Yahoo! News: Brazil

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• Police raid gang-controlled slums in Rio; 14 dead (AP)
• Rio slum crackdown leaves 21 dead (AFP)
• Rio drug gangs battle police, 13 people killed (Reuters)
• Rio drug gangs battle police, 7 people killed (Reuters)

Police raid gang-controlled slums in Rio; 14 dead (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:12 PM PST AP - Police raided gang-ruled shantytowns Wednesday, setting off clashes that killed 14 people as authorities try to halt a wave of violent crime that has rattled rich and poor alike in a city that Brazil hopes to make a showplace for the 2016 Olympics.

Rio slum crackdown leaves 21 dead (AFP) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 12:59 PM PST AFP - At least 21 people have been killed and 153 arrested in four days of clashes as Brazilian security forces crack down on drug gangs in Rio's violent slums, police said Wednesday.

Rio drug gangs battle police, 13 people killed (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 12:24 PM PST Reuters - Suspected Brazilian gang members burned cars and buses in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday in a fourth day of violence, defying a heavy police presence and raids on slum communities that killed 13 people.

Rio drug gangs battle police, 7 people killed (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 08:11 AM PST Reuters - Suspected Brazilian gang members burned cars and buses in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday in a fourth day of violence, defying a heavy police presence and raids on slum communities that killed seven people.

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