Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• Military deploys armored vehicles in Rio crime crackdown (AFP)
• Rio police targeting slum where gang based (AP)
• Brazil Marines join slum battles, 30 people killed (Reuters)

Military deploys armored vehicles in Rio crime crackdown (AFP) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:55 PM PST AFP - Armored vehicles rumbled through the pockmarked streets of a swollen Rio slum on Thursday as police stepped up a days-old crackdown on drug gangs that has killed at least 30 people.

Rio police targeting slum where gang based (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:22 AM PST AP - Elite police units in borrowed navy tanks rumbled through a heavily fortified slum Thursday in an effort to apprehend drug gang leaders they blame for five days of widespread violence even as scores of armed youth fled the shantytown for a neighboring area.

Brazil Marines join slum battles, 30 people killed (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:12 AM PST Reuters - Armored cars rolled through smoke-filled streets in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday as police battled slum-based drug gangs for a fifth consecutive day in the city slated to host the 2016 Olympics.

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