NITEROI, Brazil -- They are all gone. The Evangelical church where worshippers were praying. A day care center where children were playing. The pizza parlor where a family was eating. All were buried ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More than 1,400 police officers and Brazilian Marines rolled into a massive complex of slums near Rio de Janeiro’s international airport before dawn Sunday in the latest security ...

More than 2,000 Brazilian soldiers stormed into a Rio de Janeiro slum complex Saturday with armored personnel carriers and helicopters in a bid to improve security two months before the start of the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged to Rio de Janeiro slum residents on Thursday that new social and security projects would mark the end of years of state ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At least 10 times in the last two months, crackling gunfire just outside the Uere special needs school has sent students and teachers diving to the floor as heavily armed ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- For as long as anyone can remember, the cracked asphalt soccer field in the Roquete Pinto slum was off-limits to children -- "reserved" by gangs selling marijuana and cocaine ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Five years ago, Rio de Janeiro’s “favela” hillside slums had such a bad rap that they were virtual no-go zones, where drug lords laid down the law and outsiders set foot at their ...

(New throughout, updates with decision on federal support, adds governor's comment) RIO DE JANEIRO, March 21 (Reuters) - Brazil will deploy federal troops to Rio de Janeiro to help quell a surge in ...