SÃO BERNARDO DO CAMPO: Ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a fallen giant of emerging nation politics and still the frontrunner in Brazil's October presidential elections, was given 24 hours to surrender to police and start a 12-year prison sentence for corruption by late Friday.
However, cheering supporters in the leftist veteran's hometown Sao Bernardo do Campo urged him to resist arrest.
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