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74 killed in Jamaica slum battles
Posted: 05.27.2010 at 2:58 PM
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Women stand next to police officers patroling during a media tour organized by government authorities in the Tivoli Gardens neighborhood in Kingston, Thursday, May 27, 2010. After a raid in this slum that left nearly 50 people dead in four days of gunbattles, the reputed drug kingpin who was the target may have fled the country, the government has said.  / AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd
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UPDATED with AP video and photos. Security forces went door-to-door through a bullet-pocked Jamaican slum on Thursday and said at least 74 people were killed in four days of gunbattles as they searched for a reputed drug lord.

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