<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110320/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_obama_latin_america"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110319/capt.49e8205b7fc644d9970e5cb9af5ccfd3-49e8205b7fc644d9970e5cb9af5ccfd3-0.jpg?x=130&amp;y=125&amp;q=85&amp;sig=aFRiH1f5BbJWUw8OlZdJoQ--" height="125" width="130" alt="Obama takes in Rio with Libya on his mind   (AP)" style="float: left; border: 0px;" />
</a>AP - President Barack Obama played grand tourist to Rio de Janeiro's vivid extremes on Sunday, traveling from brilliant beaches to a notorious slum even as he monitored U.S. military strikes in faraway Libya.</p><br style="clear: both;" />