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UN: Brazil police linked to 1 in 5 Rio murders (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 09:32 PM CDT AP - Brazilian police carried out a "significant proportion" of the 48,000 murders that swept Brazil last year, according to a U.N. report released Monday, casting doubt on the government's ability to curtail drug violence and reign in vigilante militias.

U.N. watchdog denounces police killings in Brazil (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 04:31 PM CDT Reuters - Police frequently kill criminal suspects and ordinary citizens in Brazil, driving up the homicide rate in what is already one of the world's most violent countries, the United Nations said on Monday.

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