Rio De Janeiro Beefs Up Security With Olympics A Year Away

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro will employ more than twice the number of security personnel for the 2016 Olympics than London used in 2012 but authorities are not planning to occupy the city's notorious favelas, the games' organizers said on Thursday.

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