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Brazil's Congress Votes on Rousseff Impeachment

Brazil's parliamentarians votes on whether to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, for allegedly tampering with government accounts to hide a deficit.

The lower house of Congress in Brazil votes on whether to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, for allegedly tampering with government accounts to hide a deficit.

Ministers from OPEC countries and other major oil producers fail to agree on plans to freeze production in order to tackle a glut in supplies.

And one of India's poorest states has imposed a tax on samosas sold by street vendors, effectively designating the snacks as a luxury food item.

(Photo: Dilma Rousseff opponents watch proceedings in Congress on big screens, in Sao Paulo. Credit: Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images.)

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Mon 18 Apr 2016 00:06GMT

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