Rio's Carnival kicks off under the barrel of gun
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Brazil's raucous Carnival celebrations kicked off in Rio de Janeiro on Friday with tens of thousands dancing and singing in the streets, defying a recent surge of gun violence in the city's slums.
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The mere idea that U.S. soldiers on leave from Iraq see Rio's carnival as a free-floating sex party has Brazilians outraged.
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âJumbie Camp,â at Galeria Ramis Barquet, gets the Chelsea art season moving with a celebratory kick: The show looks like backstage at Carnival, which is sort of what it is.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Thieves armed with automatic rifles and military-issue grenades robbed a busload of British tourists in Rio de Janeiro before dawn on Sunday, the latest incident in a wave of violent crime plaguing Brazil's seaside tourist mecca.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Days before Gov. Sergio Cabral took his oath of office this year, drug gangs in this city set fire to public buses and opened fire on police stations in what Brazil's president called the "most violent terrorist act I have ever seen in this country."
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The toll from stray bullets that rain down on Rio from the city's steep hillside slums as police and drug gangs battle with automatic weapons has grown sharply, with one innocent bystander killed or wounded every day.
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By Fernanda Ezabella SALVADOR, Brazil  - Hordes of revelers poured onto the streets of Brazilian cities in Carnival jamborees, ledby the country's culture minister and musician Gilberto Gil inthe northeastern city of Salvador.
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Revelers wrapped up Brazil's wild carnival bash with the popular Gala Gay ball Tuesday night on Rio de Janeiro's streets, littered with feathers and sequins after five days of partying.
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By Andrei Khalip RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Police armed with riflesand wearing flak jackets manned checkpoints across Rio deJaneiro on Thursday to prevent muggings and other violence astourists flocked to the ocean city for the holiday season.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Even the pouring rain couldn't put a damper on this country's famed carnival as tens of thousands of revelers took to the streets Saturday, dancing to the sound of samba drums on the second day of the annual celebration.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Police armed with rifles  and wearing flak jackets manned checkpoints across Rio de  Janeiro on Thursday to prevent muggings and other violence as  tourists flocked to the ocean city for the holiday season.
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Athletes prepare to compete in the Pan-American Games due to open in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro shortly.
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Thousands of people gather on the streets of west London for the opening day of the Notting Hill Carnival.
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Plans are under way for a scheme aimed at encouraging people to inform on others who have a gun illegally.
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In a new twist on the idea of concealed weapons, a local gun maker and gun shop are debuting a new type of firearm: one that could almost fit in your wallet.
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With tourists streaming into town for Mardi Gras celebrations, a spasm of gun violence left two people dead and seven wounded &#151; more bad news for a city struggling to rebuild itself and its tourism industry.
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SALVADOR, Brazil -- Eduard Fioza pedals a unicycle up and down a ramp beneath a blue, red, and yellow big top. Jumping off his seat, he darts past a juggler and does a short, impromptu dance.