Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• Gunmen fighting Rio police invade luxury hotel (AP)
• One killed, hostages released in Rio hotel shootout (AFP)
• Brazil drug violence spills into 5-star Rio hotel (Reuters)
• Rousseff widens lead in Brazilian presidential poll (Reuters)

Gunmen fighting Rio police invade luxury hotel (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:28 PM PDT AP - Heavily armed drug gang members engaged in an intense firefight with police, then fled into a luxury hotel popular with foreign tourists and held about 30 people hostage for three hours Saturday before surrendering.

One killed, hostages released in Rio hotel shootout (AFP) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 01:42 PM PDT AFP - Heavily armed criminals briefly took 35 people hostage at an upscale hotel Saturday after a street battle with police that left one person dead and dramatized the security challenges for the host of the 2016 Olympic Games.

Brazil drug violence spills into 5-star Rio hotel (Reuters) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 10:29 AM PDT Reuters - Brazilian police on Saturday arrested 10 heavily armed men and rescued 35 people who had been held hostage for almost two hours at a five-star hotel in one of Rio de Janeiro's richest neighborhoods.

Rousseff widens lead in Brazilian presidential poll (Reuters) Posted: 21 Aug 2010 10:11 AM PDT Reuters - Ruling party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff extended her lead over rival Jose Serra after taking advantage of free broadcast advertising, a poll showed on Saturday.

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