Security high for Rio revellers
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One of the world's biggest carnival celebrations opens in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Troops from a special national security force will guard the streets of crime-plagued Rio de Janeiro during next month's Pan American Games rather than fight drug gangs in the slums, the mayor said on Tuesday.
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Human rights groups criticized Brazilian authorities on Friday for endorsing a new police offensive against urban crime in which a dozen people were killed in Rio de Janeiro and security forces were deployed around the capital Brasilia.
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Police said Saturday they have arrested one of Rio de Janeiro's most-wanted drug lords.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Thieves armed with automatic rifles and military-issue grenades robbed a busload of British tourists in Rio de Janeiro before dawn on Sunday, the latest incident in a wave of violent crime plaguing Brazil's seaside tourist mecca.
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Authorities in Bangkok stepped up security across the capital Wednesday as Thailand braced for a court ruling on whether to dissolve the kingdom&#39;s two main political parties.
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Brazilian sports officials blamed inadequate security for a defrocked priest&#39;s bizarre attack on the Olympic marathon leader, and said yesterday they will appeal
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - A spree of "pirate" raids on  vacation homes around the chic Brazilian beach resort of Angra  dos Reis has led police to mount air and sea patrols over the  holiday season, a security official said on Thursday.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Rio de Janeiro erupted  to the beat of drums on Sunday night as the half naked dancers  from the city's samba schools showed off their skills to win  what promised to be the most expensive Carnival yet.
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Rio de Janeiro state police arrested 52 of their own members on Monday on charges they took money from drug gangs to help crime bosses avoid capture.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Days before Gov. Sergio Cabral took his oath of office this year, drug gangs in this city set fire to public buses and opened fire on police stations in what Brazil's president called the "most violent terrorist act I have ever seen in this country."
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Security is stepped up in the Thai capital amid threats of protests over the disbanding of a key political party.
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Police prepared for possible trouble from fans at England&#039;s match against Trinidad and Tobago in the World Cup on Thursday, a day after the event&#039;s first serious incidents with hooliganism.
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Police kept the heart of the city Â and the country's busiest railway station Â under tight guard for the convention opening.
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SALVADOR, Brazil  - Hordes of revelers poured on  to the streets of Brazilian cities in Carnival jamborees, led  by the country's culture minister and musician Gilberto Gil in  the northeastern city of Salvador.
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Revelers wrapped up Brazil's wild carnival bash with the popular Gala Gay ball Tuesday night on Rio de Janeiro's streets, littered with feathers and sequins after five days of partying.
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Hundreds of police and troops from Brazil's elite security force raided a Rio de Janeiro slum on Thursday, even searching children in an operation against gangs one month before the Pan American Games start in the city.