Brazilian crime reporter shot

A crime reporter with the Brazilian daily, Correio Braziliense, is in hospital after being shot three times outside a bar on a street in a suburb of Brasília. Amaury Ribeiro Junior, was investigating a drug trafficking syndicate at the time. His paper, in describing the attack as attempted murder aimed at silencing the paper, responded with a headline: "It won't." Ribeiro is said to be recovering well. (Via Brazzil magazine)