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Last Updated: Thursday, 4 January 2007, 03:45 GMT
"Troops to fight Rio's gang crime"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has requested the deployment of a national security force in a bid to curb soaring gang violence.
The move follows a wave of gang attacks on buses and police stations there in December which left 19 people dead.
Governor Sergio Cabral said military police would arrive soon. He has also asked for federal troops.
The authorities are under great pressure to improve public safety in the run-up to next month's Carnival.
The new measures were announced after a meeting between Mr Cabral and the country's senior security official, Luiz Fernando Correa, as well as representatives of the armed forces.
Mr Cabral, who took office on 1 January, said that it was time for joint action against the violence.
"Once the public authority organises itself, no criminal can win," he said."
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