Brazil police 'retake' Rio slum

Police say they have retaken a sprawling slum area from drug gangs in Brazil's second-largest city after a five-day assault that killed more than two dozen people. The government sent armored military vehicles with high-caliber machine guns into Vila Cruzeiro, a major shantytown in northern Rio de Janeiro, in a concerted crackdown on drug gangs. Police said armored vehicles backed by helicopters, snipers and thousands of heavily armed men from the military police and navy, with another 17,500 reinforcements were "on alert" for the operation. At least 30 suspected drug traffickers were reportedly killed since the operation began on Sunday.