Brazil's Senate strips Dilma Rousseff of presidency

Brazil's Senate has voted in favour of
permanently removing President Dilma
Rousseff from her office, in an
impeachment trial set to end 13 years of
leftist rule in the country.
Sixty-one of 81 senators voted against
Rousseff on Wednesday after a five-day
trial and a lengthy overnight debate.
Shortly, another vote will decide whether
Rousseff is banned from seeking a public
office for the next eight years.
Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman, reporting
from Brasilia, said Rousseff was
watching the session from the
presidential palace and would speak a
couple of hours after the vote at a news
conference.
She also said the case was not expected
to go any further as the charges were
political, not criminal.
Source: Al Jazeera.