Holocaust-themed Rio Carnival float causes strain
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A Carnival float with a pile of model dead bodies commemorating the Holocaust is causing unease before the lavish parades in Rio de Janeiro this weekend.
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Neo-Nazis are in the dock in Germany while Nazi doctor Josef Mengele is in the headlines in Brazil.
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There was a carnival atmosphere outside the Israeli parliament today as thousands of the children of Jewish settlers turned out to protest against the planned closure of the settlements in Gaza.
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Revelers packed Rio de Janeiro's beaches and danced in streets littered with pieces of glittery costumes Tuesday, soaking up the final hours of merriment after the climax of the city's world-famous carnival.
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Windsurfer wins a series of races, and pays homage to Israeli athletes slain in Munich in 1972. By Josh Mitnick | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Wearing nuns' veils,  condom-shaped hats and all kinds of silly headgear, Brazilians  partied in the beer-slicked streets of Rio de Janeiro on Friday  as its Carnival started in earnest.
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A judge today banned a float depicting naked Holocaust victims from taking part in the Rio de Janeiro carnival
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Accounts from the survivors of an ordeal that killed about 50 people stranded at sea have gripped the Dominican Republic.
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The Holocaust memorial in Berlin is  showing signs of serious wear and tear just three years after  its completion, with cracks in more than half of its concrete  blocks, according to a study published on Monday.
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A Brazilian judge orders a samba group taking part in the Rio carnival to remove a float depicting the Holocaust.
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One of the world's biggest carnival celebrations opens in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Travel: Where better to master the samba than  Rio, with a chance to strut your stuff at the world's greatest carnival?  Rachel Foster  limbers up.
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Brazilian Cao Hamburger, whose film looks at his country's dark past, is the latest director to describe the brutality of South America's military dictatorships through the eyes of a child.
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Mayra Nieve is used to being ostracized and called names as an albino in this Caribbean community. What she fears is not being able to breathe.
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A Brazilian carnival group banned from parading with a dancing Hitler and mannequins representing Holocaust victims danced the samba through the streets Monday with men and women in white gowns wearing gags.
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Brazilian Cao Hamburger, whose film  looks at his country's dark past, is the latest director to  describe the brutality of South America's military  dictatorships through the eyes of a child.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- A wave of assaults on tourists in this seaside resort city has authorities scrambling to contain the violence as they prepare for the annual high travel summer season.