Violence rattles Rio slums as World Cup looms

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Violence rattles Rio slums as World Cup looms

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/violence-rattles-rio-slums-world-cup-looms-141535117--sow.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iJslL2uxrLL2dS1IP13LXA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-01-21T161900Z_1_CBREA0K19BR00_RTROPTP_2_BRAZIL-VIOLENCE-RIO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Police Peacekeeping Unit officers patrol an alley in Pavao-Pavaozinho slum in Rio de Janeiro" align="left" title="Police Peacekeeping Unit officers patrol an alley in Pavao-Pavaozinho slum in Rio de Janeiro" border="0" /></a>By Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Daily shootouts and recent police slayings of two alleged drug traffickers are rattling two of Rio de Janeiro's most prominent slums, communities that until recently showcased attempts to pacify historically violent shantytowns. Just five months before Rio welcomes visitors for the soccer World Cup, and two years before it hosts the Olympics, the communities of Pavão-Pavãozinho and Cantagalo are bracing for what residents and richer neighbors fear is the return of a decades-old turf war between armed drug gangs and police. The communities, sprawls of bare brick on hills over the prosperous beachside districts of Ipanema and Copacabana, are among the most emblematic of Rio's favelas, as the slums are known.</p><br clear="all"/>

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