BRAZIL'S LAND WARS

** ONE OF NINE PHOTOS TO GO WITH STORY SLUGGED BRAZIL'S LAND WARS ** An armed gunman wearing a face mask patrols the perimeter of a ranch somewhere in the state of Parana, southern Brazil, June 8, 2003. Tensions have grown recently in the Brazilian countryside between increasingly restless landless farmers and landowners who are forming armed militias to protect their property. While ranchers frequently resort to armed guards to protect their property, it is the first time landowners openly acknowledge the existence of armed militias. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)