Brazil samba groups take over Rio
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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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Sport: Fifa confirms that Brazil will host tournament for first time since 1950.
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WORLD Cup champion Brazil lost its unbeaten record in South American World Cup qualifying yesterday, while Argentina held off Venezuela 3-2 to take over first place in the 10-team group.
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The boys from Brazil beat Haiti&#39;s national soccer team Wednesday in a friendly goodwill game 6-0. The game was the brainchild of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was on hand in the Haitian capital for the historical match.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- At mid-morning last Sunday, a group of neighbors met at a corner bar in one of Rio's southern, middle-class neighborhoods. They drank beer and watched newcomers arrive steadily until the group, some two hours later, numbered more than 6,000.
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It looks like the big lady has sung -- Corus Group will go to the Brazilians.
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In the first electoral test for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his plans to remake Latin America's largest country, Brazilians Sunday chose municipal mayors and councils nationwide.
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Hundreds of police and troops from Brazil's elite security force raided a Rio de Janeiro slum on Thursday, even searching children in an operation against gangs one month before the Pan American Games start in the city.
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World Cup 2006 hosts Germany may pass the honor of playing the opening game of the soccer showpiece to current champions Brazil. The proposal is seen as another example of team chief JÃ¼rgen Klinsmann&#39;s growing control.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - As the blue-and-white  No. 125 bus packed with homeward-bound office workers swung  onto the bayside freeway, the gang of four jumped into action.
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points the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil Nov. 28. AP. RIO DE JANEIRO  - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf holds talks Monday with Brazilian President Luiz
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A leader of one of Rio's premiere samba parade groups was shot to death early Wednesday, just days before the city's famed Carnival celebrations.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da  Silva's Workers' Party (PT) won the mayoralty of six state  capitals in Sunday's municipal vote but was forced into a  run-off to defend its hold on the race's biggest prize, the  city of Sao Paulo.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva&#39;s Workers&#39; Party won mayoral races in six state capitals and had candidates leading in three others, putting it on track to increase control of the nation&#39;s largest cities.
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A big police operation continues in a group of Rio shanty towns, as Brazilian police confront drug dealers.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Revelers clad in black and white flocked to the city's center yesterday for the traditional Black Ball band, putting aside the violence that has cast a shadow over Rio de Janeiro in recent weeks.
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By Carlos A. DeJuana SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula daSilva's Workers' Party (PT) won the mayoralty of six statecapitals in Sunday's municipal vote but was forced into arun-off to defend its hold on the race's biggest prize, thecity of Sao Paulo.