Journalists take cover during a police operation against drug dealers in the Vila Cruzeiro slum in Rio de Janeiro October 23, 2009. Up till Wednesday, thirty-three people have died since violence between rival gangs of drug traffickers erupted in Rio at the weekend. The city was awarded the 2016 Olympics two weeks earlier following a campaign that played down security problems and portrayed a joyful city of beaches and Carnival celebrations. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL POLITICS CONFLICT CRIME LAW)