PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Brazilian peacekeepers have tried offering free medical care, film screenings and even haircuts to win over residents of the violence-torn Haitian slum of Bel-Air. Now they're using a tactic a little closer to home: football.

In a sign of easing tensions in the slum, a five-player team from the UN force swapped assault rifles and body armour for shorts and sneakers yesterday in a friendly match against slum dwellers - and got trounced.

"It's amazing. These guys are world champions, and we're trashing them!" said spectator Jean-Marie Pierre, referring to Brazil's national football team, which won its fifth World Cup in 2002. Pierre lost track of the score at around 7-0.

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