US$1.50 to US$1.60. Small groups of vandals set fire to garbage in the streets, while others smashed store windows or spraypainted buses. Protests over higher bus fares were also held in Rio de Janeiro, a major...