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Brazil's military takes charge of Rio as gang violence spirals upwards

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Updated: 18/02/2018 - 8:06 GMT+1

Brazilian President Michel Temer has signed a decree giving the country's military full control of security in Rio de Janeiro in response to rising drug gang violence.

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