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Volkswagen recalls

420,000 CARS

in U.S. to fix air bag
problem

VOLKSWAGEN is The world’s biggest carmaker said on Friday than half its ambitious target of 800,000 by 2018.
recalling about 420,000 cars in the United States to that the recall affected VW Golf, Passat, Jetta and A spokesman said that debris could, under certain
fix a fault that could prevent air bags from deploying. Tiguan models assembled between 2010 and 2014. circumstances, interfere with the clock spring that
keeps the vehicles’ air bags powered but added that
The recall comes as the German group struggles to no such incident has been reported.
overcome underperformance in the world’s second-
largest auto market, where the sale of VW-branded VW is examining whether such issues also affect cars
cars plunged 10 percent to 367,000 last year, less delivered to other markets, the spokesman added.

Overnight SHOOTING SPREE in

Brazil kills 19 in Sao Paulo

GUNMEN have killed at least 19 people on the outskirts of Brazil’s Saturday, August 15 2015 - ARUBA TRAVELLER
largest city, Sao Paulo, in a series of overnight attacks.
Witnesses in several locations said masked gunmen pulled up in
a car before opening fire. In many cases they checked the victims’
names before shooting, or asked if they had criminal records.
The authorities in Sao Paulo are investigating the possibility that
they were targeted killings. Such attacks carried out either by
criminal gangs or rogue police officers are not uncommon in Sao
Paulo, says the BBC’s Wyre Davies.

But police say the number of victims is much higher than in previous
incidents. “I’ve never seen so many people killed overnight in Sao
Paulo,” a forensic expert told Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.
The attacks happened in the municipal areas of Osasco, Barueri and
Itapevi. At least seven other people were injured in the shootings.
“This is very serious and merits a special investigation,” said Sao
Paulo state Security Secretary Alexandre de Moraes.
“We don’t rule out any possibility.” A task force of 50 police officers
has been set up to investigate the attacks.

In May, a policeman and a former policeman were arrested in
connection with the murder of eight men at a football fan club in
Sao Paulo.
The former policeman was accused of ordering the attack against
supporters of the Corinthians football club. They were preparing
banners ahead of a match in April when gunmen burst in.

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